Z77 MotherBoards or ...

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Status
Not open for further replies.
Hotkiker

Hotkiker

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2012
98
0
18,630
Hi everyone back again to bother the kind people in toms hardware and have a few questions

So as we all know that the ivy bridge is out and sandy bridge is now considered old (which i really hate due technology moving too fast) but the motherboards that support ivy bridge specifically ASUS cost too much and because i am always in a hurry i just wanna know when will the prices drop for the mobo's because i cant wait to build my gaming pc

I also wanna know what u guyies/gals would go for P67/Z68 (which are really high in prices and some are even discontinued) or the Z77 (which also have high prices)

if i go with my first choice i would go with the i7 2600k if any are left and if i go with my second choice i would go with i7 3770k

and when do u think that this mobo will drop in price

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760

Alright thanks everyone Ohh and sry about the essay that i wrote
 
Solution
nikorr
You know how it is.

U can purchase great ASUS $400 mobo and it can die on you. Even if it has the greatest reviews.

U might not be lucky or your luck is "adjusted by some lazy worker" that ships you mobo that was returned because of errors. Now u got it.

You just never know, all the best product have manufacture defect @ about 2%.

If its a fresh launch of the product, chances are bigger to get a faulty one, than later,

when bugs are fixed up already.

I usually check the serial #'s that are available online, as what product shipment had the problems, and what # is already fixed.

But that needs lots of research on line and forum reading : )
Sort by date Sort by votes
abekl

abekl

Splendid
Jul 8, 2011
3,593
2
23,460
I think the motherboards have settled into their respective price niches and are are unlikely to move for the foreseeable future. So you should base you decision on what's available today, because it will be the same price as six months from now.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hotkiker

Hotkiker

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2012
98
0
18,630
So should i just buy the mobo since its not going to go down in price anyway is that ur suggestions

and wow i7 3770k has almost identical performance as the i7 2600k maybe i might stick with the 2nd gen i7
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
nikorr

nikorr

Champion
Oct 22, 2009
23,335
0
54,960
The IB has more features available. I like the wireless HDMI for decent price.

SB doesn't have it : (

I would get the latest greatest, next gen is Haswell, 1 year away.

So Z77 + IB makes sense.

But it depends on your needs. What is your primary use?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hotkiker

Hotkiker

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2012
98
0
18,630



Got to agree that is a great board but price is a little to high
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hotkiker

Hotkiker

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2012
98
0
18,630
Nikorr i dont think i wanna buy lga 2011 wanna stay in the middle of overclocking and gaming, And sorry for not telling u guyies but i will be overclocking this gaming rig but not as high as 5.0 ghz
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hotkiker

Hotkiker

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2012
98
0
18,630
Since everyone is saying that the z77 motherboards wont go down in price even after 6 months then i might as well go with sandy bridge because i don't see any improvements in ivy bridge. I wont be using the USB 3.0 and i have heard that Pci E 2.0 is enough for new video cards such as gtx 600 and hd 7000. But if that's a false statement then my mind would change and would go with z77
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom