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Best z77 board out right now?

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#1 ·
Hey y'all, lookin to get a new board. Money is not too much of a concern, however, I don't want to spend $300+ on a board. I'd like it to be feature rich, and have as many PCIe 3.0 slots as possible. Will be putting a 3770k into it.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by garikfox View Post

ASUS is by far WAY better then ASRock
Proof??

I have owned both, and my Asrock board overclocks my 2500k much higher than my last asus pro board ever could.

Also ASUS rma Stinks

http://www.overclock.net/t/1283736/message-to-asus-add-your-constructive-comments-and-experience

OP,

Have a look over the Asrock Z77 fatal1ty Professional and extreme 9, Also the gigabyte G1 Sniper 3, The asus rog board is good but your paying for the branding and the board has less features for it's price
 
#9 ·
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Originally Posted by Chewy View Post

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Originally Posted by garikfox View Post

ASUS is by far WAY better then ASRock
Proof??

I have owned both, and my Asrock board overclocks my 2500k much higher than my last asus pro board ever could.

Also ASUS rma Stinks

http://www.overclock.net/t/1283736/message-to-asus-add-your-constructive-comments-and-experience

OP,

Have a look over the Asrock Z77 fatal1ty Professional and extreme 9, Also the gigabyte G1 Sniper 3, The asus rog board is good but your paying for the branding and the board has less features for it's price
The extreme nine is definitely more than I want to spend. Although the extreme 6 looks fairly attractive at its price point. I already have a Pro 4 board, figure I have to have a use for all these damn CPUs! (2500k, 3570k and a 3770k and probably going to get another 3570k
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The fatality looks nice as well, however, I don't see it's real advantages over the extreme 6.
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Asus has the better BIOS for sure.

Note: The Gigabyte Sniper uses the PLX chip even in simple dual GPU SLI so you have increased latency as a result. The Asus ROG boards use the CPU lanes for the first 2 PCIe slots.
I've seriously lost faith in Asus boards. Even from the socket 939 days, they're always touted as being the best, and they weren't. I had the most expensive 939 Asus board, and man it's voltage regulation sucked ass comparatively to the considerably less expensive DFI boards (those things were rock solid).
Then there's the Crosshair III formula for my AM3 rigs. I disliked it so much that I went back to using my MSI board which was, supposedly, inferior. Guess what? It's not. It's more stable, has more features, and incredibly enough, it has so many more overclocking features in the BIOS that Asus should be ashamed to even call it a ROG board.

And that's not even all of the boards I've had from them. Hell, another board died after week after assembly. Awesome.
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#10 ·
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128552
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4169#ov
http://www.gigabyte.us/fileupload/microsite/306/images/feature.html
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Gigabyte-G1Sniper3-Motherboard-Review/
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/gigabyte-g1-sniper-3.html
http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/259/features.htm

I have no idea of the Mosfets or the Chokes on this thing, but I'm guessing its of high quality.

All features are described. You get a lot of the FTW and RoG series stuff, but at your asking price. And the 4 way sli with a PLX chip.

Its OC features and power delivery to both the GPU and CPU are quite good I believe, and the OC features and included monitoring system is nice.
 
#11 ·
Thanks Spyker. I think I'm set on the Extreme 6. The deal I'm getting on it is sweet. That and the color scheme of the extreme 6 will match better with the rest of my build.

What's with all the green?
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Toms hardware z77 round up
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by BlackOmega View Post

Thanks Spyker. I think I'm set on the Extreme 6. The deal I'm getting on it is sweet. That and the color scheme of the extreme 6 will match better with the rest of my build.
What's with all the green?
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Toms hardware z77 round up
Fantastic choice Omega! Didn't they say they had gold polymer caps on that baby, the extreme 6 that is?

Besides Biostar, I'd say the Extreme Series has become the price performance king for Asrock. Great selection man, good luck on your new build!
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Omega, here's the rundown of the Extreme6 OC capabilities:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASRock-Z77-Extreme6-Motherboard/1511/6

Love hardware secrets, one of the few people who discuss this.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASRock-Z77-Extreme6-Motherboard/1511/7

Asrocks monitoring is pretty good from what I can see.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme6/

Extremely odd, well the Online feature is pretty good, but the No K frequency boost, seems odd to me.

Anyways, that dehumidifying feature is nifty if you live in humid places ahaha. Their software bundle is decent, nothing special. Better than a lot though, I"ve used cyberlinks bundle on a computer before, its aight.
 
#13 ·
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Originally Posted by BlackOmega View Post

Thanks Spyker. I think I'm set on the Extreme 6. The deal I'm getting on it is sweet. That and the color scheme of the extreme 6 will match better with the rest of my build.
What's with all the green?
wth.gif

Toms hardware z77 round up
Fantastic choice Omega! Didn't they say they had gold polymer caps on that baby, the extreme 6 that is?

Besides Biostar, I'd say the Extreme Series has become the price performance king for Asrock. Great selection man, good luck on your new build!
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Omega, here's the rundown of the Extreme6 OC capabilities:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASRock-Z77-Extreme6-Motherboard/1511/6

Love hardware secrets, one of the few people who discuss this.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASRock-Z77-Extreme6-Motherboard/1511/7

Asrocks monitoring is pretty good from what I can see.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme6/

Extremely odd, well the Online feature is pretty good, but the No K frequency boost, seems odd to me.

