Your thoughts on this ASROCK Board.

[ILoveTomsHardware]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

Going to build my son a gaming computer.Is this a good board and what would be a good CPU to pair with it? i5 or i7?What aftermarket cooler in the $50.00 range would fit and help cool?

Thanks for helping 😀

Please provide links if possible!!!!!!!!

 

[o1die]

The asrock extreme 4 is a good value, recommended by many on this website. If you get a regular non K i5 or i7, you can save about $60 going with a B75 or H77 chipset motherboard. Here's one cooler:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 (probably the most popular Intel gamer's cpu)

Microcenter will discount the motherboard by $40 with the 3570k/extreme 4 combo purchase, but it's in stores only.

 

[ILoveTomsHardware]

o1die are there any other boards in that price range that are better,and i like the 3570k because that fits mt $$$ range.

Also what low profile ram would be a good match?

Sorry for all the questions.

 

[o1die]

More board choices:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130653 (basic board for one video card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837 (some folks will only use asus)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644 (sli capable, comes with adapter)

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096 (slightly slower timings, good for overclocking)

Lots of good ram out there. I've been in samsung's fab one facility in austin; very high tech. You can also go with kingston, corsair, gskill, patriot, or crucial. 1.5 volt or 1.35 is recommended by Intel.

 

[ILoveTomsHardware]

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