picking my motherboard

[marcus1987]

hi i am need of help with choice of mother bored as i am new to all this stuff what i have so far to help you choice or point me in the right place is i7 sandy bridge 1155 cpu 16gb ddr3 vengence ram 1gb ddr3 nvidea grathic card thanks please help the best you can i will not lie i have been looking at the Maximus V gen3 and also thease Maximus V Extreme ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 but i want a really good bored for my money and a good looking bored also thanks i have about 150/200 pounds to spend maybe a little more

also i have found a asus maximus Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67 B3 Revision, Socket LGA1155 on ebay do u think i sould buy this one or a

asus Maximus V GENE 3rd generation please help

[gopal]

Maximus V Extreme will be a good board, Can you tell us the CPU model becasue you wrote i7 which i7 model?

[DOM]

If your only going to run one card I would go with the MVG or MVF for 2 card and the MVE is nice but I wouldn't spend that much for a mb unless you wanna fun like 3-4 cards

[Zen_]

I'd go with the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 if bang for your buck is the most important consideration.

[gopal]

ASROCK Their boards are not that good i will recommend to ASUS, MSI, INTEL

[DOM]

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good i will recommend to ASUS, MSI, INTEL

Intel and msi

[marcus1987]

i will not be going for asrock now

i have found a asus maximus Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67 B3 Revision, Socket LGA1155 on ebay do u think i sould buy this one or a

asus Maximus V GENE 3rd generation

and as for cpu i have a i7 2600k
ram 16gb ddr3 vengence
and i will not be running too cards i would like the option to do so if i choose to

[marcus1987]

Originally Posted by gopal

Maximus V Extreme will be a good board, Can you tell us the CPU model becasue you wrote i7 which i7 model?

i have replyed hope this helps you help me lol

[gopal]

Well i will recommed to get a Z77 mobo with the 2600K however, It will cost a little more.

[_JP_]

The Maximus V GENE sounds like a good option. It has some improvements over the Maximus IV.
There's a review about the board here, if you want to know more about it.

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good

Care to elaborate?

[gopal]

@JP yup Max V GENE is a improvement over the max IV

[_JP_]

Originally Posted by gopal

@JP yup Max V GENE is a improvement over the max IV

Yes, but why are ASRock motherboards "not that good"?
I don't think you are speaking from experience.
My opinion is that ASRock makes good boards for the price. So, marcus, don't leave them out as an option, just in case the Maximus stops being one.

[Zen_]

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good

[marcus1987]

ok so i am getting alot of feed back from this so you all think i shoud go for a gen3 maximus v

the funny thing is i am mainly getting this bored as it is new and i like the colours black and red lol so other than the maximus v what other bored do u all think even if it is a asrock i want to no guys

and also if i do go for ASUS Maximus whoch one should i go for i dont need a lot of power but i want it just incase i change my mind

and also so matter what asus bored comes up now will the asus maximus v gen 3 be better in some way

[marcus1987]

and also if i do go for ASUS Maximus whoch one should i go for i dont need a lot of power but i want it just incase i change my mind

[DOM]

the gene has the power its just if you use 2 cards there going to be sandwiched and im happy with mine its gotten me 6GHz+ with LN2

[marcus1987]

Originally Posted by DOM

the gene has the power its just if you use 2 cards there going to be sandwiched and im happy with mine its gotten me 6GHz+ with LN2

so do u have the maximus v gen3 then

[AlienIsGOD]

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good

Your quite wrong my friend, AsRock was one of the top 3 mobo makers last year and my current z68m/usb 3 no frills board has been great since i got it, even enough to allow a 300 mhz o/c on my i5 2400

[gopal]

Well i was talking for value for money ASrock's board are very good but the price are not that good.

EDIT:Woops i just seen on newegg the prices are good but in my area the prices are very high i guess it is because of the demand of the ASRock board

[DOM]

Originally Posted by marcus1987

so do u have the maximus v gen3 then

Yes I have the MVG

[eidairaman1]

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good i will recommend to ASUS, MSI, INTEL

No Problems from them here, I trust them for more builds anymore because of the quality they are- they have been top tier since about late 2010. Heck theyve handled heavier loads under overclocking and stress than even the comparable Asus Boards. Plus Pricing is fair and not overrated so i dont see how you can say they arent good. Intel? LMFAO- they are OEM as OEM can get.

Originally Posted by _JP_

Yes, but why are ASRock motherboards "not that good"?
I don't think you are speaking from experience.
My opinion is that ASRock makes good boards for the price. So, marcus, don't leave them out as an option, just in case the Maximus stops being one.

Ive had more issues with Asus than just about any other board maker myself so I cant really recommend Asus whether performance or budget.

[_JP_]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

Ive had more issues with Asus than just about any other board maker myself so I cant really recommend Asus whether performance or budget.

ASUS boards have worked fine for me. Occasional problems, nothing a BIOS update didn't solve. Can't say the same about ECS boards. Maybe it's just bad luck.

[brandonwh64]

Originally Posted by gopal

ASROCK Their boards are not that good i will recommend to ASUS, MSI, INTEL

If you are recommending Intel/MSI boards as other have said you have no clue how far ASRock has came as a performance brand.

[Aquinus]

I would say away from the Gene unless you're going to be running it in a micro-atx chassis. Unless you really want to put a small motherboard in a large tower. I personally think ROG boards are overrated for the use that any normal user will put on it. I've been happy with my P9X79 Deluxe (granted, it is skt2011,) but maybe something like a P8Z77-V Deluxe?

I don't know what you're budget is but I think this would be pretty solid:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...P8Z77V_DELUXE/
Or a pro if you have a smaller budget
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...55/P8Z77V_PRO/

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

If you are recommending Intel/MSI boards as other have said you have no clue how far ASRock has came as a performance brand.

My last MSI board worked plenty well. In fact one of my friends has it now. It's one of the better boards I've used with the exception of Intel's spec on the 975x Express chipset. It said it supports 8gb, but what it doesn't tell you is that is only supports 8Gb if the memory is DDR2-667.

I blame Intel for that, not MSI though. The only reason I've been going with ASUS lately is because their EUFI bios is rock solid and the button on the back to flash the BIOS will get anyone with bios trouble out of a bind real quickly. I had to use it because my board initially didn't support my memory out of the box (DRAM LED kept lighting up.) One flash and I was cooking with gas.

I've had two Asrock boards in the past and I can't tell you how much I hated the BIOS on those boards. The hardware worked well but for overclocking and tweaking it was terrible. Granted this was also 6-8 years ago so a lot has changed with ASRock.

[brandonwh64]

Originally Posted by Aquinus

My last MSI board worked plenty well. In fact one of my friends has it now. It's one of the better boards I've used with the exception of Intel's spec on the 975x Express chipset. It said it supports 8gb, but what it doesn't tell you is that is only supports 8Gb if the memory is DDR2-667.

I blame Intel for that, not MSI though. The only reason I've been going with ASUS lately is because their EUFI bios is rock solid and the button on the back to flash the BIOS will get anyone with bios trouble out of a bind real quickly. I had to use it because my board initially didn't support my memory out of the box (DRAM LED kept lighting up.) One flash and I was cooking with gas.

I am mostly talking about there mid to lower end stuff. I have went through 3 775 G41's and 2 785G's. Told myself I wouldn't buy them again unless it was a higher end style board.