Z77 board suggestion for new photography build

[wakkoguy]

I am building a computer to edit large RAW files for photography and some gaming I have everything but the motherboard. What z77 suggestions do you all have? Tia

Vertex 4 128gb ssd
Geforce GTS 450
16gb Corsair Vengeance
4 1tb drives
1 dvd burner
media card reader
23in monitor
2 2tb external drives
430w PSU
Nzxt phantom 410 case
i7 or i5 ivy bridge (depends on cost of motherboard)

Not looking to overclock. Just want something in the $100 price range (give or take some $)

 

[wakkoguy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128543
I found this one because I has 8 rear USB ports! What about the power as it only uses a 4 pin instead of 8?

 

[JonBlack]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128543
I found this one because I has 8 rear USB ports! What about the power as it only uses a 4 pin instead of 8?

Don't worry about the 4-pin issue.

I'm using the motherboard you linked in my wife's recent build with an i5-2400 overclocked 4-bins. It has been rock solid over the past two weeks and she is liking it.

I'm using the Z77X-D3H (next step up) and it is a 4-pin powered board as well. I fretted over 8-pin vs. 4-pin issue for several days before committing to the D3H over the UD3H (I actually went with this board since it had 8 internal SATA ports). After reading some reviews about the 4-pin Gigabyte boards I was convinced it was nothing to worry about.

 

[cantholdanymore]

4 pin should be ok if you don't OC.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Get an as rock, nothing cheaper, yet nothing as good irrespective of price

 

[IntoxicatedPuma]

You can get away with non Z77 motherboards (like the older H61/H67/P67/Z68) too if you're looking to go cheaper. They'll still work with Ivy Bridges, though I'm guessing with all those HDD's the Z77 will probably come in handy...

 

[andrew_rs]

You might want to look into the ASRock H77 Pro4. It has 8 sata ports that will come in handle with all of those drives