Z68 Gene-Z died :( Whats a good replacement?

gtir666 · 28 Nov 2014 at 08:54

As per title really, my asus gene-z died last weekend and enthusiast type boards seem a bit thin on the ground these days for socket 1155...

My cpu is i7-2600k and mem is 8gb corsair vengeance, maybe ebay is best place to look?

Any ideas welcome...

gtir666 · 29 Nov 2014 at 19:44

Cheers guys, im lost... thinking of flogging the cpu and mem and starting again... shame cos the 2600k is still a perfectly good cpu.

gtir666 · 29 Nov 2014 at 21:18

I thought matx, but changing my case will prob be easier than find a good matx board tbh

gtir666 · 29 Nov 2014 at 22:15

you know what ive just found a couple of possibility's on ebay all asus.

i'd prefer new though sooooo, does anybody know how the Asus P8Z77-V LX would compare to my gene? for 60quid i think it might worth a punt...

btw just to explain about form factor situation, it was in a Silverstone gd05 case hence matx... but i do have a lian li v2000 that I can transfer to if need be, just find it easier to justify the gd05 in living room to the wife lol.

gtir666 · 29 Nov 2014 at 22:30

Saying that just seen asrock z77 pro4 and extreme4, in stock ready to go somewhere so now ive started looking at atx the options are opening up a bit.

gtir666 · 1 Dec 2014 at 22:44

I just went for the Asus P8Z77VLX in the end, after reading some reviews performance wise its actually not bad at all. Overclocking wise it will be fairly mild though I imagine which is fine for me.