Well, I've finally decided to make some much needed upgrades to my system, and so far I have everything picked out (including the processor, RAM, cooler, thermal paste), but I've hit a snag with the motherboard. To be quite frank, I'm very novice when it comes to computer components and as such I tend to go with reviews for everything. Going by reviews, it was pretty easy to settle on a good processor for what I wanted to do, which is game (I decided on the i5-3750), and the ram I just went with the tried and true Corsair Vengeance 1600MHZ 1.5 9-9-9-24, since I figured it would be fairly compatible. I guess I'm still a little unsure about the cooler, but it's between the Hyper 212 EVO or Plus. I guess the EVO has a slight edge?
Choosing a motherboard has been giving me the most grief as there seems to be many, many mixed reviews on them. Originally, I had planned to get the ASRock Z77 Extreme4, as I heard it was pretty stable and easy to use with overclocking. But after reading tons of reviews, it seems like many people have problems with them such as the fan speeds not regulating very well, the bios needing to be flashed in order to recognize an older SATA, memory timings being read inaccurately, onboard LAN or USB not working properly, board being flimsy, etc, etc. I've also read that support is a bit iffy.
So, assuming that some of that is true, would you guys recommend an ASUS or GIGABYTE board instead, and if so, do you have any recommendations for a decent Z77 that is fairly easy to overclock for a beginner? The interface of the ASRock seemed very intuitive even for a noob like myself (judging by the pictures I've seen), so it's one of the reasons I was leaning towards it. Honestly though, I'll gladly take a board that's a little trickier to use as long as it's good quality.
My budget cap is around $200 (I'd like to stay at around $170 if possible), so if you guys could share some suggestions, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
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Choosing a motherboard has been giving me the most grief as there seems to be many, many mixed reviews on them. Originally, I had planned to get the ASRock Z77 Extreme4, as I heard it was pretty stable and easy to use with overclocking. But after reading tons of reviews, it seems like many people have problems with them such as the fan speeds not regulating very well, the bios needing to be flashed in order to recognize an older SATA, memory timings being read inaccurately, onboard LAN or USB not working properly, board being flimsy, etc, etc. I've also read that support is a bit iffy.
So, assuming that some of that is true, would you guys recommend an ASUS or GIGABYTE board instead, and if so, do you have any recommendations for a decent Z77 that is fairly easy to overclock for a beginner? The interface of the ASRock seemed very intuitive even for a noob like myself (judging by the pictures I've seen), so it's one of the reasons I was leaning towards it. Honestly though, I'll gladly take a board that's a little trickier to use as long as it's good quality.
My budget cap is around $200 (I'd like to stay at around $170 if possible), so if you guys could share some suggestions, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
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