I need a motherboard

[chewie71]

Okay so I am building my computer for gaming (Minecraft, BF3) and Homework
(Word, Excel ect...) and I need to find a good Motherboard.

This is my build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LbL7

Is that motherboard good or should I get a different one? I am UK so I am looking for one around £100 of 150$

Thanks

Edit: I know I don't have a GFX in that build but I have a left over GTX 650 ti.

 

[ubercake]

It's a great affordable board for a single video card. If you want to go with an SLI setup some day, I'd step up to the P8Z77-V LK.

If you know you'll stick with a single video card, that's a fine board and you could actually downgrade your wattage and save £25-30:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu500cxv2

Although, if your plan is to go with an the SLI option one day, consider this XFX 750 power supply (manufactured and designed by Seasonic with an XFX brand):
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750xxxb9

 

[rcm789]

I recently built a system with almost these parts. The CPU is the same. The motherboard is just one side/up step, Asus P8Z77-v LK. My video card is a GTX 550 TI. My memory is patriot 8 GB DDR3 1600, not the extreme limited edition but still patriot. Personally I'm all for Western Digital or Seagate hard drives. I just don't have much experience with Samsung hard drives but love their monitors.

VS.
I enjoy it a lot. I haven't tried to do any overclocking just yet but if you're looking to play Minecraft and BF3 you shouldn't have to worry about overclocking. Between the two boards there is not much different. The LK has more PCI express 3.0 slots where as the LX has more PCI slots. I would say if you have a lot of older PCI cards you want to plug in then yes I would lean towards the LX. I went with LK because it has more USB 3.0 and one day I might want to try SLI at PCIe 3.0. Overall it just seems like a little step upwards for not very much more money. I'm hoping it will stay a little bit more current then the LX.

Cons.
I am currently have a small problem with mine but after doing all of the firmware upgrades it seems to be doing much better. Asus is great and their support is helping me with my problem right now, although I might post is on here just to see if anyone else has a thought. I would recommend registering it with Asus when you get it because if I would have it might have speed things up a bit on the support.

Other thoughts.
I didn't see a computer case in your list. The SATA ports are put side ways on the motherboard for LK so make sure your case isn't going to be a problem with that. Most won't be but still something to consider.

 

[chewie71]

Sorry for not replying earlier, I was very busy with school work and exams ect... Ubercake, thanks for you help, could you suggest a good 500w modular power supply. i have seen so many people with bad cable management and I don't think I could deal with that! Rcm, thanks for your suggestion for the motherboard, I have updated my build. I have also put the case in the build. Thanks for your great help both rcm and Ubercake. I have now sold my 650 ti so I can get a Asus 7850, because I saw my friend running this card and I saw alot of improvement from my 650 ti

 

[chewie71]

Sorry for not replying earlier, I was very busy with school work and exams ect... Ubercake, thanks for you help, could you suggest a good 500w modular power supply. i have seen so many people with bad cable management and I don't think I could deal with that! Rcm, thanks for your suggestion for the motherboard, I have updated my build. I have also put the case in the build. Thanks for your great help both rcm and Ubercake. I have now sold my 650 ti so I can get a Asus 7850, because I saw my friend running this card and I saw a lot of improvement from my 650 ti. Please say if there are any more problems http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Nr9X

 

[ubercake]

Sorry for not replying earlier, I was very busy with school work and exams ect... Ubercake, thanks for you help, could you suggest a good 500w modular power supply. i have seen so many people with bad cable management and I don't think I could deal with that! Rcm, thanks for your suggestion for the motherboard, I have updated my build. I have also put the case in the build. Thanks for your great help both rcm and Ubercake. I have now sold my 650 ti so I can get a Asus 7850, because I saw my friend running this card and I saw alot of improvement from my 650 ti

Here's a great semi-modular:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm

Seasonic is among the top, if not the top power supply manufacturer when it comes to quality and reliability. The only permanent connections are the 24-pin and 4/8-pin motherboard connections making it semi-modular. Defintely worth the premium.

If you are planning to go with a crossfire setup anytime in the future, though, I'd look at a 650-750W supply:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss660xp2