Over Christmas I was lucky enough to get my hands on a 3930K CPU, of course this does mean that I will need a new motherboard because of the change in platform. At the moment I am looking at the MSI X79A-GD45 8D and the MSI X79A-GD65 8D, there is a difference of roughly £30 between them. I know straight off from benchmarks that these motherboards are no where near as good as some of the others, but I really don't have the money right now to spend £300 on a top of the range motherboard.
From what I can understand from the two motherboards the GD65 has more PCIe slots, more USB ports and a few other bits and pieces that I don't feel would be necessary for me. For example I am sure 2 6GB/s sata ports will be plenty. But apart from these factors is there anything else?
From what I can understand from the two motherboards the GD65 has more PCIe slots, more USB ports and a few other bits and pieces that I don't feel would be necessary for me. For example I am sure 2 6GB/s sata ports will be plenty. But apart from these factors is there anything else?
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