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Yea, I played around with the Mpower which has the same Click BIOS set-up and I really enjoyed working with it. Asrock isn't even an option for me. Right now its down to the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H or the GD65. thinking.gif

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post #6212 of 7729
I wish wubsmiley.gif

I am leaning towards the Gigabyte board. Its cheaper, has one PCI lane which will allow me to keep my Xonar, has that dope matte black PBC, and awesome reviews. biggrin.gif
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Aaaaand build log is started: Project Whisper

Gonna spend some time next week taking pictures, measurements, and drawing up a fan mount for that vertical PCI slot. I can't believe I have 2 days off in a row. wheee.gif
   
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post #6214 of 7729
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Originally Posted by K4IKEN View Post

I wish wubsmiley.gif

I am leaning towards the Gigabyte board. Its cheaper, has one PCI lane which will allow me to keep my Xonar, has that dope matte black PBC, and awesome reviews. biggrin.gif

I have always been a huge fan of Gigabyte when it comes to motherboards.

They have great features, better pricing, and as you mentioned (P67 and newer gen) that sexy matte black finish rolleyes.gif

They also seem to have fewer issues than other board manufacturers.
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post #6215 of 7729
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Aaaaand build log is started: Project Whisper
I can't believe I have 2 days off in a row. wheee.gif

I know that feel. wheee.gif

Gonna be watching that build for sure!
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post #6216 of 7729
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Aaaaand build log is started: Project Whisper

Gonna spend some time next week taking pictures, measurements, and drawing up a fan mount for that vertical PCI slot. I can't believe I have 2 days off in a row. wheee.gif

So detailed and organized already. In for updates! thumb.gif
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Originally Posted by S@wyer View Post

They also seem to have fewer issues than other board manufacturers.

Another things that's drawing me to them. At first I was put off by some of the VRMs being heatsink-less, but people are still getting great overclocks with the UD3. I doubt I'll ever take my CPU over 4.5ghz anyway, I have no need to honestly.

I hate seeing my R4 all dead and ish thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif
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post #6217 of 7729
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I have always been a huge fan of Gigabyte when it comes to motherboards.

They have great features, better pricing, and as you mentioned (P67 and newer gen) that sexy matte black finish rolleyes.gif

They also seem to have fewer issues than other board manufacturers.

Sadly not the case for my Z68 board (GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3). After that and an Gigabyte AM3 board, I promised to myself that I will never use Gigabyte again. Love both of my ASRock Z77 boards I've tried though--solid, great BIOSes, no weird moody behavior, and easy to work with overclocks, vs my Gigabyte boards (which had all kinds of POST issues for no good reasons).
   
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post #6218 of 7729
Can't go wrong either way. My e8400 ran at 4.4 for 3 years on an ep45-ud3p. Still a perfectly working board. Too big for an HTPC though. Not sure what imma do with it.

Went with the gd65 based on looks and size (it doesn't have that standoff issue that asrock boards do, and gigabyte boards were priced horribly back then). Can't really go wrong with a z77 board these days.
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I'm gonna go with the UD3.. Now I just got to wait on some money to appear in my bank account. rolleyes.gif

Don't worry, massive pic dump after I pick it up from MC!
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post #6220 of 7729
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I'm gonna go with the UD3.. Now I just got to wait on some money to appear in my bank account. rolleyes.gif

Don't worry, massive pic dump after I pick it up from MC!

Jelly of your MC.

Closest MC to me is nearly 3 hours away (in Chicago) jealoussmiley.gif
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