Best budget Z77 motherboard?

[seumasbeathan]

Hey guys, I am going to be upgrading to z77 soon and I was just wondering what you guys would consider to be the best budget mobo.

At first I thought that I would go for the MSI Z77A G43 as msi seem to be the best for z77 atm but then I looked at some reviews etc and found that especially when it came to overclocking it really wasnt that good.

I then looked at the Asrock pro 3 and reviews looked good but then I saw it only had 4x pci slot and as I will be crossfirering hat is a no.

So what would you recommend?

 

[PetrolHead247]

MSI Z77 G45 all the way. The G43 doesn't really pack many features but the G45 is a great board for the price and is only a tiny bit more than the 43

 

[seumasbeathan]

Yeah I had a look at that, cheapest one I could find was £90, what doesit have that the g43 doesnt?

 

[PapaSmurf6768]

Basically all the differences can be seen between the two, besides the worse BIOS on the GD43. Open up this link in one tab, this link in another, and open up the aerial view of both boards. Then flip back and forth between the two, the differences are obvious.