Planning to upgrade Mobo and CPU, Check Plz!

[jomari29]

hey guys planning to upgrade from a OEM Asus Mobo i have to a more serious sh*t

im planning to buy this!

Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Mobo

http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=609219&CategoryID=302

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a i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3rd Gen CPu so i can benefit from PCie 3.0 of my mobo...

what do you guys think?
any disagree?

Thanks!!!

 

[abekl]

I don't like Asrock's quality. They are flaky.

Consider this Gigabyte board instead. Better quality engineering and all the bells and whistles for the same price:
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=609216&CategoryID=508

 

[jomari29]

I don't like Asrock's quality. They are flaky.

Consider this Gigabyte board instead. Better quality engineering and all the bells and whistles for the same price:
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=609216&CategoryID=508

yea i just saw a poll about better Mobo and Gigabyte is on the lead...

i just lost respect to Gigabyte due to their low quality OC GPUs...

checking this out..

 

[mikemaravani]

Yes they will both fit (1155 Socket)

I am getting ASRock E3 G3 Mobo w/ 2500k (fyi)