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awppsu

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Looking to build a computer (duh) and my choice of processor is a i5-2500k, GPU: Galaxy GTX 560 Ti, as well as a Cooler master HAF-912 case. I was originally looking at a...

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128476)

Then I started to read the reviews and quickly got away from that board.

Does anyone have any good suggests for a LGA 1155 board in the 100-200 dollar range?
 
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CraigRT

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I have a P67A-UD4-B3 and its just peachy.
No issues with the build at all, I mean notta. It's rock solid stable and just an overall excellent board. I think you'd be happy with the UD3.
 
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Blitz KriegeR

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There have been soooo many posts recently with the same question.

The reality is, both P67 and Z68 are good platforms. Similar vendors sell boards for both, and both are a fair choice based on what you want to do with your system.

It boils down to that alone, what do YOU want? Want Quicksync or SSD caching? Then Z68 it is. Don't care? Perhaps P67 then! If that is not enough, look to your budget. See what is on sale.

Pick a board that has the features you want at a reasonable price and you have probably found your board.

Recently discussed favorites are ASRock P67 extreme 3/4/6, ASUS P67 Pro, GB P67-UD3/4, and all three companies Z68 variants of the same. You can't really go wrong with any of them.
 
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With a Z68 board, you can overclock the chip & use the onboard GPU WITHOUT a discrete video card. With the P67 you can overclock your chip but it does not support the onboard GPU of SandyBridge so you NEED a discrete GPU.

Now be careful because some board manufacturers are selling Z68 boards that still need a discrete GPU.
 
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awppsu

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I was looking at the Z68 because I like the idea of designating some programs to use the built in GPU so that it doesn't wear on my GPU card so much and of course draws less power.

I was namely looking at this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-493-_-Product

I found a combo on new egg to pair it with my i5-2500k for about 20 dollars off so thats nice.
 
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Blitz KriegeR

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A fine board as long as you can overlook its faults.

1) No CMOS reset key on the board
2) No Diagnostic POST LEDs
3) Negative reports about onboard audio

On the other hand, it is a solid Z68 with Virtu in the box allowing use of the IGP, at a fair price.
 
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Lifer
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You understand that with a normal Z68 board that doesn't require a discrete GPU you don't need a discrete GPU like your 560 ti or any other GPU to do everything you normally do with one, right?
 
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awppsu

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Yes, but from what I understand the GPU built into the Sandy Bridge series of Intel Processors is hardly powerful enough to run games at high settings, and I do intend for this machine to be a gaming machine.

Edit: Found a verison of the board that pretty much has everything that is "missing"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...a-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3332167&SID=u00000687

Tho its still missing the Diagnostic LEDs and CMOS reset. How important are those?
 
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drizek

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One of the reviews for hte UD3 Z68X mentioned Quicksync. He's wrong, right? It has no Virtu and so no Quicksync.

LEDs and CMOS reset buttons are completely useless in the grand scheme of things. Cool to have, but honestly... who cares?

Edit:Oh, so there are two different UD3/Z68X boards. One of them has video outputs and VIrtu and the other doesn't. Problem is the one with Virtu doesn't let you do Combo Deals, which would give you $25 off of hte 2500K. Still, if you go to MC, you can come out with $170 for the motherboard on newegg and $180 for hte CPU for a total of $350, which is actually cheaper than the newegg Combo price.

Very tempting, actually... although now I wish that I had gotten the i7 2600K at Frys for $250 instead. Stupid Bulldozer, making me wait for no reason.
 
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awppsu

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By MC you mean MicroCenter right? Every time I go to their site all their products seem to be for in-store pick up only. And while I do live in Pittsburgh which isn't to far from Philly, gas alone makes that pick up a loss on money!
 
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CraigRT

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Resident Z68 nazi.
I recently bought a P67 because the extra $20 was not worth it to buy a Z68. I will never use the board as a low power HTPC (that is what micro-ATX and all that crap is for) and it makes virtually no sense to most people for the same reasons. The onboard IGP sucks, and if you don't need it, its not worth paying extra for.
 
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CraigRT said:
Resident Z68 nazi.
I recently bought a P67 because the extra $20 was not worth it to buy a Z68. I will never use the board as a low power HTPC (that is what micro-ATX and all that crap is for) and it makes virtually no sense to most people for the same reasons. The onboard IGP sucks, and if you don't need it, its not worth paying extra for.
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Can you suggest a good P67 board? I'm keeping all my options open.
 
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drizek

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Not particularly impressive...

Only 2 USB3 ports, no real extra features at all. Is there a good reason to go with Asus?

It does have BT though, so that's unique.
 
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