Hello
So after a fair amount of research I narrowed it down to 4 boards for my i5-2500 K. My old build has a rock solid gigabyte board that has never given me an issue in the last 4 years - I never needed to upgrade the BIOS either...So with that in mind, and the approximate CAD$150 budget..... I am leaning towards the gigabyte boards - particularly since they have the USB 3 headers.... All these boards have onboard sound and minimum of 5 audio ports - I don't have a audio card. And have PCIe 3 support....although I am not going to use that for a while .
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128498
The eSATA on the last board is also a consideration.
The last three boards are all available for 149.99 without rebates here in Canada - I'm just linking newegg for the board descriptions .
I may decide to overclock in the future - but not at the moment - so the board needs to be overclockable.
Any comments? Any-one have experience with these boards?
Thanks
So after a fair amount of research I narrowed it down to 4 boards for my i5-2500 K. My old build has a rock solid gigabyte board that has never given me an issue in the last 4 years - I never needed to upgrade the BIOS either...So with that in mind, and the approximate CAD$150 budget..... I am leaning towards the gigabyte boards - particularly since they have the USB 3 headers.... All these boards have onboard sound and minimum of 5 audio ports - I don't have a audio card. And have PCIe 3 support....although I am not going to use that for a while .
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128498
The eSATA on the last board is also a consideration.
The last three boards are all available for 149.99 without rebates here in Canada - I'm just linking newegg for the board descriptions .
I may decide to overclock in the future - but not at the moment - so the board needs to be overclockable.
Any comments? Any-one have experience with these boards?
Thanks