Best asus motherboard

[robindr06]

hi,i was looking to buy i7 2600k processor? could any one suggest me a motherboard under 350$(us) from asus?

 

[abekl]

Asus makes several really good motherboards. I can recommend one if you can answer this. What features are you looking for? Do you want to X-fire or SLI? How many sata 2 and sata 3 ports do you need? Do you need sata 3 ports to come to the front of the computer? Will you be overclocking the CPU? How much memory do you need the MB to support? Do you want to use the CPU's integrated graphics, or will you be using a dedicated graphics card?

Answer all of that, and the choices start to narrow down.

 

[jaquith]

Best P67 - ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution - http://usa.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8P67_WS_Revolution/#specifications ; perfect PCIe spacing for 3-WAY + PhsX

Best Z68 - Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3847#sp ; 3-WAY SLI

Damn good Z68 - EVGA Z68 FTW http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=160-SB-E689-KR ; 3-WAY SLI
Damn good Z68 - EVGA Z68 FTW + Gauges http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=160-SB-E689-K2 ; 3-WAY SLI

 

[robindr06]

Asus makes several really good motherboards. I can recommend one if you can answer this. What features are you looking for? Do you want to X-fire or SLI? How many sata 2 and sata 3 ports do you need? Do you need sata 3 ports to come to the front of the computer? Will you be overclocking the CPU? How much memory do you need the MB to support? Do you want to use the CPU's integrated graphics, or will you be using a dedicated graphics card?

Answer all of that, and the choices start to narrow down.

well, i would like to be certified for x-fire&sli, i need it to support overclocking,i need front usb 3.0 ports(4),i will be using dedicated graphics card(ati 6870),memory-32 GB OR more, dual channel. can u suggest me now? price limit is 300$(us)

 

[abekl]

4 front usb ports really narrows it down.
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD5 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128513

Edit: Asus doesn't make a board that meets you spec for 4 USB 3 ports on the front.

 

[tarek0]

Dear robindr06, after reading your post i strongly recommend any ASUS Mobo since they are Incredibly Reliable & sure the Performance in Unmatched anyway concerning your Build i strongly recommend this one ASUS P8Z68-V PRO / GEN:3, it's a Future Proof one since its Fully (PCI-E 3.0) Ready all this for 200$ on newegg its your call .

 

[jaquith]

The LGA 1155 is maxes-out at 32GB with pricey 4x8GB kits; though the prices for 4x8GB have come down to ~$300. However, if you want and really need >32GB then you have (2) choices: 1. SB-E/LGA 2011 X79 64GB or 2. older i7-9XX (Xeon)/LGA 1366 X58 48GB; Xeon 256GB.

Q - What's the purpose of the build?

With all that RAM my assumption is Rendering, RAM Drive, Larger data, 'Server', etc... In some instances e.g. Server, Data, and in many cases Rendering you might want a Xeon based system.