Gaming motherboard help

josem1992

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Okay so im going to be building a new pc soon. Im here because i need to know what i should do. Ive been doing tons of research & trying to get a good gaming pc that will last me at least 4 to 5 years. Thats basically what ill be using the pc for, besides internet usage, downloading music etc. i was leaning towards the i5 3570k cpu & an evga gtx 780. Ive never overclocked before cause i never cared much about fps. But id like to start aiming for at least 50+ fps on most games & I do want to be able to play things on ultra settings possible & be able to play skyrim with mods. I also will be using 8gb of ram. Id like a list of good gaming motherboards that wont keep me limited for the future graphically intense video games coming like titan fall, watch dogs , assassins creed 4 etc. For the motherboard i was going to go for the Asus Sabertooth z77 cause of good reviews but id like to hear some feedback as to which way i should go regaurding motherboard. Im pretty set on the i5 & the 780 though. Id just like a list of z77 motherboards that'll allow me to overclock well, while still being an all around good motherboard i know will last me for a long time. Im aware that there is no real future proofing of pc systems due to constant upgrades. Thats why i want a motherboard i know will last me a long time & later on in the years i can just either sli a gtx 780 or upgrade my cpu. Im not entirely against the whole z87 boards but apparently the haswell chips get wayy too hot to overclock. I was going to get the corsair h100i so that i can keep it cool but to be honest know if that'll be enough to keep my things lasting a while.

Ps. When i say gaming i mean heavy gaming, i like to play for hours & i would like to enjoy every game without any lag spikes or going lower than the highest settings. Im aware that crysis 3 is very iffy when it comes to getting maxed things to run smoothly. So thats why id like to do the whole overclocking thing. If anyone has any links to how to overclock and i5 3570k with a gtx 780 id really appreciate that too. I already have a 1tb hdd, dvd drive & i have an NZXT full tower case. & also sorry for this whole long ass story lol i just want to make sure i buy things i wont regret getting.
 

josem1992

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Are you sure ? I keep seeing bad reviews about it. I just want to make sure before i decide to buy it that im buying a motherboard that ill be able to upgrade the counterparts of the pc after
 

Tradesman1

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I've built better than 20 builds on the EX 4 and never a problem other than the early BIOS didn't support 32GB sets of high freq DRAM, they had a limit of 255 on the tRFC and the 2133/9 and 2400/10 sets of 32GB required the tRFC to be 278 and 314 at stock respectfully, worked with the tech support guys to get a BIOS fix put in