Hi guys, thanks for taking the time to come in and read. Firstly hello, I am a new member and have been reading anandtech reviews for yonks!
Okay, so before we begin, might I let everyone know that I am well aware of Haswell being around the corner and I have still decided to build an Ivy Bridge Rig for the time being. I wish not to wait, and having really had a look at the performance it offers I am really wanting to build my rig now and I already have myself a 3770K which I will use.
Recently, I decided I was going to build an ivy bridge build, I decided on the chip, the Ram, the case etc... but where I am stuck is the motherboard, particularly what's available in the z77 range.
Let me say that this computer is to last me a minimum of two to three years ( I don't need to play games of max for two years ) but two years or three years is around my upgrade cycle and it has worked for me in the past. Alot of the games I play and work I do is not super high performance. I am building in a corsair 600t, and really I'm looking to get an excellent all around board with useful feautures.
I've never been interested in the gaming orientated motherboards ( apart from the Sabertooth ) because my needs are broad, and more than just gaming. I realise most z77 motherboards perform similarly and it comes down to feature set. My idea here was to spend a little more to get features that I will be able to use and have a solid, fast pc.
Motherboards I've read and looked at and researched: these are also the motherboards I'm considering. Originally I was going to go for the gigabyte ga-z77x-ud5h but due to poor sata performance of the marvel controller and DPC latency issues I decided against it. Then I looked at the UD3H and I'm wondering if that has those same issues.
I am currently looking at these : Asus sabertooth z77, Gigabyte ga-z77-up5 th, Asus p8z77-v deluxe ( this board has incredible reviews, however some people say it/s not worth the money). It's gotten to the stage where I'm overwhelmed with choices.
I need a solid board with an excellent VRM, I need a descent amount of connectivity, I need good solid bios and software that is well equipped. The reason why I'm not interested in the gaming orientated motherboards is because I also do bits of video editing ( small bits for personal, not professional scenarios) and some music recording, I really dont need the crazy thunder fx sound modules and extra pci-e slots of anything. I just want to use a 680, sound card, and possibly a game capture card & wifi.
I understand there are a myriad of options and to be honest I just want to build a good top end system in the z77 platform ( top end of the z77, without going into x79 territory. I am already considering spending a little bit extra on this build and I know in some spectrums the deluxe board might be considered overkill however, considering the time and money put into this pc, I am willing to spend extra to get a little bit more quality.
I apologise if anything I've said sounds ignorant, I'm just looking for solid advice on my situation, not much interested in being told to go with a Piledriver CPU, sandy bridge e or wait for haswell.
Appreciate any advice guys, cheers!
Okay, so before we begin, might I let everyone know that I am well aware of Haswell being around the corner and I have still decided to build an Ivy Bridge Rig for the time being. I wish not to wait, and having really had a look at the performance it offers I am really wanting to build my rig now and I already have myself a 3770K which I will use.
Recently, I decided I was going to build an ivy bridge build, I decided on the chip, the Ram, the case etc... but where I am stuck is the motherboard, particularly what's available in the z77 range.
Let me say that this computer is to last me a minimum of two to three years ( I don't need to play games of max for two years ) but two years or three years is around my upgrade cycle and it has worked for me in the past. Alot of the games I play and work I do is not super high performance. I am building in a corsair 600t, and really I'm looking to get an excellent all around board with useful feautures.
I've never been interested in the gaming orientated motherboards ( apart from the Sabertooth ) because my needs are broad, and more than just gaming. I realise most z77 motherboards perform similarly and it comes down to feature set. My idea here was to spend a little more to get features that I will be able to use and have a solid, fast pc.
Motherboards I've read and looked at and researched: these are also the motherboards I'm considering. Originally I was going to go for the gigabyte ga-z77x-ud5h but due to poor sata performance of the marvel controller and DPC latency issues I decided against it. Then I looked at the UD3H and I'm wondering if that has those same issues.
I am currently looking at these : Asus sabertooth z77, Gigabyte ga-z77-up5 th, Asus p8z77-v deluxe ( this board has incredible reviews, however some people say it/s not worth the money). It's gotten to the stage where I'm overwhelmed with choices.
I need a solid board with an excellent VRM, I need a descent amount of connectivity, I need good solid bios and software that is well equipped. The reason why I'm not interested in the gaming orientated motherboards is because I also do bits of video editing ( small bits for personal, not professional scenarios) and some music recording, I really dont need the crazy thunder fx sound modules and extra pci-e slots of anything. I just want to use a 680, sound card, and possibly a game capture card & wifi.
I understand there are a myriad of options and to be honest I just want to build a good top end system in the z77 platform ( top end of the z77, without going into x79 territory. I am already considering spending a little bit extra on this build and I know in some spectrums the deluxe board might be considered overkill however, considering the time and money put into this pc, I am willing to spend extra to get a little bit more quality.
I apologise if anything I've said sounds ignorant, I'm just looking for solid advice on my situation, not much interested in being told to go with a Piledriver CPU, sandy bridge e or wait for haswell.
Appreciate any advice guys, cheers!