Z77 & H77 MOTHERBOARDS LAUNCHED!

[J-FRO]

If you already have a Z68 board there is next to no reason to upgrade, save your cash and put it elsewhere.

Cheers dude

 

[tayto_0]

I actually prefer Gigabytes black/blue look over the black/grey. That got old very quick tbh. At least they've got rid of the guns/magazine heatsinks off the sniper boards ! I have one, love the board but that heatsink....

Anyway i think i'm one of the few who loved gigabytes old blue/orange and lime green colour scheme

 

[wangchen1990]

Gigabyte or Asus
Cant decide.
So for i5 2500K, worth changing from P67 to Z77 or Z68 ?

 

[Joshct]

Looks good although i really don't know how to compare them myself XD

Surely going to be ordering one of these soon though.

 

[nuttyprot]

Gigabyte or Asus
Cant decide.
So for i5 2500K, worth changing from P67 to Z77 or Z68 ?

Simply put both asus and gigabyte do the best boards IMO but if had decide between the 2 I go for gigabyte 1billion times better customer service.

 

[HeX]

Gigabyte or Asus
Cant decide.
So for i5 2500K, worth changing from P67 to Z77 or Z68 ?

Personally I don't see anything on Z77 worth changing for.

P67 already supports IB with a bios update. You've already got USB 3.0 on P67.

About all you gain is PCI-E 3.0, which is a non-issue atm. The ability to use your on chip GPU... woo. And the SSD caching for mechanical HDD... meh.

 

[Locky]

Simply put both asus and gigabyte do the best boards IMO but if had decide between the 2 I go for gigabyte 1billion times better customer service.

+1 gigabyte support and warranty is the best /end.

 

[kkbigal]

Prices looking pretty good actually.

Contemplating a system refresh when Ivy Bridge is available

 

[a66as]

If i was looking at upgrading my motherboard for SLI with the i5 2500k, should i go for a z77 or stick to a z68?

 

[Nick1881]

Does anyone know which of the newest boards post the quickest? I'm hoping for a super fast boot time later this year with IB and Win 8.

 

[Speed]

If i was looking at upgrading my motherboard for SLI with the i5 2500k, should i go for a z77 or stick to a z68?

If you have to change motherboard anyways and don't mind spending the little extra then get a Z77 board.

 

[beejjacobs]

Does anyone know which of the newest boards post the quickest? I'm hoping for a super fast boot time later this year with IB and Win 8.

Don't know which is fastest but I've got an MSI Z77A-GD65. It takes about 12s from pressing the button to the end of the POST, then I'm into Windows desktop at around 23s

 

[lego]

so the mATX board for a moderate overclock would be?