Chooseing a new mobo

[19Smudge77]

hi all,
ok i just need pointing in the right direction for a new mobo.
im looking for a mid range mobo £90-120
only have the one card atm, msi twin ii but may sli them later (16x8 fine sli)
purely for long hours off gaming, so looking at the jap chokes un stuff
asus is my 1st choice of mobo or gygabite
running a i5 2500k,again i will want to o.c, but just not yet.
looking at the http://www.ebuyer.com/176157-arctic-cooling-freezer-7-pro-rev-2-socket-775-1156-1155-1366-ac-frz-7pr2 for the fan,
i was looking at the p8p67 pro, but ebuyer looks like they have got rid of it i think http://www.ebuyer.com/260185-asus-p8p67-pro-r3-p67-socket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-atx-p8p67-pro-r3
im currenly using ebuyer to buy my parts so links to that would be great

thks

 

[jaquith]

There are (3) versions of the ASUS P8P67 Pro - 3.0 {NEC USB 3.0}, 3.1 {ASMedia USB 3.0} and the new GEN3 {PCIe 3.0 switch}. The NEC are better but ASUS opted for the less expensive ASMedia.

To confuse you more, there are (2) versions of the ASUS P8P67 Pro with the Z68 chipset: P8Z68-V PRO and the new P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3.

'Asus P8P67 PRO REV 3.1' - http://www.ebuyer.com/282891-asus-p8p67-pro-rev-3-1-socket-1155-8-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-p8p67-pro-rev-3-1-

 

[beenthere]

I highly recommend Gigabyte over Asus for performance and reliability based on over 20 years of building high end PCs and having used all the major brands of mobos. I find Asus mobos RAM sensitive and often unreliable.

Gigabyte offers a complete line of quality mobos for AMD or Intel CPUs at all price levels.

 

[19Smudge77]

i should of put the z68's in my 1st post, but somehow missed it out any chance of linking one for me pls

 

[19Smudge77]

I highly recommend Gigabyte over Asus for performance and reliability based on over 20 years of building high end PCs and having used all the major brands of mobos. I find Asus mobos RAM sensitive and often unreliable.

Gigabyte offers a complete line of quality mobos for AMD or Intel CPUs at all price levels.

im for any of the 2 so yeah a nice £120 gygabite board link would be great too

 

[jaquith]

i should of put the z68's in my 1st post, but somehow missed it out any chance of linking one for me pls

P8Z68-V PRO - http://www.ebuyer.com/267772-asus-p8z68-v-pro-z68-socket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-atx-motherboard-p8z68-v-pro

I've been building for over a decade - ASUS. I typically build 3-4 blocked gaming PCs a month, so by the numbers I respectfully disagree. ASUS first set of P67's, mainly due to BIOS, were lack lusterand Gigabyte had its bad batches of UD3/UD4/UD5 P67's. However, now ASUS LGA 1155 seem to be fine. Use the latest BIOS. However, prior to LGA 1155 Gigabyte was in no way better than ASUS.