ASRock Z77 Professional Vs. Gigabyte GA-Z77-UD5H

[Kerfuffle13]

Hey, I'm trying to decide between the ASRock Z77 Professional and Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboards for my new rig. I plan on using the computer for everyday use and some medium/light gaming. I want to keep the price below $200 which was one of the main reasons I ended up with these two boards. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you!


AsRock Z77 Professional http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157299
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545

My current build:
Intel Core i5 3570K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
G.Skill Ares Series 8GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231548
Seagate Barracuda 3TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844
Samsung 840 Pro Series SSD 256GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193
SeaSonic X Series X-850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102
MSI GTX 670 Power Edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127685
Corsair Carbide 500r http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139009


Edit 1: Also considering Asus Sabertooth http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821

It goes out of my price range by a little bit, but if people think the extra money is worth it, I will consider this board.

 

[jnkweaver]

I prefer Gigabyte boards. Used them in my last 3 builds. (Not that particular one though)

 

[Kerfuffle13]

Anyone else?

 

[godzapostle]

i have an asrock board for myself and just build a system for my brother with a ud5h and i prefer the asrock boards. the asrock board boots much faster but the ud5h does have more usb 3.0 headers. i would actually just go with an asrock extreme4 over either of those since its much cheaper.

 

[Kerfuffle13]

i would actually just go with an asrock extreme4 over either of those since its much cheaper.

Yeah, I looked at that board but I wanted more than 4 6Gb/s SATA ports which was the only reason I crossed it off my list.