What's a good Z77 motherboard?

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xxsk8er101xx

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I have a p68 asus deluxe motherboard now with the Intel Core i7 2600k cpu. I'm looking to get a z77 chipset based motherboard to tie me over until skylake comes out. They are kind of hard to come by. Right now I think I might be stuck with an Asrock z77 extreme 6. Any thoughts on that board? I normally use Asus but they don't have a motherboard I like available.

The problem with my current motherboard is that one of the 6g sata ports has fried and I only have 1 g6 sata port. The rest are 3g ports. I have 1 SSD and I want to get a second one to replace my other aging hard drive. I might even opt for a hybrid drive that I can mount in the back of the motherboard plate. I have the NZXT case that I can do that.

I'm just looking for something to tie me over for a couple more years. Everything else works great and I don't see any reason to do a complete upgrade.

My plan is to overclock the 2600k with a water cooling solution and maybe upgrade to the geforce 980 GPU. I figure this should tie me over a couple more years. I just need a new motherboard to replace this one because of the bad sata port. Who knows what else is going bad...

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
 
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You should have 4xSATA6 ports on your current mobo. But you can always use the SATA3 ports for your HDD's if necessary. The HDD's won't take a performance hit using SATA3.
If you insist on a new mobo, I have an Asrock Z67Pro3Gen3 and an Asrock Z87 Extreme6, both have been running without problems for quite some time.
 
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xxsk8er101xx

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So whenever I plug something into the fried sata port my computer turns off as soon as I turn it on. I'm just worried it'll spread heh. It hasn't yet but I haven't used it as much as I use to because of it.



 
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xxsk8er101xx

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I was thinking on the extreme 6 it's only 20 dollars different and I get a pci express 4x slot instead of a 1x slot. I have a dual port server NIC I plan to use so that one is perfect.



 
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i eventually opted to just upgrade to a new processor and motherboard. The asrock z77 extreme 6 wasn't available anymore on newegg. I ended up getting the 4790k and a GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H LGA 1150 motherboard. I also got a CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid cooler.

Z77 motherboards are really hard to find so if you need a new motherboard to fit your 1155 cpu good luck. You might as well just upgrade.
 
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