What motherboard for 2500k gaming rig

[Whomastadon]

Hi thar,

I'm building my mate a 2500k gaming rig and am unsure what motherboard to choose. It'll be running said cpu, gtx580 and 8gb 1600ram. I do plan to overclock the cpu as far as i can( thats stable ).

I'm undecided on which motherboard to get as alot of the ones ive been looking at seem to have i high doa rate. i'm startin to think thats just part of the motherboard game.

Like i said the rig will be purely gaming oriented and media storage/streaming with the ability to overclock. I'd like to stay round 150-200 bucks if possible however the cheaper the beteer as i dont care for usb3 or pcie3 ectect so a 100 mobo would be fine.

thanks in advance!!

 

[rolli59]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

 

[dominyon]

I second that asrock but if you want the same with P67 instead it's here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157230

I have that board with a 2500K at 4.8GHz.

There's also the extreme4 versions if you want the possibility for SLI

p67 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265

z68 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157250

 

[inzone]

ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759

I have found that the motherboards that onerclock the best are the boards from Asus , they have so many options and tweeks that you can get the most out of your cpu.

 

[InstantPressure]

Excellent. Just what I needed for a good and affordable mobo to learn how to build a 2500k computer on the cheap. I just wish I could find another Black Friday deal on the 2500k for under $200.