cpu and mobo upgrade

aN.Droid

Hey there, im lookign to upgrade the the 2500k but am looking for advice on what motherboard to get.

Right now I am looking at either this or this The pro version probably doesn't have anything worth the extra money that I can see except more 6gbps sata ports.

I have the haf x and was thinking about xl atx boards. What do you guys think I should go for? I can afford about 200 euro for the board.

Serephucus

What features does the Pro give you over the regular Gen3 exactly? I can't see any differences other than the extra two SATA ports. Odds are you could spend a lot less on the board. Do you need Crossfire/SLI support, or anything in particular like that?

aN.Droid

From what I can see the differences are:

2 extra SATA III (6Gb/s)
Onboard firewire (IEEE 1394)
Bluetooth V 3 (the other one has V 2.1)

As you can see the differences are not worth the price difference.

What I really want to know is, for my budget is this the best I can do? I would rather get the best I can get maybe a x79? I am not too much updated on x79 and if it is better or worse than z68.

Yes I need support for multiple GPU's, both versions of the board do this.

There is also a deluxe edition but I'm not even going to consider that because its like 50 quid more for very little difference.

daz801

Well x79 is a socket 2011 chipset. So unless you have another 300 euro to spend the only processor you can get is i7-3820 which if you are gaming hasn't got too much of an advantage over the 2500k, better off sticking with socket 1155.

rene13cross

I would try this one. Cheaper than the other ones you've been looking at, same features, some even have more.

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50900&agid=1601

Also try http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50889&agid=1601 for the more extreme version.

aN.Droid

rene13cross wrote: »

I would try this one. Cheaper than the other ones you've been looking at, same features, some even have more.

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50900&agid=1601

Also try http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50889&agid=1601 for the more extreme version.

I am upgrading currently from an extreme3 board but the amd variant.

They are fine boards but i would prefer the asus.

I decided this is what I will upgrade too, I also need a new psu and gpu now.

Total build cost: €711.31 (inc delivery Free!)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz LGA1155 6MB €210.18
MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 880MHz 1GB PCI-E HDMI Twin Frozr II/OC (N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC) €215.45
OCZ Technology 750W ZT Series Fully-Modular Power Supply €96.05
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 S1155 Intel Z68 DDR3 ATX €181.75
Arctic Silver 5 Premium Thermal Compound 3.5g €7.88

€672.31 with coupon leap599

My budget is 700 euro so thats why i picked the pro version over the regular version of the motherboard. Artic 5 for my v10 cooler.

What do you guys think?