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Which Z68?

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Alanstein

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Alright, so I purchased a 2600K and am now looking at the Z68 motherboards that currently offer SLi.

I'm looking at the AsRock Z68 Extreme4, which has everything I want, but I am wary of the AsRock brand.

I'm looking at the Z68X UD3P and UD3H from gigabyte, but I'm not really sure what the differences between the two boards are and their stability with 4.5ghz+ overclocking.

I'm also looking at ASUS' offerings, but it seems like the P8Z68 boards are more of the same problems as P8P67 boards, and I had a TON of problems with my P8P67 Deluxe.

Any help with getting pointed in the right direction would be appreciated. i'm looking to order this thing today :)
 
If you are going for a mid to high end board, you might as well go with Asus.
 
what problems did you have with your p8p67? I have the p8p67 pro and it has run flawlessly since i got it.
 
havokator said:
what problems did you have with your p8p67? I have the p8p67 pro and it has run flawlessly since i got it.
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Memory wouldn't register fully, pci slot ended up being mechanically unstable, the accessories didn't work at all.

I've had good experiences with asus other than that board, but that thing was horrid.
 
Alanstein said:
I'd gladly go with a z68 sabertooth motherboard if it was out :D
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And why do you necessarily need a *high-end* Z68 motherboard?

There are some decent Z68 motherboards (both ATX and mATX) that are anything but high-end, such as ASRock's Z68-Pro3 and Pro3-M, and Gigabyte's Z68MA-D2H-B3 and Z68A-D3H-B3. None of the four are $130US at Newegg, and all support the primary Z68 feature set (including mSATA, SSD-as-cache, QuickSync, Lucid Virtu, etc.). The Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3, in fact, replaced the Z68MA-D2H-B3 on my shortlist because it has two PCI slots that the mATX board lacks, and is only $10 more.

"I hate wasting anything - especially money!"
 
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