Z68 Motherboard

[Stevenom]

So my Paypal got lifted with around 150 and I need a new motherboard.
What board should I get?
@Alen
@.Raiden
@Doc

[Ravallo]

So that leaves you with what kind of budget?


Edit:
- Too late -
The 'ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3' would be very decent, comes at €160 over here.

[Alen]

Asrock's Extreme3 / Extreme4 if you want bang for the buck. The Extreme4 might be a bit out of the budget, but it's worth it.

[[MPGH]Doc]

ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 Motherboard [P8Z68-V-PRO-GEN3] - $229.00 : PC Case Gear

MSI Z68A-GD65 G3 Motherboard [Z68A-GD65G3] - $209.00 : PC Case Gear

ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard [Z68-EXTREME4-GEN3] - $175.00 : PC Case Gear

I would go for the Asus for overclocking and their UEFI seems better, but MSI are more power efficient and ASRock are cheap, but also ugly.

[Stevenom]

ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 Motherboard [P8Z68-V-PRO-GEN3] - $229.00 : PC Case Gear

MSI Z68A-GD65 G3 Motherboard [Z68A-GD65G3] - $209.00 : PC Case Gear

ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard [Z68-EXTREME4-GEN3] - $175.00 : PC Case Gear

I would go for the Asus for overclocking and their UEFI seems better, but MSI are more power efficient and ASRock are cheap, but also ugly.

Hmmm...
I want Asus/GA/MSI.
And boards around 160.

Dont like Asrock.

[[MPGH]Doc]

Hmmm...
I want Asus/GA/MSI.
And boards around 160.

Dont like Asrock.

Buy Cheap MSI Z68MA-ED55 Motherboard - Intel Socket LGA1155 - Intel Z6

[Bengali]

Newegg.com - ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

[BARON]

The main thing upgrade that Z68's have over P67's are: Support for integrated graphics card (ie. intel core's i3, i5, & i7 have these & you won't need that if you have a discreet graphics card) & SSD Caching, I honestly doubt many people are using SSD's anyway due to their expensiveness. So unless you have a use for either of those then you should probably roll with a cheaper P67 mobo.

[[MPGH]Doc]

The main thing upgrade that Z68's have over P67's are: Support for integrated graphics card (ie. intel core's i3, i5, & i7 have these & you won't need that if you have a discreet graphics card) & SSD Caching, I honestly doubt many people are using SSD's anyway due to their expensiveness. So unless you have a use for either of those then you should probably roll with a cheaper P67 mobo.

P67 boards are just about defunct here in Australia plus Z68 has far greater over-clocking capability than P67.

[BARON]

P67 boards are just about defunct here in Australia plus Z68 has far greater over-clocking capability than P67.

The Z68 helps with OC'ing, but in the long run the processor is the main variable for that.

[[MPGH]Doc]

The Z68 helps with OC'ing, but in the long run the processor is the main variable for that.

He already has a 2600K so he's all good in the processor department.

[BARON]

He already has a 2600K so he's all good in the processor department.

That's great, I'll look around for a good Z68 Mobo that's under $150 then.

[Stevenom]

That's great, I'll look around for a good Z68 Mobo that's under $150 then.

I'm getting ASUS P8Z68-LE.
@Alen , add solved thread tag and close.

I need help in this now.
https://www.mpgh.net/forum/74-hardwar...i-problem.html