P8Z68-V or P8Z68-V LE?

[pckitty4427]

Hi

I'm planning my next build and I've noticed the P8Z68-V LE is much cheaper than the P8Z68-V.

What are the disadvantages of the LE?

Specs for new system will be:

i5 2500K

Hyper 212 EVO

GTX 560 Ti

8GB (2X4GB) Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 RAM

Crucial m4 128GB

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

CM 690 II Advanced

Corsair HX650

 

[ko888]

The LE doesn't support NVIDIA SLI mode.

Has only 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot operating at x16.

The P8Z68-V has 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots that operate at x16 for a single graphics card or dual x8 for two graphics cards in SLI or CrossFireX mode.

The LE is missing a JMicron JMB362 controller for 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port.

The LE doesn't have Bluetooth.

The LE has only a 4 +2 Phase Power Design. Not good for overclocking. Since the only reason you would buy a K suffixed CPU is because you are planning to overclock I would stay away from the LE.

The P8Z68-V has a Digital 16 Phase Power Design (12-phase for CPU, 4-phase for iGPU) which makes it a better (i.e. more stable) overclocking motherboard.

The LE is slightly smaller in size because of the reduced feature set.

 

[pckitty4427]

The LE doesn't support NVIDIA SLI mode.

Has only 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot operating at x16.

The P8Z68-V has 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots that operate at x16 for a single graphics card or dual x8 for two graphics cards in SLI or CrossFireX mode.

The LE is missing a JMicron JMB362 controller for 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port.

The LE doesn't have Bluetooth.

The LE has only a 4 +2 Phase Power Design. Not good for overclocking. Since the only reason you would buy a K suffixed CPU is because you are planning to overclock I would stay away from the LE.

The P8Z68-V has a Digital 16 Phase Power Design (12-phase for CPU, 4-phase for iGPU) which makes it a better (i.e. more stable) overclocking motherboard.

The LE is slightly smaller in size because of the reduced feature set.

In that case I'll go for the P8Z68-V. Thanks for the help!

 

[pckitty4427]

Best answer selected by pckitty4427.

 

[pro-gamer]

Best answer selected by pckitty4427.

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The LE doesn't support NVIDIA SLI mode.
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nHas only 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot operating at x16.
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nThe P8Z68-V has 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots that operate at x16 for a single graphics card or dual x8 for two graphics cards in SLI or CrossFireX mode.
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nThe LE is missing a JMicron JMB362 controller for 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port.
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nThe LE doesn't have Bluetooth.
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nThe LE has only a 4 +2 Phase Power Design. Not good for overclocking. Since the only reason you would buy a K suffixed CPU is because you are planning to overclock I would stay away from the LE.
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nThe P8Z68-V has a Digital 16 Phase Power Design (12-phase for CPU, 4-phase for iGPU) which makes it a better (i.e. more stable) overclocking motherboard.
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nThe LE is slightly smaller in size because of the reduced feature set.

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ngreat job!