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I figured that might have been the one - all these different chipsets are enough to make your head spin after a while
It's been a stellar board for me that's for sure. It'd be interesting to see what the Z77 version brings to the table by comparison.But you are so right on about the P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3; one hell of a performer for sure.
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If you go with the 3770K then I suggest you go with the Z77 board; several worthwhile goodies that come with the Z77 chipset.
I already have a AMD Radeon HD 6850. It's been fast running and smooth and great, though as I posted in another thread, it kept doing the "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" minor nuisance. Given that I sent the first one back and the second one did the same, it's obviously a problem with my other hardware, incompatibility with my Peggy-tron or poor amateur installation without having first removed all Nvidia elements first.
Still, I'm wary towards AMD products despite this largely being my own problem. As such, I'd prefer a motherboard that supports NVIDIA as well as AMD video cards.
Unless the driver does the same thing on my new motherboard, cpu, and ram, I won't bother upgrading that yet, so I can afford to splurge on the CPU, so long as it's not a pointless affectation like 3% increase in speed for an extra $50.
Also, something about a board running like a scalded rat made me hesitate. Surely scalded rats don't run very well... if they're scalded enough, they might be fully dead. You meant it as a good thing?
The P8Z77 deluxes I see on Amazon are all quite expensive, more than $100 more than the regular V and LX ones, and more than the Maximus IV Gene-Z
Are we still on the same thoughts. The OP stipulated (No Overclocking). Boards and chip that are great overclocker in my thought was not needed or to be considered. Functionality and reliability of a motherboard for chosen Intel chip to my understanding is what was requested by AndarielHalo.
I think for motherboard I'm down to settling on one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-DDR3-24...I3OJ2290SNRMSW
Amazon.com: ASUS P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1155 Motherboard: Computers & Accessories
Which would be best?