Motherboard Recommendation for Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80)

[vzz7st]

Hi Guys,

Need help in selecting a MOBO for my Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor
(8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) budget 130$

Need to have features Crossfire , Internal I/O Connectors - USB 3.0

Help me with this guys

 

[Magic Carpet]

This. Reliable and power-efficient.

 

[vzz7st]

This. Reliable and power-efficient.

From MSI and a feedback in newegg for this MOBO:/

"According to MSI site, The 2500k is not supported. It will boot up and run great, but you can't overclock it!!! It will always stay at 3.3ghz. I have EIST, Turbo Boost, Power Technology, and Overspeed protection disabled. CPUz shows multiplier 33, but the BIOS says 40. Hope BIOS update will fix this. I never would have thought that this board would not support this processor."

 

[Magic Carpet]

From MSI and a feedback in newegg for this MOBO:/

"According to MSI site, The 2500k is not supported. It will boot up and run great, but you can't overclock it!!! It will always stay at 3.3ghz. I have EIST, Turbo Boost, Power Technology, and Overspeed protection disabled. CPUz shows multiplier 33, but the BIOS says 40. Hope BIOS update will fix this. I never would have thought that this board would not support this processor."

Every product on newegg has a few weird reviews. Personally, I have had several of these. No problem at all.