MOBO suggestion help!

GangsterPete · Jun 4, 2014

I am in the market for a new motherboard. I am upgrading a bunch of pieces in my computer and I want a good motherboard to go with a core i5 4670k CPU. I don't want to spend too much money on a motherboard, as I will be spending a lot on the CPU and graphics card. I wouldn't mind a mono that is sli ready because I'm looking at purchasing a gtx 760 and I could possibly in the future want to purchase another one. If at all possible could you give me a suggestion without sli and with it. Price range is between 60 and 160$. Thank you.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jun 4, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.02 @ Newegg)
Total: $124.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 23:32 EDT-0400)

PCI Express 3.0 x16

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE5/PCIE7: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE5); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE5) / x4 (PCIE7))

unknownofprob · Jun 4, 2014

For your "K" CPU and SLi in the future, this motherboard is for you;

ASRock Z87 Extreme4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157369&cm_re=asrock_Z87-_-13-157-369-_-Product

Or ASRock Z87 Killer;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157460&cm_re=z87_killer-_-13-157-460-_-Product

Be aware; With Some cheaper Z87 boards, it may support SLI, but it will in X16/X4 configuration, not what you want.

GangsterPete · Jun 4, 2014

unknownofprob :

How much of a bottleneck to the max fps would that configuration be?

unknownofprob · Jun 4, 2014

depends on the game and what your doing, X4 mode can reduce performance to quite a bit.

GangsterPete · Jun 4, 2014

I'd rather stay away from as rock as I have had a bad experience with them. Any other ones you would suggest?

unknownofprob · Jun 4, 2014

Never let one bad experience put you off a supplier, for Z87 boards for what you want, ASRock offer best affordability for what you get, with also the hint of quality at the same time.

GangsterPete · Jun 4, 2014

Okay thank you so much

unknownofprob · Jun 4, 2014

no problem

Akhil Potukuchi · Jun 4, 2014

GangsterPete :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130727&cm_re=msi_z87-_-13-130-727-_-Product msi z87-g55 costs 128 bucks

or for a lower price u cud go for gigabyte ga z87-d3h: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128599&cm_re=gigabyte_z87-_-13-128-599-_-Product 109 bucks

unknownofprob · Jun 5, 2014

Gigabyte z87m is not only micro-ATX, has poor multi-GPU support.

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