I just ordered the MSI Z77 GD65. Most power efficient of all the Z77 boards, some of the best onboard sound quality, and has everything you need. It is, however, a bit more expensive.
+ the 10$ shipping right :/ thats 25$ I don't have im pooooooooor lol I can just save the 500$ for the last 3 parts of my pc and the prices will drop by then
Yeah there's so many good Z77 boards out there. My personal top 2 atm are the Gigabyte UD5 and MSI GD65 and i can't wait for the Sniper 3 and GD80 to be released. I think MSI and Gigabyte have the best Z77 boards atm
Yea the gigabye boards are very good performers, but the points scores make them all virtually indistinguishable.
The GD65 stands out for me because of it's power consumption.
I also thing the gene is impressive. It's a mATX board that punches with the ATX. Only thing is it would look silly small in my case but does make we want to wait and see what the rest of thr rog mobos will be like...