Guys just bought this MB today because of the awesome deal newegg is running (79.99 AR):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...8353&Tpk=TZ77A
I've primarily used Asus or Gigabyte in the past. Never used a Biostar board. Hopefully they are descent. Any thoughts on the board i got or biostar boards in general?
I don't plan to OC. I'm not a gamer so i'm planning to use the HD 4000 graphics. Hopefully there able to handle my 2 - 22in dell monitors (both DVI).
More than anything i'm concerned with Stability and something greener. Planning to pair this with either a I7-3770 or a I7-3770S....haven't decided which i'm going to go with.
It didn't seem like the higher priced z77 boards offered that much more. They had LUCID UNIVERSAL MVP SUPPORT which seemed to be similar to switchable graphics in notebooks but it doesn't sounds like something i need. They offer additional USB3 + USB2 ports but whats on this board is enough for me. I definitely don't need CrossFire or SLI. Don't need onboard wifi or dual nics.
So what do you guys think?
I'm switching out from my current I7-920 @4ghz. Its not that i felt like my current system is to slow its that my esxi server that i have a core2-quad is feeling very starved with 8gb of memory i can feed it. So i am going to re purpose my current hardware for my esxi server
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...8353&Tpk=TZ77A
I've primarily used Asus or Gigabyte in the past. Never used a Biostar board. Hopefully they are descent. Any thoughts on the board i got or biostar boards in general?
I don't plan to OC. I'm not a gamer so i'm planning to use the HD 4000 graphics. Hopefully there able to handle my 2 - 22in dell monitors (both DVI).
More than anything i'm concerned with Stability and something greener. Planning to pair this with either a I7-3770 or a I7-3770S....haven't decided which i'm going to go with.
It didn't seem like the higher priced z77 boards offered that much more. They had LUCID UNIVERSAL MVP SUPPORT which seemed to be similar to switchable graphics in notebooks but it doesn't sounds like something i need. They offer additional USB3 + USB2 ports but whats on this board is enough for me. I definitely don't need CrossFire or SLI. Don't need onboard wifi or dual nics.
So what do you guys think?
I'm switching out from my current I7-920 @4ghz. Its not that i felt like my current system is to slow its that my esxi server that i have a core2-quad is feeling very starved with 8gb of memory i can feed it. So i am going to re purpose my current hardware for my esxi server
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