So, I've always been a mac fanatic (even had a classic and a plus when I was younger, so it's NOT a recent apple fanboy thing - I just grew up with them!) as a result I've never really seriously considered building my own PC until now - for a variety of reasons!
I've been doing a lot of reading and plan to build my system in april/may after I get my bonus (I work at John Lewis - I'm not a banker or owt like that!). But I want a little advice on which MoBo to get.
I plan to get the Intel i7 2600k CPU, and have been reading reviews on various mobo's including Asus and Intel's P67 chipsets.
What would you guys go for?
Oh: bit more info, I want to get it going with 8GB memory and upgrade later, I'll mainly be gaming (STO, WoW amongst others) and plan to build it all in the NZXT phantom black case (which I've already started work on as I want green LEDs rather than Blue). GPU will be either the GTX 480 or 580, since the 580 won't provide much of an improvement on performance over the 480 at 1080p resolution.
I've been doing a lot of reading and plan to build my system in april/may after I get my bonus (I work at John Lewis - I'm not a banker or owt like that!). But I want a little advice on which MoBo to get.
I plan to get the Intel i7 2600k CPU, and have been reading reviews on various mobo's including Asus and Intel's P67 chipsets.
What would you guys go for?
Oh: bit more info, I want to get it going with 8GB memory and upgrade later, I'll mainly be gaming (STO, WoW amongst others) and plan to build it all in the NZXT phantom black case (which I've already started work on as I want green LEDs rather than Blue). GPU will be either the GTX 480 or 580, since the 580 won't provide much of an improvement on performance over the 480 at 1080p resolution.