"Cheap" mb to go with that $99 2500k-->EVGA Z68 FTW, $60 AR--6 hours only today!!!

[Meghan54]

Newegg has a 6 hour special today, live from 9A-3P PT, or 12N-6P ET.


EVGA Z68 FTW motherboard, $59.99 after $25 MIR. Currently, the board's listed at $124.99 w/$25 MIR, but between the hours listed above, the price will automatically decrease to $89.99 and retains the $25 MIR, giving $59.99 final cost. FS, too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-13188098-E01A

Board's an extended ATX, 6GB/s SATA, USB 3.0, just no PCIe 3.0. Darned nice board even being the last gen. chipset, esp. for use with a Sandy Bridge, a cpu that cannot "turn on " PCIe 3.0 on a Z77 board anyway.



EVGA also has the Z68 SLI motherboard for $49.99 after $10 MIR. Again, darned nice motherboards for SB cpus given what is in the price range.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188097

 

[bunnyfubbles]

despite being last gen there really isn't anything noteworthy that Z77 has that Z68 does not

 

[Roland00Address]

Big warning, EVGA does not support ivybridge with the Z68 boards.

Worse they do not list this on their website but if you checked out the forums or newegg reviews even their reps say this in response to bad reviews.

It is called planned obsolescence, all it needs is a simple bios update but evga purposefully does not want to do this update so you will instead buy a z77 board from them if you ever upgrade. Their is a reason these boards are this price.

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So good for 2500k or other sandybridge cpu, not good for ivybridge

 

[Meghan54]

Big warning, EVGA does not support ivybridge with the Z68 boards.

Worse they do not list this on their website

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So good for 2500k or other sandybridge cpu, not good for ivybridge

Actually, both Newegg's detail page for the motherboard states this and on EVGA's product page for this motherboard, under the Prod Specs link (upper right corner), lists cpu compatibility for SB cpus only.

http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/160-SB-E689.pdf

 

[philipma1957]

to the op I hope this does not sell out!

I was keeping this quiet until I purchased one!

these are great mobos with 2500k's.

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[fleshconsumed]

Sigh, I went to my MC and they were all out of 2500k. I got 3570 with P8Z77-V LK for $255 after rebate comes, so not too bad.

FYI Newegg also has MSI z68 motherboard for $40 after rebates http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-13130621-L07B Reviews are not very good, but if it's cheap you're after, can't get much cheaper than this.

 

[digitaldurandal]

I have the G55 and it is pretty good even though the reviews were 50/50 on it.

 

[Rvenger]

OOS, wow another killer deal.

 

[philipma1957]

yeah I got one thank you.


I will put it in with a 2500k


a few msi7950's for 240 each ---------------- 480 amazon warehouse deals I listed the link to 7950's and 7970's on this site


lets see 99 for the cpu.--------------------------- 99 deal from micro center thanks to this site.

60 for the mobo ---------------------------------- 60 deal from newegg thanks to this site

30 for samsung 1600 vlp ram ---------------------- 30 deal from newegg thanks to this site

99 for a 1200 watt psu -----------------------------99 deal from coolermaster I listed it on this site


also you could have gone with a 750watt seasonic listed on this site.

126 for a 180gb intel ssd. ----------------------------126 deal from buy.com thanks to this site


monster machine for about---------------------------900


I have a case and fans but a nice machine for a good price