Asus P8Z68 or P8Z67

[Rogue45]

Hello,I am about to build my first gaming rig. Using intel core i7 2600k. Looking for the best mobo to use with it. So far the Asus P8Z68 & P8Z67 are looking the best. Any advice?

 

[itzdanielp]

I am assuming you mean P67 not Z67.

That said the Z68 is a newer and more powerful chipset with better features. If you can afford the extras, I would definitely go with the Z68.


That said, I would highly suggest waiting 6 or so weeks and getting the Sandy Bridge - E Z79 chipset (LGA 2011) that is coming out late oct or early november.

 

[Rogue45]

asrock z68 extreme4 and asus p8z68 deluxe is 200 while the pro is 130. Is the deluxe worth the extra $70? Any Any speculation on price of these new mobo's.

This is my first build and i want to do it right. Any suggestions are welcome.


Anticipated setup as follows:

intel core i7 2600k
mobo????
750W psu
Nzxt phantom case
60gb ocz ssd
1TB hdd
8GB corsair Vengence 1600 MHz
EVGA GTX 560 ti

 

[Rogue45]

I just read no usb 3.0 in Sandy Bridge - E Z79 chipset and also no PCIe3.0 support?? That's beat. It will be a few weeks before i purchase the mobo, so maybe more news will come out.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/3/30/intels-next-gen-platforms-leaked-lga-13562c-lga-20112c-z682c-x79-chipsets.aspx

 

[itzdanielp]

That is a press release from back in March...

USB 3.0 should be present at launch due to the market saturation of it currently on older systems than it.

PCIe 3.0 will not be supported until Ivy Bridge architecture, and shouldn't be a stopping point since GPU's can't currently saturate a PCIe 2.0 pipeline. The only thing you would need PCIe 3.0 for is data transfer, and you have plenty of SATA 3 connections on there anyway.