richyboy141 :
madmatt30 :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007ZTCD0E/?tag=pcp0f-21
Its matx but its a z77 board & at least has usb3 & a couple of sata 3 ports.
Its worth the compromise IMO.
Where's this build coming from - you didn't actually pay that price for the 3770k ?????
I'm assuming you got it cheap or already own it ??
Otherwise I have no idea why you'd be looking at an ivy bridge build.
Oh, I have no idea what I bought the CPU for, I bought it a long time ago.
That board looks really nice however I really would like to have a normal ATX board for possible expansion purposes,
This build is what I'm trying to put together based on me already having the i7 3770k.
Thank you for your assistance!
while in essence I agree with a full size atx board for expansion options it doesnt work in this scenario.
The h61 is sata 2 only - youre pairing one of the fastest ssd's around with it & are going to get subpar performance as sata 2 quite simply isnt fast enough.It has no usb 3,Id want that nowdays personally.
Expandability wise you have quite simply 3 x pci-express x 1 slots spare after the gpu is installed,what exactly are you going to use them for ?? short of a wireless adapter there isnt really any use them for them at all, maybe a sata 3 card & a usb3 card which the matx 77 already has natively??
that q77 board has a couple of sata 3 ports, 4x sata 2 ports ,usb3 onboard & a spare pci + full size pci express slot usable after the gpi is installed - theres more expandability on the matx 77 board than there is on the h61 imo.