ASRock or Gigabyte Motherboard?

[Altiris]

Someone told me I should go with this ASRock board because it has a B75 chipset, compared to the Gigabyte I was looking at which had a Intel H61 chipset. Is this really important? I am building a light gaming PC, I am using a Celeron 6530.

Gigabyte Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128539

ASRock Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157313

 

[jaquith]

I assume you meant the Intel Celeron G530/LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge CPU. Well you're comparing different chipsets, the B75 vs H61 so for the SB about the only add is USB 3.0 native support, you won't be able to OC the RAM on the SB + B75. The B75 offer Business related security options, but for 'gaming' neither will make any difference.

Typical home use flip a coin.

Intel H61 - http://ark.intel.com/products/52806/Intel-BD82H61-PCH
Intel B75 - http://ark.intel.com/products/64030/Intel-BD82B75-PCH

 

[andrewcarr]

I'd go with the cheaper one since you won't use any new features. Although the B75 is nice because it can support ivy bridge CPU not just Sandy Bridge.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%20600315409&IsNodeId=1&name=Ivy%20Bridge

 

[skaughtz]

The B75 boards also offer native support for SATA III and USB 3.0. I don't believe the H61 boards do. It's something to consider depending on your other components.

I would do the B75 if there isn't too much of a cost disparity.

 

[jaquith]

Yep - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#Core_i_Series_chipsets

 

[s-h-a-w-n]

Yep - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#Core_i_Series_chipsets

Nice link, thanks!