Good Mobo (z77 chipset on 3770k)

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nuffname

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I need a good motherboard that performs neatly on all benchmarks and has a good brand name. I have a budget of $250 but willing to extend to 300 if its a really good motherboard.

In short I want gaming oriented jack-of-all-trades mobo.
By jack of all trades it doesnt doesn't end up on the bottom of a list when compared to other motherboards when something is tested like USB speed.

edit: must also have enough space for SLI/CF
 
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saint19

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Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

Here are five options of the same model and manufacturer:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=50001315+600009018&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=-1&description=maximus+v&hisInDesc=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&AdvancedSearch=1&srchInDesc=

I would go with the Maximus V Formula, excellent quality, performance and manufacturer.

If you want another option from differente manufacturer, take a look of this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157328

A more cheap but still good option: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544
 
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nuffname

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Hi also to you guys (i've been actually stalkin toms hardware for 3 months on a regular basis till i just signed up today lol)
The reason I had doubts in the Maximus V is due to the limited sata ports -newegg says it has 6 gb/s x6 and 3gb/s x2 but from every other shop in my country(im not from US/CAN) and from asus' site itself it has only 2 6gb/s and 3gb/s sata ports and I plan on doing a raid and adding more hdd's in the future
So yeah I'm having a hard time picking a mobo since msi has slow usb 3.0 ports, gigabyte is kinda slow on games and asrock isn't really on my trusted brands list considering its now an asus rip-off (these are all from reviews though)
 
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itzdanielp

itzdanielp

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As the above poster answered it is 6 SATA3 (6GB/s) ports as Newegg says. And is one of the best boards for the price.

A year ago I would have never suggested an ASRock board, but they have come miles in the past year, and are now a very solid brand. And it is in no way an "Asus Rip-Off" it started as a company under Asus, using Asus engineers, Asus materials, and Asus technology. It has sense become it's own company, but still relies heavily on it's beginnings, and is in no way a company trying to rip-off someone else.
 
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nuffname

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Yeah I got a bit too harsh on my on my last reply. It's just that I have bad experience with chinese products-the fact I live in Asia.


I seemed to have missed that part. I swear it was 2 last time I checked I/O. Oh well. I guess it's maximus v then.

Once again thanks guys!
 
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