Suggest better one among the given motherboards for i5-3550 / i5-3470

[grandgalaz]

I am planning a budget gaming rig.

Will get either of these two processors-----
(1) i5 3550
(2) i5 3470

QUESTION--- Which is more worthy among these two? 🙄
(I am not into wild overclock, intel's turbo will do just fine IMO.)


I will get either of these two boards------
(1) ASUS P8Z77-V
(2) P8Z77-V LE

QUESTION--- Which board among the two shall I get and why? Please explain. 🙄
I am on a tight budget. Please don't suggest anything which goes over to another higher price range. 🙁

 

[meeshu]

The i5-3550 and the i5-3470 CPU's are almost identical in specification. The only difference is that the i5-3550 has a faster clock (3.3GHz) than the i5-3470 (at 3.2GHz). If it can be afforded get the (faster) i5-3550 CPU.

The two Asus motherboards are similar in specification but with minor changes in expansion slots plus some other minor changes. The P8Z77-V also has Wi-Fi, which is not necessary for gaming. So the more appropriate board should be the P8Z77-V LE.

 

[grandgalaz]

The i5-3550 and the i5-3470 CPU's are almost identical in specification. The only difference is that the i5-3550 has a faster clock (3.3GHz) than the i5-3470 (at 3.2GHz). If it can be afforded get the (faster) i5-3550 CPU.

The two Asus motherboards are similar in specification but with minor changes in expansion slots plus some other minor changes. The P8Z77-V also has Wi-Fi, which is not necessary for gaming. So the more appropriate board should be the P8Z77-V LE.

P8Z77-V has 8+4 phase VRM
P8Z77-V LE has 6+2 phase VRM

Do you think 6+2 will be enough for i5-3550? 😕

 

[meeshu]

The P8Z77-V LE (with it's slightly reduced VRM phase count) should be fine for this system.

 

[grandgalaz]

The P8Z77-V LE (with it's slightly reduced VRM phase count) should be fine for this system.

Thanks for your help buddy. If there is significant price difference of these two models then I will get the LE or else the standard V 🙂

 

[dawp]

if you plan to crossfire/sli at any time, go with the V, the LE only has one true 3.0 x16 slot. the other is x4 and pcie 2.0

then again you could go with the p8z77 le plus, it has 2 3.0 x16 and for the same price as the le

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131848

 

[grandgalaz]

With all your precious information I changed my mind and finally have bought the following parts----

Processor : Intel Core i5 3470
Motherboard : ASUS P8Z77-V
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB 1600 mHz (4GB X 2)
Graphics Card : Sapphire HD 7770 GHz EDITION OC 1GB GDDR5
Hard disk: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB
SSD : Corsair Force 3 Series 60GB (CSSD-F60GB3A-BK)
DVD Writer: LG GH24NS72
PSU : SeaSonic S12II-520
Case : Cooler Master HAF 912 Combat transparent side panel window
Monitor : DELL IN2030M
UPS : APC 1100VA, 660 watt (BR1100CI-IN)
Chasis Fan : Cooler Master (MegaFlow 200mm Red LED Silent Fan) X 1 , (BC 140mm Red LED Fan) X 1 , (90 CFM Red LED 120mm) X 3
Keyboard : Logitech Media Keyboard K200
Mouse : Belkin M100
Thermal Compound used : Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400 (RG-TF4-TGU1-GP)

Will have to set everything up and will get back here with initial experience. 🙂