Upgrading motherboard to 1156. Need help

_JP_ · Jul 10, 2011

List of choices here.
Best choice, IMO: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3
Runner-up: ASRock P67 PRO3
Watch out, because the ASRock motherboard isn't listed has having the B3 revision and that should be mandatory by now. If you're going for the ASRock, ask if they have the motehrboard with the B3 revision of the chipset. Refuse to accept it if the store says they don't have any.

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

JP: ASrock is the only board on the list that has 4 ram slots. whats so important about B3?

what would happen without it???

its sad u dont get 4 ram slot board until you pay $190 and above.

JrRacinFan · Jul 11, 2011

Best way to describe needing b3 is there was a recall to the prior revision due to bad sata 2 controllers.

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 11, 2011

you want budget?

gigabyte p67 ud3 B3 motherboard
Core i5 2500k

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 11, 2011

bigg34 said:
JP: ASrock is the only board on the list that has 4 ram slots. whats so important about B3?

what would happen without it???

its sad u dont get 4 ram slot board until you pay $190 and above.

Its actually worse to have 4 rams slots. Because filling all 4 up, put more stress on the Integrated Memory Controller and north bridge, causing overclocking to be a bit harder

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

oh ok. so it doesnt matter

_JP_ · Jul 11, 2011

bigg34 said:
ASrock is the only board on the list that has 4 ram slots.

No, it isn't. I advise you to look again. Only the ASUS boards have two memory slots. All the others listed have four. As for overclocking, if the motherboard has four memory slots and you're worried about the IMC load, buy just one pair of modules.

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

i will probably get this from the list.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61_PLUS/

it has only 2 slots. but i can get 2 2gb ram modules to make it 4gb. and 4gb would be enough.

whats the maximum ram modules for DDR3?

thats a 4gb module ram. is it real?? http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?e=690343

Red_Machine · Jul 11, 2011

Of course it's real. They wouldn't sell it if it wasn't.

Hotobu · Jul 11, 2011

bigg34 said:
i will probably get this from the list.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61_PLUS/

it has only 2 slots. but i can get 2 2gb ram modules to make it 4gb. and 4gb would be enough.

whats the maximum ram modules for DDR3?

thats a 4gb module ram. is it real?? http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?e=690343

I'm a little late to the party, so what what's your budget for this?

Also I don't think you're looking closely at that link, and it's a little shady the way they have it listed. It says 11.99/GB, but it's a 4GB module so it's $48 which means it's way overpriced. I don't know of that site, perhaps someone else does, but if that's the way they're going to list their products I wouldn't look at anything there again.

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

Hotobu: well, i dont want to spend more than $170 for a motherboard.

because i want to buy i5 2500k later after i got the motherboard.

i have to buy a RAM too.

overall it will cost me $500.

Red_Machine · Jul 11, 2011

Hotobu said:
I'm a little late to the party, so what what's your budget for this?

Also I don't think you're looking closely at that link, and it's a little shady the way they have it listed. It says 11.99/GB, but it's a 4GB module so it's $48 which means it's way overpriced. I don't know of that site, perhaps someone else does, but if that's the way they're going to list their products I wouldn't look at anything there again.

Keep in mind that he's in New Zealand. Prices are higher over there.

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

yeah. things are expensive in here sadly.

an i5 2500k costs at least $305 in here.

Jetster · Jul 11, 2011

That sucks

Hotobu · Jul 11, 2011

Jesus well at that rate that's actually a pretty good price for memory then. Good luck getting something good for $500

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

Hotobu: do u think the i5 2500k will play future games such as battlefield 3 nicely?

Hotobu · Jul 11, 2011

bigg34 said:
Hotobu: do u think the i5 2500k will play future games such as battlefield 3 nicely?

I'm not much of a PC gamer (yet), but I do know that processors generally aren't the limiting factor for PC gaming (at least not now adays). It's all about the video card. With that said from what I know about Battlefield it isn't a big time resource hog. It wont be like trying to run Crysis I know that. Something in the GTX 460/ AMD 6850 would probably be just fine. Unfortunately if you're talking about $500 for your build there's really no budget for a video card. Your processor+motherboard+RAM will take care of that easily.

bigg34 · Jul 11, 2011

right now i have a gtx460 1gb. im happy about it. its just my cpu that is old. i have an overclocked Q8400.

i hope upgrading it to i5 2500k can give me a huge boost.

Hotobu · Jul 11, 2011

Well upgrading from that will surely help a bit

Also have you checked Amazon.com? Their prices are decent and I just checked and they do ship to New Zealand. I have no idea how much the shipping charge will be or if they'll charge you more because of where you live, but it's a good idea to check.

bigg34 · Jul 14, 2011

this motherboard is very attractive to me. http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=789412
and http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=789415.

the second one is Micro ATX, is it small? does it matter?

the first one support overclocking, and on a review i saw that someone overclocked an i5 2500k to 4.7ghz with ASRock P67 Pro3 motherboard.

but its not B3 or Revision 3. does it really matter???

i like ASRock P67 Pro3 because it has good features and also the price is good.

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 14, 2011

i think this belongs nicely in this thread

bigg34 · Jul 14, 2011

what? why u guys are acting like this on me????

what did i do?

i have a heart condition. if you pressure me like this i might get a heart attack and die.

then my blood will be on your hands.

Red_Machine · Jul 14, 2011

bigg34 said:
what did i do?

i have a heart condition. if you pressure me like this i might get a heart attack and die.

then my blood will be on your hands.

Boo-friggen-hoo.

Stop trolling and act like a man, then we might be a little more kind to you.

Hotobu · Jul 14, 2011

Red_Machine said:
Boo-friggen-hoo.

Stop trolling and act like a man, then we might be a little more kind to you.

JrRacinFan · Jul 14, 2011

bigg34 said:
what? why u guys are acting like this on me????

what did i do?

i have a heart condition. if you pressure me like this i might get a heart attack and die.

then my blood will be on your hands.

I have been nothing but nice to you. Hey, if you don't got the budget to do the upgrade then don't do it. I think you are going about it all wrong and getting one part at a time. Who knows when you will be able to get your cpu. Continue saving and get whatever the best is for your cash you saved (this may end up you getting an EVEN BETTER motherboard and TWICE AS GOOD CPU). Til that time RUN THE Q8400! It is still a more than adequate gaming cpu.

Have you thought of just picking up a near high-end CPU cooler & overclocking?

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Upgrading motherboard to 1156. Need help

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