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 Post subject: Starting my first build, need some advice and possibly help
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:53 am 
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Alright, I've seen this done probably a million times. My birthday is this Saturday and I've been really wanting to upgrade my system. As of now I have a core2duo processor and a gigabyte mobo with 2 gigs of kingston ddr2 ram. Im thinking after I tally up my birthday money, I'm going to get myself a Intel core I5 2500k processor...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115072
and since my current mobo wont support that chip I'll have to purchase a mobo to go with it...my question is this, what would be the best mobo for that chip for under $200.00?


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 Post subject: Re: Starting my first build, need some advice and possibly h
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:03 pm 
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I'm using a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3, which you can get for around $120-$130. It has plenty of nice high-end features for what is essentially in the lower-midrange category, such as:
  • SLI or CrossFire compatible
  • 2 6Gbps SATA ports, and six or so 3GBps ports
  • 4 USB 3.0 ports, two front, two back
  • 8 USB 2.0 ports
  • Support for... I forget what it's called. But you can stick an mSATA SSD and use it as a cache drive.

The board does have a version that comes with the mSATA SSD for $80 more, but if you're getting an SSD, this is kind of pointless.


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