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What is a better choice for a motherboard?

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November 9, 2013 9:59:12 PM

Hello everyone im new to this forum and wanted to say thank you for reading this. Well im starting to build my own real gaming pc. ive built very basic pc's and i want to get into this alot more. My buget is under 900$ but im willing to go up a little to 930$ for better items. Here is my list thus far but, I want it to be better than this as i dont even know if this is the best i can do so far. Also, What's a better OS win 7 or win 8? or others?. Look down



PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/201w8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/201w8/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/201w8/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($85.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($38.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.96 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Apevia X-SNIPER2-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Cooler Master i500 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $678.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-10 00:34 EST-0500)

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a b 4 Gaming
November 9, 2013 10:02:40 PM

I honestly prefer Windows 7 to Windows 8 as it is much more user-friendly IMO.
a c 683 4 Gaming
November 9, 2013 10:32:43 PM

Will prob really want 8GB (2x4GB) for gaming
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