z68 mobo advice

ianucci

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Hi guys, can anyone recommend a z68 board with 6 sata3 ports, onboard audio and 32 gigs ram capability in the region of £150? I've done a lot of searching but not found much.
 
I don't think i've ever seen a motherboard with 6 sata3 ports, even the most expensive, top of the range mobo's; The most i've seen is 4 in the Asus Maximus extreme-z.

My advice would be to either lower how many sata3 ports you need or significantly raise your budget.

TBH I don't think there's a huge amount of real-world difference between sata2 and sata3 anyway.
 
I remember Linus showing one with 6 SATA III ports, but I can't remember which one it was. If you watch his videos you might be able to find the one, but it will take you a while.

EDIT: I'm also not sure whether it was a Z68 or a P67 chipset motherboard.
 
There aren't any with 6, all of them have 4 or less I think the chipset is limited to a maximum of 4 SATA 3 ports as well. You could always buy a SATA 3 PCI card though.
 
Putting togetter a large raid0 set up? i suggest getting a sata3 raid card.

Exactly what I was thinking.
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I recall that even with current boards, the chipset has limited to about x4 SATA 3 ports.
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ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 Socket 1155 Motherboard

ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Intel Z68 Socket 1155 Motherboard

if i was buying a Z68 this is what i would pick hope this helps

6 x SATA III - 6Gb/s

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Hi guys, can anyone recommend a z68 board with 6 sata3 ports, onboard audio and 32 gigs ram capability in the region of £150? I've done a lot of searching but not found much.

look at the post moon leav you 6x sata3 ports

ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 Socket 1155 Motherboard

ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Intel Z68 Socket 1155 Motherboard
 
Thanks for the responses guys, I realised I dont really need that many sata 3 ports so Ive gone for a Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN 3.
 
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