I'm building a new desktop to replace my 5 year old desktop that's starting to show its age. Its main use will be for gaming, I spend most of my time playing MMO's like SWTOR, GW2 as well as FPS's for a change of pace. I'm going for the best bang for my buck, future proofing and solid OCing features would be great, I'm not worried about the latest and greatest. The motherboard is where I'm having the hardest time settling on which one to get.
The build I'm looking at so far is:
The Motherboards I'm currently looking at are:
The price range I'm going for is ideally around 200 but willing push it up to 300 for a board that has a lot of extra features.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out.
The build I'm looking at so far is:
- Intel-i5-4670K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
PowerColor PCS+ AMD Radeon HD 7870 Myst. Edition 2 GB GDDR5
^(2 of these in a crossfire setup, already have one figure might as well add a second)
Corsair Vengeance Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2133 MHz (PC3 17000)
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s
Cooler Master V-Series - 1000W Power Supply with Fully Modular Cables and 80 PLUS Gold Certification
CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handles, White
The Motherboards I'm currently looking at are:
(ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO)
(ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional)
(ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ac)
(MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming)
(GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD4H)
Or wait for the ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA
The price range I'm going for is ideally around 200 but willing push it up to 300 for a board that has a lot of extra features.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out.