Please suggest a motherboard (Z77)

[Erva]

Hi,

I am looking for a mobo with these criteria:

- High quality components, durability
- Advanced power saving features
- Z77, 1155, ATX

SLI/Crossfire or any outdated ports are not required. Just the basic stuff but with high quality and good power management. Any suggestions?

 

[Essence_of_War]

I'm quite pleased with the AsRock Pro 4.

The Pro 3 is usually a bit cheaper and has almost all of the relevant functionality.

Both are probably great picks, and the BIOS is well put together and makes it easy to overclock.

 

[Erva]

Thanks.

 

[TY-1]

Do you have a specific price range that you are looking to stay within? Since you are going with a Z77 chipset I assume you are wanting to overclock?

A few months back (Fall of 2012) I would have suggested some of the ASROCK boards, but their current production runs have been showing some quality issues. However, you might be okay with an ASROCK PRO4.

I would also suggest the MSI Z77A-G41 or the MSI Z77A-G43 if you are looking to stay around the $100 mark.

 

[aarontpx]

If you have no intentions of ever using SLi/CF or using several 1x PCIe lanes, getting a micro atx motherboard will save you some money.