Which Z77 motherboard

katana6434

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Hi Peeps

I am in the market for a Z77 motherboard. I am going to go CF, probably with 2x 7950s.

What motherboard will be best for this. most of the boards that I see will run CF and have PCI-e 3.0, although not many run two x16 slots at full speed. most of them seem to know at least one of them down to 8x speed. Does this really matter?

What board would you reccommend. I don't really have a budget but do not want to go for the most expensive if there is no need. i also want to have a minimum of 4x 6Gbs sata.

Cheers
 
i have a Asus P8Z77-V LX2 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard from a overclocked bundle deal here,

bundle

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-142-OE&groupid=43&catid=2384&subcat=2288

m/b
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-555-AS

for the price its great and asus so stable as always, never had a different make then asus so im bias, 120 so far in my asus vip gold profile, over many years, great support tbh same as here at overclockers, support is worth more than anything, even a cheaper price!

and to answer your questions, read the spec of the board, you will have it all,

Quad GPU AMD CrossfireX - a flawless architecture accommodating the power of up to four graphics cards
1*PCIe 3.0 x16 slot
1*PCIe 2.0x16
 
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Nickolp1974 said:
on offer and a fantastic board
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-219-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

cf/sli will be at x8 but this is equivalent to x16 at pci-e 2.0 speeds
Click to expand...

The board looks good. My only concern is that it only has 2 6Gbps sata ports. I will have 2 ssd initially with a 3rd on joining it early next year.

I'm not sure if I will have room to put a sata card in their as well, as i will have 2x graphics cards and a Asus Xonar Essence STX.
 
If you nee ample Sata ports, look at the Asrock Extreme 4 or 6, both have 4x Sata6 and 4x Sata3 (Im buying the extreme6 for the amount of Sata ports at the price).

Blue motherboard, I think the MSi Z77 GD80 has 4x Sata6 ports
 
I have always been a bit dubious about the Asrock boards. Are they reliable? i have heard that people have had trouvle with them in the past. i always assumed that they were the cheaper brand for a reason, although looking at the pricing, they are equivalent inmost cases.
 
i'm after a z77 but will only get one with a quality dedicated sound chip not crap the they seem to drop on most mobo's these days.
 
I'm not worried about the onboard sound, as i will be using headphones through a Xonar essence STX...

Do any boards come with decent sound these days... they all seem to be the same chip mostly. You used to be able to get creative chips on boards, not sure if you still can.
 
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