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Which motherboard to pick?

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Hi, I need help with choosing my motherboard.

Things I plan on doing:

I will most likely be overclocking my GPU (either Radeon 6950/GTX 560) and my CPU (Intel i5-2500k)

I will NOT be using two cards or anything.

I also have noticed the issue of SATA ports being in awkward positions, so if you can find one without that, it would be great (LEAST CONCERN).

My budget is 100-180 or so, and if you know of any nice coupons or deals OR i5-2500k CPU COMBOS, please let me know.

Also, if you could, help me pick which GPU I should get, thanks to all! :D 

If you have any additional questions please ask me.

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DO you need to use integrated graphics? If so, go with my z68 picks. These are the best mobos in your price range

P67:
1st: AS Rock Extreme 4 Gen3 (Main feature: PCIe3 Ready with Ivy Bridge)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

2nd: ASUS P8P67 PRO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

3rd: GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


Z68:
1st: AS Rock Extreme4 Z68 Gen 3 (PCIe3 compatible with Ivy)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

2nd: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO (This is above your price range by $20 but going down to the nonpro version imo is not worth it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

3rd: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

If you don't need to use integrated graphics, you get more for the price if you go with p67.
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I would get either a 560 ti or a 6950.

Benefits of Nvidia: 3d gaming and physx (better explosions, debris, etc.). benefits of AMD: 3+ monitor support on a single card

The 6950 performs slightly better than the 560 ti. Although individual game performance will vary.

For the gtx 560, I would get the MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk GeForce GTX 560 Ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

For the amd 6950, I would get the sapphire 6950 dirt 3 edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

As for PSU, that is a great PSU but if you could buy this equally good 750W psu:
Corsair HX750 and save $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Selling a used computer is difficult for many reasons. In all honesty, you will be lucky to recover 40% of the original costs even after a year or 2. If it's more than 2 years, that percentages goes down.

Try craigslist and/or ebay. I know there are also some forums which have sections to sell parts or builds.
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