Get p8z68 deluxe or get maximus 5 gene
Since I am buying now, I guess its a good idea to stick to Z77, no ? I know there isn't much difference between Z68 and Z77 but if I am gonna put down 10-15k, might as well do it for better, newer stuff,right ?
For this budget nothing will beat a MSI Z77 GD65. However, my first choice would be Asrock Z77 Extreme6 if you can find it. Second choice Z77 Extreme 4. Third choice MSI.
Asus is very good as well, but not in your budget. Better buy Z77 over Z68, so forget about Asus in this budget unless you want to go around 16k which too isn't worth while because in the Z77 round, Asrock > Asus in nearly every way.
Just avoid gigabyte for SB/Ivy CPUs.
My next board might be an Asrock as well, and this coming from a Z77 Deluxe owner who spent over 22k on his board when upgrading from P67
Thanks for the inputs. After I went through the posts here, I checked out the MSI board and it really looks very very tempting.A definite contender. I agree with you, Asus boards are on the expensive side but I guess that has always been the case for a very long time now.I have heard a lot about the Asrock boards as well and have read about them a bit. I happen to have used 2 Asrock boards till date,both VFM boards. ATI chipset one failed pretty early on me but the AM2 socket Nvidia chipset one is still going strong, doing duty in one of the office PC.
Looks like Asrock have really gone places since then but STILL, I am not too sure about their BIOS fine tuning capabilities. I would definitely love to try out these Asrock boards but somehow I am not comfortable having one in my Main PC. The one in my Main PC has to be reliable,stable.
Any particular reason for avoiding Gigabyte boards ? I am a big fan of them. Have had the opportunity to use a few and none have ever failed on me. 790FXT-UD5, X58-UD7,890FXA-UD7 are just a few to name. All rock solid boards.
*cough choke splutter* Maximus V Gene. Though it's micro-ATX, costs a little more but totally worth it imho.
BTW, is this the return of "the" Darklord? :hail:
Hey Bikey. Long time
Any particular reason for choosing the Asus Maximus Gene V ? Good board but somehow I dont feel very comfortable putting down 15k for a mATX board.Maybe its psychological.
Return of the Darklord! LOL whats that supposed to mean ? If you want to find out who it really is, then its Amey. I came here searching for info and found out I cant login and the password needs to be reset and all. So i gave my regular Gmail ID and got details for this account. I dont remember what email ID I had used for my other account with 'Amey' as the username.
Hope that clears things.
The price of MSI Z77A GD65 is 15200 inclusive of all taxes..got one from aashirwaad computers yesterday...insane looking board
Yep, loved the board looks. Simple yet elegant and reeks of quality.I love such boards.
ASUS P8Z77-M PRO-11.5k OR Asus P8Z77-V-14.5k/Asus Maximus Gene-V-14.5k Would be the best and VFM choice for OP.
Haven't ever had a mATX board in my main pc so not too comfortable with that idea really.Has to be a Full ATX one. I recently picked up an Asus P8H67-MLX and Core i5 2320 and using it currently, no complaints about the performance but already feel that I need a better featured full atx board. Will use the 2320 as it serves my purpose very well while consuming a lot lesser power than what I had before.
May it be the 790FX + 1090T or the last Classified + W3570, it has always been decent feature full ATX boards. So I think you will understand why I am uncomfortable with mATX boards.
Darklord. If i were you. Then my first choice goes to Asrock Z77 Extreme 6 or 4. If you didn't find the MOB in online or shop then go for asus Z77 board. Jakob suggested you.
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Explained my outlook about the Asrock boards above. No point explaining again. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Here is my current config if it helps -
Intel Core i5 2320
Asus P8H67-MLX
4GB x 2 Corsair XMS3 1600 CL9
XFX Radeon 5770
1 x WD 500GB
2 x WD 1TB
2 x Seagate 2 TB
1 x Samsung DVD-RW
1 x LG - BD-RE
Dell E248 WFP
Asus Xonar DX
Chieftec LBX Chassis
Seventeam ST 750A- ZF PSU
I guess thats about it.