Best Motherboard for i7 2600K

[Hay11Mac]

Hi Guys

Am doing a build for a m8, and we are stuck choosing a motherboard for the 17 2600K..... the motherboard will be running 2 x GTX 560TI so will need to support SLI (Which most do I know)

Was looking at the Asus Maximus IV Extreme.....

But am open to advice...

Thanks

Hay

 

[dugdiamond]

good choice - omg, you are on the ball today

 

[-warheart-]

well if hes not gonna oc a mIVe would be a waste of money. in that case i would get something cheaper like the sabertooth. if he does oc the mIVe is a very good choice.

 

[ruthless_villain]

MSI-P67A-GD55 fantastic board. and cheap for the price difference you could get dual 570s instead of a insanely over priced motherboard

 

[Aurus_OC]

If the price doesnt really matter and you are just looking for the best board. I would go for the Gigabyte UD7. Otherwise the Asus Maximus / P8P67 Deluxe / Evo or the Gigabyte UD4 and MSI P67A-GD80 are some good boards aswell

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[Scoob]

Hi,

I've been very happy with my Asus P8Z68-V Pro - great components, decent overclocking options and voltage control.

You can of course enable SLI/X-fire on this board, however you're limited to the CPU's 1x16 or 2x8 lane PCIe - however this should be more than adequate. Otherwise you could look at NF200 equipped motherboards which provide extra PCIe lanes via said NF200 chip. Might be worthwhile if you ever see you friend wanting to run a pair of 6990's or 590's for example

Though for a pair of 560ti's I'd suggest you could spend the money saved elsewhere...

Best of luck with the build.

Cheers,

Scoob.

 

[tonkin97]

anything high end asus dont touch gigabyte with a barge pole, pain in the arse the bios settings.

 

[Scoob]

Hi,

Have you settled on a board for this build yet Haleywow? You're definitely spoilt for choice, though I'd advice avoiding low-end MSI boards as, while on paper they offer features beyond their price bracket, they are not nice boards to attempt to overclock on.

Keep us posted on what you decide.

Scoob.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

In all honesty, if I could rebuy my motherboard now, I'd get the new Gigabyte Sniper board. I think it's the same price range as the Maximus, except it comes with a Killer 2100, and a headphone amplifier. That's just me though, as I only use my computer for gaming.

If not, I'd just get the Sabertooth like someone said already, or the Gigabyte UD4

 

[Scoob]

Generally, when choosing a motherboard for myself or doing a build for others, I go for a mid-range board. I look for key build features such as decent capacitors, power phases etc. and find the cheapest board that has these high-end components. Next I balance this out "bolt-on" features such as extra SATA, extra USB etc. and decide which are of value to me.

Certain friends of mine go to either extreme, i.e. a cheap board they have to end up changing or totally top of the line which leaves certain features unused. It's a balancing act for the most part as I do like value for money.

Of course other times I just buy something on a whim...lol.

I did recently buy a bundle deal which had a cheap MSI board - still a £100 board mind. This proved to be an ok board at stock but it really only supported overclocking in the loosest sense with very poor voltage control and minimal options - options that got even less after subsequent BIOS updates! I ended up buying my ASUS P8Z68-V Pro and getting a refund on the MSI due to it having issues. Very very pleased with my Asus!

Scoob.

 

[ruthless_villain]

Generally, when choosing a motherboard for myself or doing a build for others, I go for a mid-range board. I look for key build features such as decent capacitors, power phases etc. and find the cheapest board that has these high-end components. Next I balance this out "bolt-on" features such as extra SATA, extra USB etc. and decide which are of value to me.

Certain friends of mine go to either extreme, i.e. a cheap board they have to end up changing or totally top of the line which leaves certain features unused. It's a balancing act for the most part as I do like value for money.

Of course other times I just buy something on a whim...lol.

I did recently buy a bundle deal which had a cheap MSI board - still a £100 board mind. This proved to be an ok board at stock but it really only supported overclocking in the loosest sense with very poor voltage control and minimal options - options that got even less after subsequent BIOS updates! I ended up buying my ASUS P8Z68-V Pro and getting a refund on the MSI due to it having issues. Very very pleased with my Asus!

Scoob.

i just buy what ever is good enough but think about future expansion i mean im never going to need tri fire/sli so why buy such an expensive motherboard and im not exactly a professional overclocker as well so i dont need something insane

 

[Scoob]

i just buy what ever is good enough but think about future expansion i mean im never going to need tri fire/sli so why buy such an expensive motherboard and im not exactly a professional overclocker as well so i dont need something insane

True, however even the hobby overclocker needs a certain degree of control on the board - and to know the components are good enough that they can expect decent longevity when pushing things. My cheap board was rubbish as started to fail (weird issues) fairly quickly. Yet it was sold as an overclocking bundle, with an unlocked K series CPU and a P67 motherboard - you know, the one meant for overclocking!

Still, this was the first duf motherboard I've had in a while, the other being a P45 board that just gave up one day after months of being fine - that was in one of my spare rigs mind.

I assume in Hayleywow's case she'll be applying at least a modest overclock for her friend and wants to ensure that's as reliable as possible, in case the owner isn't the sort who's inclined to tweak things themself. After all, while I'm sure she's happy to build the rig, she likely doesn't want it back every few weeks if it's not stable.

Cheers,

Scoob.

 

[mrDMxtreme]

you haven't posted here if you bought a board or not, but if you didn't and i could be of some help, i would recommend the maximus extreme(-z) because with my limited expriences with it, it is a really nice board. it looks really good, it preforms good, it has all the usb3 connections you want its just a really good board if you are whiling to pay for it.

i haven't tried very much and look at my sig for the OC i'm getting, not bad, but it all depends on ur chip