motherboard advice needed

iduhnah · Jun 3, 2013

Looking for a suitable mother board for the following system-

cpu - 4770K
gpu - Gigabyte 3G GTX 780
ssd - Samsung 840 Pro 128G
hdd - Western Digital Black 1TB
ram - G Skill Ares 8GB Kit DDR3 1600
psu - Corsair HX750
dvd - Asus DVD RW

I haven't overclocked before but plan to in the future so it will need to have user friendly interface but not a deal breaker. Also I may in the future add another GTX 780 card in the future as the need comes so will need to be able to have room for both plus a soundcard if I don't like the on board sound.

Any help would be appreciated.

Gam3r01 · Jun 3, 2013

That would really depend on how much you want to spend http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8139494&CatId=8586 that one may be good
here is a less pricey one http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8184742&CatId=8586
They go all the way up to 300

TheBigTroll · Jun 3, 2013

a few things on your rig however

-the xfx 750w gold psu is cheaper and just as good as the hx750 if not better
-do not get the i7 unless you are doing video work
-the plextor m5s 256gb is 169.99. double the capacity for a little more money. its fast enough that you cant tell the difference between the 2
-get a caviar blue. there is no difference

a good board id get is the gigabyte z87x-ud3h. great vrm assembly and lots of IO options

jnkweaver · Jun 3, 2013

The difference between the blue and the black is the warranty. the black has 5 yr while the blue I think has 3.

TheBigTroll · Jun 3, 2013

pretty much. but if a hard drive is to fail on you, it will fail within a year's time for the most part

iduhnah · Jun 3, 2013

Thanks for the quick responses. I will look in to the gigabyte z87x-ud3h

4cpus4me · Jun 3, 2013

jnkweaver :

The blue versions are not recommended for RAID use, either. I warranty-replaced two of them 3 months ago and WD replaced them with Black versions when they sent me new ones.

TheBigTroll · Jun 3, 2013

you arent supposed to raid anyways. raid 1 doesnt completely cover your back in a case of drive failure and raid 0 is plain useless. if you are going to do a home server build, you should be looking at the red drives or the server drives

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