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I made the mistake of not listening to others when I built my Sandy bridge and went i5 2500 and an H67 board.
So this time I want to build something with a bit of speed before I retire from my job - not necessairly gaming just a bit of flight sim whenever.
Have picked out main stuff (for starters):-
Coolermaster CM 690 II (plenty of room east/ west drives and fan spots)
i5 2500K
Corsair HX 650 G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM (2x4GB) DDR3
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST500DM002 (going to clone to a 1TB after install)
Optical I have already - Lite on (change to Blu ray after)
Windows 7 Premium
But board I cannot make my mind up and after two Gigabyte's and no hassles I am inclined to stay with them with a Z68 chipset.
Have narrowed them down to these but as there are so many and the specs just bemuse me would like an opinion from the folks in the know.
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard [GA-Z68AP-D3] - $139.00 : PC Case Gear
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 Motherboard [GA-Z68X-UD3-B3] - $135.00 : PC Case Gear
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-D3 Motherboard [GA-Z68XP-D3] - $139.00 : PC Case Gear
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard [GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3] - $175.00 : PC Case Gear << am inclined to go with this one.
Thoughts appreciated
Last edited by ICIT2LOL; 01 Jan 2012 at 21:03. Reason: Addition