Which Motherboards 1st 2nd & 3rd?

chrisg8p

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Ignore the Discontinue label im stil able to get it new Tell me in order the BEST
Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121533

MSI Z77A-G41 LGA 1155 Intel Z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130653

ASRock Z77M LGA 1155 Intel Z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157325

ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157303\

AND GIVE REASONS WHY
AND USE "<" method or just tell me in order the best ones?
and the first one btw is discontinue BUT has soo much stuff and is worth $209
thank you in advance for your help
 

tomate2

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The intel board provides the most sata ports and the most sata3 (6Gps) ports
but it does not support memory overclock so if you are going to do that i suggest going with ASRock Z77M
also the intel board lacks a PCI-E 3.0 slot, which all others have but i dont think any graphic cards (or any other cards) that are currently available uses the 3.0 to its full potential so a 2.0 should be enough
with this in mind the intel should be the best option for multi graphics card because they run on x16 and x8 lanes while the others run at x16 x4
when choosing one of the motherboards also take in consideration if they have the optical out port
because in the future you can connect a receiver to it and have a rich and quality 5.1 channel sound that you otherwise would not be able to have with standard 3.5mm audio ports
if you are not going to be using just one graphics cards and not too worried about how many sata3 (6Gps) ports the board has then the ASRock Z77M would be my favorite
if those are not that important then the Intel has better features in my opinion
 

chrisg8p

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thank you for the response im thinking as well the asrock z77 is the better