Need help choosing an Ivy Bridge motherboard for under £60

King Mustard

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  • I'll likely be buying a 2500 (Sandy Bridge) or a 3350P (Ivy Bridge)
  • The motherboard must have at least 6x SATA ports and at least 6x rear USB connectors
  • I will not be overclocking my CPU
  • I will be using my 2x 4GB PC3-10660 1333 MHz RAM chips
  • I have a case that can fit an ATX motherboard
  • I have a separate video card (Radeon 7870)
The following are, from what I can gather, my choices:

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It seems the following either don't fit the above requirements or are too expensive to me: H67, P67, Z68, Z75, Z77.

Any thoughts?
 

svenge

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I'd go with either a B75 or H77 model, as the USB3 ports will be native to the Intel chipset instead of provided by an additional 3rd-party chip by the motherboard manufacturer.

Of the ones you listed, I'd go with the Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H, with the MSI B75A-G43 coming in second.