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i5-3570k What Z77 Mobo?

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I am ALSO Considering this board, which Amazon does have:

BIOSTAR TZ77XE3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s...

How do you guys think it compares to the Asrock extreme4? Honestly, if it weren't for me thinking Biostar is a piece of junk I'd be tempted to buy it. The Tom's hardware review put it favorably.. I don't know what to think. Or at least they put the slightly tier up board of Biostar as worth it. There is very little difference between the two Biostar Boards from what I've seen. Any thoughts on this board? I really don't need a lot of the featuresets of the more expensive boards.

I don't want WiFi, I don't need dual LAN, I don't care about the audio chipset, I just want PCI that fits with SLI to keep my old XtremeGamer X-fi Soundcard in and the ability to overclock and have this board last a long time. Hence the possibility of going with the ASUS.
 

Mordecai Walfish

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i personally dont think much of biostar boards & have always considered them bottom tier. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the only 3 boards i'd ever used by them died within 6 months each, some way or another..
 
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Processor 10700k
Motherboard MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus
Cooling Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black
Memory 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance C16 DDR43200
Video Card(s) EVGA FTW 2080 Ti
Storage Samsung M2 500GB, Samsung 860 1TB, Crucial M500 1TB, Samsung 920 Evo M2 2TB
Display(s) LG 27GL83A-B 27" 1440 IPS Gsync, LG 24GN650-B 24" 1080 IPS Gsync (both 144hz)
Case Fractal Design Define 7 Black Brushed Aluminum
Audio Device(s) Creative Labs AE-5 Plus
Power Supply Corsair RM850
Mouse Logitech G Pro Wireless
Keyboard Ducky One 3 TKL
I ended up ordering the asrock extreme4. Everything i need, nothing i don't... cheapest option with good reputation. Thanks a ton for the input guys.
 

Mordecai Walfish

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good choice. keep an eye on the voltages with that one though.. especially if you plan on overclocking.

a voltage/power issue is the only one i encountered with my last asrock board (an AMD 870 extreme3) but besides that it was just marvelous as far as features and ease of use goes.
 
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