Z68 mobo?????

P4Clock · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:13

When making a BUDGET gaming computer. is there any reason why i should not use the chip set Z68.
EVGA Z68 SLI Micro. for £60 is look to have it all.
GA-Z68AP-D3 . for £50 what could go wrong.

system would be
i3 3220
mobo ^^^^^^^
gtx 660

kefan77 · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:46

it'll be wasted potential if you plan on running it with 3220.

besides that, you can get P8Z77-V LX2 for ~£77 brand new.

P4Clock · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:48

kefan77 said:
it'll be wasted potential if you plan on running it with 3220.

Why?

am asking why i should not get one.
also the prices i put up are new board from OcUK, the gaga one used is £27

kefan77 · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:53

3220 doesn't overclock. not saying it won't work, but that's like buying a ferrari to drive around in London at 20mph. waste.

if you plan on swapping the CPU for K later on, you might as well get newer Z77 board anyway.

P4Clock · 27 Sep 2013 at 01:03

kefan77 said:
3220 doesn't overclock. not saying it won't work, but that's like buying a ferrari to drive around in London at 20mph. waste.

if you plan on swapping the CPU for K later on, you might as well get newer Z77 board anyway.

AGAIN not asking that am it.
i have no interest in overclock or swapping out the chip latter.

for the parts i have put on the table is there any problem with z68

kefan77 · 27 Sep 2013 at 01:11

Gigabyte will run it fine, not sure about EVGA, but I think so, just can't find CPU support list to verify.

the only thing you might encounter is that if they don't have the latest BIOS supporting 22nm on them from the box, you'll have to get SB CPU to update it first.

P4Clock · 27 Sep 2013 at 01:21

kefan77 said:
Gigabyte will run it fine, not sure about EVGA, but I think so, just can't find CPU support list to verify.

the only thing you might encounter is that if they don't have the latest BIOS supporting 22nm on them from the box, you'll have to get SB CPU to update it first.

thanks. a may just run a SB chip so no problems. and not even 100% on running a 660 as it will not get used to it 100%.

sorry for been an ass lol with your first few reply's, the system is for my 5yo boy so not wanting to spend a ton. when by the time he can play proper games he will need a new system anyway 3+ years.