Best gaming motherboard for i5-3570k

[Ynkeeblood9]

So i am trying to build the most bad ass gaming rig i can get for around $2200 and i am really confused with all the different motherboard options on the market, i am going with the ivy bridge i5 3570k CPU and would really like to know which mobo matches best with this cpu in terms of best gaming performance? After the research i had originally done i had it down to either the Maximus V formula or extreme.


THanks in advance!

 

[idroid]

yeah i was going to buy parts gradually or because i dont know when new parts typically come out, not sure what haswell is

DO NOT buy your parts gradually, buy them all at the same time because you don't know when something better will come out.

Haswell is the next gen intel CPUs..... 4570k i imagine.

 

[Ynkeeblood9]

ok so haswell will be replacing ivy?

 

[proton007]

Running a Gigabyte Z77x-UD3H with i7-3770k . Stable overclock, no issues so far. Supports SLI/Crossfire. What else are you looking for?

 

[idroid]

ok so haswell will be replacing ivy?

Yep.

 

[proton007]

ok so haswell will be replacing ivy?

Supposedly. But the performance gains are ~10%.

 

[Ynkeeblood9]

Just looking for some OC eventually and getting everything out of my SLI 670's that i can, i will be running dual monitors at max specs and future proof

 

[idroid]

Supposedly. But the performance gains are ~10%.

Bullshit, how do you know that? have you seen any benchmark comparing Haswell to Ivy??

 

[idroid]

Just looking for some OC eventually and getting everything out of my SLI 670's that i can, i will be running dual monitors at max specs and future proof

Just make sure to buy everything at the same time.... and i you're considering buying everything on february then i suggest you to wait for next gen stuff.

 

[proton007]

Bullshit, how do you know that? have you seen any benchmark comparing Haswell to Ivy??

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6277/haswell-up-to-128mb-onpackage-cache-ulv-gpu-performance-estimates

 

[idroid]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6277/haswell-up-to-128mb-onpackage-cache-ulv-gpu-performance-estimates

Thats pure speculation-

 

[proton007]

Thats pure speculation-

Yeah...but thats what Intel is claiming.
Usually the results are always lower than the expected performance gain. So IMO the actual difference will be even less.

 

[idroid]

Yeah...but thats what Intel is claiming.
Usually the results are always lower than the expected performance gain. So IMO the actual difference will be even less.

i think the oposite.... haswell should offer about 15-25% more CPU performance than ivy.,

 

[proton007]

i think the oposite.... haswell should offer about 15-25% more CPU performance than ivy.,

IDK. The haswell seems to have improvements in other areas, though.

 

[sherlockwing]

i think the oposite.... haswell should offer about 15-25% more CPU performance than ivy.,

The Key is Intel will be using a different transistor type(the article mention they should be more efficient= less heat) and probably go back to soldering the CPU core to IHS instead using cheap TIM. As a result Haswell should heat-up a lot less while OCing, you can probably expect Sandy Bridge level OC %(5/3.3-> 50% overclock on air instead of Ivy's 4.6/3.4-> 35% on air) and plus how many % it is better against Ivy at the same clock rate.

To me Haswell have the following things going for it:
1. Lower TDP

2. Better overclockablity (basically fixing Ivy's design/manufacture flaws and unleash Ivy's OC potential previously only seen in LN2/DICE)

3. Much more advanced iGPU, its high end iGPU is claimed to double the performance of HD4000, combined with the next iteration of Virtu MVP it can help your GPU more.(not sure about this yet)

4.Z87 Chipset: Double the amount of SATAIII Intel ports(to 4), Doulbe the amount of Intel USB3.0(4), maybe integrated Thunderbolt.

5. It should out perform Ivy per clock by a certain percentage, not sure how much yet.

Back to the OP:

Extreme 6 won't disappoint you, it is an award winner on this site after all. However I prefer ASUS P8Z77-V(not Deluxe, too expensive) or Gigabyte ud3h/ud5h because they offer more 4 pin fan headers(5/6 vs 2) and I really dislike the ASRock fan control options, just my opinion.