Anyways, that dehumidifying feature is nifty if you live in humid places ahaha. Their software bundle is decent, nothing special. Better than a lot though, I"ve used cyberlinks bundle on a computer before, its aight.
Thanks man.
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It's weird with the hardware secrets page, it'll load the intro page (1) then when you click next page, it just goes to the main menu.
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I think, for the price, it seriously can't be beat. It's totally feature rich, and has lots of different connectors that other boards, including the Fatality, don't have. While the software suite may not be the greatest, I'm definitely not worried about it. I have enough software to make up for any of those shortcomings.
And that dehumidifying feature is nice. I live in Michigan, so it's definitely very humid around here at times. Especially in the summer. It'll be like 100F and 80-90% humidity. I swear it's like you can never cool off because your sweat doesn't evaporate.
It also has those gold caps on it which is nice.
I'll definitely post up some pics once it's up and running. Should look really nice in my Lian Li case.
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Thanks man.
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It's weird with the hardware secrets page, it'll load the intro page (1) then when you click next page, it just goes to the main menu.
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I think, for the price, it seriously can't be beat. It's totally feature rich, and has lots of different connectors that other boards, including the Fatality, don't have. While the software suite may not be the greatest, I'm definitely not worried about it. I have enough software to make up for any of those shortcomings.
And that dehumidifying feature is nice. I live in Michigan, so it's definitely very humid around here at times. Especially in the summer. It'll be like 100F and 80-90% humidity. I swear it's like you can never cool off because your sweat doesn't evaporate.
It also has those gold caps on it which is nice.
I'll definitely post up some pics once it's up and running. Should look really nice in my Lian Li case.
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Plus it's got a 1 x Floppy connector, woot!
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All kidding aside, I'm getting this mobo for my upcoming build as well and am totally stoked about it.

Hardware secrets page is doing the same thing to me, weird indeed.
 
#18 ·
Hardware secrets is down right now for me too, I tried looking up a psu review and i get the same thing
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OP, Great choice on the extreme 6
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I think that and the fatal1ty pro are almost the same with the fatal1ty having more cpu power phases, I do love the black and gold though
 
#20 ·
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Originally Posted by garikfox View Post

P8Z77-V Deluxe
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the Z77 V-Pro has the same features for less money, i have one myself
 
#21 ·
Gigabyte UD5 holds the highest overclock I think.... but i am not positive.
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#22 ·
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Originally Posted by BlackOmega View Post

Thanks man.
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It's weird with the hardware secrets page, it'll load the intro page (1) then when you click next page, it just goes to the main menu.
wth.gif

I think, for the price, it seriously can't be beat. It's totally feature rich, and has lots of different connectors that other boards, including the Fatality, don't have. While the software suite may not be the greatest, I'm definitely not worried about it. I have enough software to make up for any of those shortcomings.
And that dehumidifying feature is nice. I live in Michigan, so it's definitely very humid around here at times. Especially in the summer. It'll be like 100F and 80-90% humidity. I swear it's like you can never cool off because your sweat doesn't evaporate.
It also has those gold caps on it which is nice.
I'll definitely post up some pics once it's up and running. Should look really nice in my Lian Li case.
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Plus it's got a 1 x Floppy connector, woot!
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All kidding aside, I'm getting this mobo for my upcoming build as well and am totally stoked about it.

Hardware secrets page is doing the same thing to me, weird indeed.
That floppy connector could come in handy for something.......not sure what, but definitely something.
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Originally Posted by Chewy View Post

Hardware secrets is down right now for me too, I tried looking up a psu review and i get the same thing
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OP, Great choice on the extreme 6
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I think that and the fatal1ty pro are almost the same with the fatal1ty having more cpu power phases, I do love the black and gold though
That's about the only difference other than the color scheme. And since I'm only going to be using, at most, two GPUs', I'm not really worried about the 3rd PCie slot, which is controlled separately from the other two. Not to mention it has the PLX switch chip which switches the PCie lanes to the devices that need them.
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Originally Posted by garikfox View Post

P8Z77-V Deluxe
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the Z77 V-Pro has the same features for less money, i have one myself
Over here, the P8Z77-v, depending on which specific sub-model costs either the same or more than the extreme 6. However, it seems as though Asus boards are not much more than hype. I have had several of their boards, including really high end ones, and their performance has been fairly average for the most part. I have usually found other boards that typically cost less and perform a helluva lot better, in terms of overclocking.
Not to mention, Asus's recent color scheme has been really bad IMO. I'm definitely not a fan of the teal/blue that they're using.
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...the dehumidifying feature...
I wouldn't give that 'feature' even the slightest consideration when choosing between boards. Do you really suppose that it's a significant innovation in the evolution of motherboard design? Will we see 'dehumidifying' Asrock motherboards for more than a one or two generations? Will any other manufacturers adopt the idea? I don't think so.

If you ask me, it's just as much a stupid gimmick as the Sabertooth's plastic shroud.
True enough. I honestly don't care that it has it, that was by no means a reason for me to get it. IT's just an additional feature that it has. I mainly picked the board because of everything else it has, not to mention the price I got it for was a steal, so there was really no comparison.
 
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