Witch z68 Board for my Build?

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dcimini12

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I am in the final stages of my build i am trying to decide on what board i am going to be running ship on, i am investing on one of the new Z68 Series boards I have narrowed it down to these three. Just would like some advice on what one to grab


ASRock
Z68 Extreme4

Asus
P8Z68-V Pro

Gigabyte
Z68X-UD4H-B3



My Current Build


-Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

-EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB 1024MB GDDR5 (01G-P3-1561-AR) nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Chipset 1GB DDR5 Dual Display DVI-I/Mini-HDMI PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

-Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

-Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) 1000GB (1TB) SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache

-OCZ (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) Vertex 2 SATA II 2.5" 60GB Solid State Drive, Read: 285MB/s, Write: 275MB/s

-PSU Corsair HX Series CMPSU-650HX 650W ATX EPS12V Power Supply

-Samsung SH-222AB/BEBE SATA Black 22X DVD-Writer OEM

-Cooler Master Storm Enforcer USB 3.0 Mid Tower ATX Case with Window and Black Interior
 
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^+1 ASRock but to be honest the ASUS and ASRock are so close. The reason I'm going with ASRock may seem crazy but I need Firewire, both mobos have the connections but ASUS has(2) internal only the ASRock Ext.4 has 1 internal and 1 external. Even though my case has 1 on front I still like the backup as the case front panels can be undependable sometimes. Now if you are going to use/get a card reader and have one on case then the ASUS Pro might be better due to 2 internal. They are so close that sometimes it is something as minor as this to sway you one way or the other. I do think you should check out the article(roundup) here on Tom's which may be linked above.(did not checkout Leaps link)
 
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i think im going to go with the Z68X-UD4H-B3 its on sale for 189.99 right now on Canada Computers, i dont need firewire really and that board is a little out of my price range and i have heard good things about Gigabyte boards
 
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I have heard of the UD4H but cant seem to find them down here. Newegg only seems to have the ud4 which does not have the intergrated graphics. I dont even see the UD4H on Giga's website. The only place I see it is in a few forums...I dont know call me crazy. If it is the UD4 your thinking of then it does not have graphics. The nice thing about the intergrated graphics is that it is used when the GPU's high power in not in demand, like when not gaming. Using the onboard graphics saves bigtime in energy/power consumption. Another nice thing about intergrated graphics is that if your GPU goes down then you still have a backup.

All that typing may be for not if I'm misssing the UD4H or maybe it's just so new I have missed it's intro
 
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I searched for the UD4H again and I find it, well at least in heading but every picture shows the UD4 or some other makers boards. If onboard graphics matter to you just make sure it's not the UD4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128494

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=038764

http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/1004880-new-gigabyte-z68x-ud4-b3-pictures.html

or this Canada Comp. Site search for Gigabyte Z68
http://www.canadacomputers.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=gigabyte+z68
 
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