Which Motherboard For Gaming?

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Sparky862

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Oky, i went motherboard searching, and came down to these 3 motherboards....which one of these 3 would you guys recommend for gaming, and also why?? Also, how good will one of these boards fair with my current pc specs??

MSI Z87 GD65
http://www.takealot.com/computers/msi-intel-z87-gd65-gaming-z87-chipset-socket-1150-motherboard,29791788

ASROCK FATAL1TY Z87 KILLER
http://www.takealot.com/computers/asrock-fatal1ty-z87-killer-motherboard-socket-1150,30559397

ASROCK FATAL1TY Z77 PROFESIONAL
http://www.takealot.com/computers/asrock-intel-fatal1ty-z77-professional-dual-channel-ddr3-socket,27506334

My specs
GTX 770oc 4gig WINDFORCE
INTEL CORE i5 3470k 3.20GHZ
8gig DDR3 RAM
GA-H77M-D3H MOTHERBOARD (want to replace with one of the above)

I like the MSI board, but only downside for me is the fact that it does not have pci slots for me to install a sound card. I mean, how good is the onboard sound of that motherboard???





 
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With your current CPU could go the Z77 Fatal1ty, or look at the Z77 Extreme 4, it's the best Z77 available and about $125 (that's what Im running with my 3570K in sig, or could just upgrade to Z87/Z97 and Haswell...you have a good CPU and GPU, with the savings could even look into another 770 for SLI ;)
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none of those z87s b/c they are not compatible with your CPU...you need the Z77 series.

i dont understand, why can't you put a sound card in the PCI slot?

any motherboard that's a z77 is going to come with built in surround sound sound connections. There's a reason you rarely see gaming rigs with sound cards these days... the built in stuff works great.

so either buy a sound card, or buy a z77 mobo
 
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Are you planning on Over-clocking? If you are, you will want the Z77, which supports Sandy bridge and Ivy bridge cpus. The board you have now, is still a pretty good board, though you cannot over-clock your cpu much. It does have on-board audio as well, the board builders don't change the specs too much, so you can test out the on-board sound, it might surprise you.

Z87 and Z97(new) support Haswell cpus so far.
 
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no i dont plan to overclock anything, just standard instll and go
 
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oky, which cpu does the z87 boards work with?? otherwise you are suggesting that i go for the asrock fatil1ty z77?? is that board any good compared to mine?? also, any other good z77 boards thats made for gaming...

is this a good cpu for the msi board
http://www.takealot.com/computers/intel-core-i5-4570-3-20ghz-socket-1150-processor,29755666

 
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oky, let me ask this...is it better to get the z77 asrock mobo i mentiond above and just upgrade my cpu to a core i7 or something like that....or get ge Z87 MSI with a new CPU?? which will perform better
 
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With your current CPU could go the Z77 Fatal1ty, or look at the Z77 Extreme 4, it's the best Z77 available and about $125 (that's what Im running with my 3570K in sig, or could just upgrade to Z87/Z97 and Haswell...you have a good CPU and GPU, with the savings could even look into another 770 for SLI ;)
 
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