Msi z77a.....
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seumasbeathan
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From what I have heard its either the G45 or the GD65 you should go for.
Master&Puppet
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The G45 is the basic z77 overclocker which will see you into the mid 4GHz range. The GD55 has better transistors and the GD65 has more of the better transistors. The difference that makes is not worth more than 100-300MHz. I had a GD55 and upgraded to a GD65 and saw precisely zero improvement in my overclock.
There are some other differences such as the GD65 having 2 more 6gb SATA connections and a dual bios.
The g45 doesn't support lucid virtu if you are looking at that. The 55 and 65 have voltage check points if you want those.
They all have the same memory, USB 3 and PCIE3 support and are generally excellent quality boards with frankly very little to split them apart as far as most users are concerned.
The g45 is just fine. I would recommend the 55 on balance.
There are some other differences such as the GD65 having 2 more 6gb SATA connections and a dual bios.
The g45 doesn't support lucid virtu if you are looking at that. The 55 and 65 have voltage check points if you want those.
They all have the same memory, USB 3 and PCIE3 support and are generally excellent quality boards with frankly very little to split them apart as far as most users are concerned.
The g45 is just fine. I would recommend the 55 on balance.
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Devo234
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Wow thanks for that answer mate 
The overclocking ability of the board is more than enough for what i want and need at the minute.
The dual bios really doesn't bother me because ive always used traditional bios anyway, and tbh i dont think ill need more than 2 sata 3 anyway because they are just really for ssds i think...
I dont even know what lucid virtu is so that wont affect me
So all in all the g45 is a solid board that will do what i need it to do?
The overclocking ability of the board is more than enough for what i want and need at the minute.
The dual bios really doesn't bother me because ive always used traditional bios anyway, and tbh i dont think ill need more than 2 sata 3 anyway because they are just really for ssds i think...
I dont even know what lucid virtu is so that wont affect me
So all in all the g45 is a solid board that will do what i need it to do?
grassman
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O rly?
I had my 2500k on a MSI z77a g43 at 4.5ghz stable with a H60.
but... The g43 did not let me manually change cpu volts.. I'm not sure if its the same crap with the g45
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rossi94
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Dude I just looked at the price difference between the 2 boards.
$10..... Really dude 10 bucks? :lol:
well at least here in Toronto
We're all discussing here about $10 ? REALLY?
Master&Puppet
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$10?? It's £35 in the UK!
You are right about the g43 - you are limited to adding 0.06 to the volts. That is still good enough for a half decent overclock though (4-4.5GHz) depending on the chip or maybe more if you abuse the LLC. The G45 and above doesn't have this issue.
@Rossi -
That's what I said, it will get a mid 4GHz overclock! It's largely chip dependent after that anyway depending on how many volts you want to put through your CPU.
You are right about the g43 - you are limited to adding 0.06 to the volts. That is still good enough for a half decent overclock though (4-4.5GHz) depending on the chip or maybe more if you abuse the LLC. The G45 and above doesn't have this issue.
@Rossi -
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rossi94
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you take 65 and 55
LiamTheBoss
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Mate go with the GD65 its only a bit more expensive. Check out ebuyer i think its cheaper there.
