What motherboard do you recommend me getting?

[JamesPoulton]

I have the Intel 2600.
I want to get the slight overclock I apparently can if I can find out how, but I'm also planning on upgrading to the 3770K at some point.
I have the ECS H61H2-M2 at the moment and I want to buy a new motherboard so I can eventually get SLI.
I have a budget of £150 but I might be willing to push it to £200 max.
I want the best motherboard all round for that price but also want to be able to overclock.
Any suggestions?

Thanks
James

 

[Novuake]

If you will be upgrading to the 3770K then get a Z77 board. BUT, what CPU do you have exactly? If its the 2600 and not the 2600K you are screwed... LOL overclocking a normal 2600 would not be good for your system.

If you do have the 2600K, you need a decent CPU cooler to go with it.
Unless you have one?

For a mobo, the ASrock Extreme4 Z77 board. Its a good clocker and very reliable.

 

[JamesPoulton]

I was planning on getting a Z77 board.
Yeah it's just the 2600.
I was looking at the Fatal1ty Z77 Performance by AsRock, what's your opinion on that board if you have one?
I'll have a look, it just depends on the price.

 

[Novuake]

YOu can not overclock a normal simply I7 2600. You will need to go without overclocking.
Why do you want to OC anyway? Thats a very capable PCU as it is. OC is not necessary...

 

[JamesPoulton]

Yeah, I didn't think you could but I'd just heard you could, slightly, I don't know.
And I don't know why I want to, I guess just to try it

 

[Novuake]

Yeah, I didn't think you could but I'd just heard you could, slightly, I don't know.
And I don't know why I want to, I guess just to try it

Don't... Only way to do it is by OCing the BCLK and thats risky. It forces your whole system to run at a faster clock, this ruins your board, RAM and sometimes GPU.

 

[JamesPoulton]

Oh okay then, yeah I didn't think I'd actually do it, if it was easy then I might have..
Will the 3770K overclock well?

 

[Novuake]

Pretty well yes. Not as great as the I5 2500K or the 2600K, but the 3770K is faster per clock anyway...

 

[JamesPoulton]

Oh okay then.
I wasn't getting it for the overclocking anyway, just seemed a better processor than I have already.