Coming to the Darkside - Intel ha better cookies! (MB suggestion for a i7 2700K)

[quicksilver98]

Well guys I finally broke down because the deal was too good to resist. I work part time for a retail company and through Intel they offered an i7 2700K for ~$89+ shipping..... So naturally like any smart person I was on it like a fat kid to free cake! I am selling my current AMD setup in my signature (955 BE and Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5). I will be keeping my Mushkin Redline DDR3 1600 (7-8-7-24) the Corsair H100 and the rest of the system. Also I will be adding a second AMD 6950 2GB due to AMD's holiday deal (955BE and AMD 6950 2GB ~$199)

So what i'm looking for is getting 5Ghz but spending $200 ish on the board. anyone have any suggestions on a good Z68 board? I'm a pretty skilled O'Cer (since the Celeron 300a and K6-2 days), but nothing like the WR holders or ln2 people.

Any help would be much appreciated!

[deachus]

I recommend you get the following in your price range, its a great board and clocks well. Pair that with 8GB of memory and a 5Ghz CPU and you will be more than happy!

ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z - $169.99 at Newegg

[Manicdan]

i just picked that up, i like its looks, and the size is all i need anyway, ive never used pci lanes for anything but gpus.

[bwhiten]

I don't suppose that deal is open to the general public? Great price.

[sin0822]

its newegg, why wouldn't it be?

[bwhiten]

The $89 i7-2700K?

[quicksilver98]

Nope. This is a special deal for Retail people only. It helps breed good little Intel zealots! The AMD deal was a good if not better - 6950 2GB and a Phenom II 955BE for ~$199

[quicksilver98]

Is there any point for gaming to go with a ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3? Its about $40 more, But I don't think I will ever go with more than the 2 cards.

[Splave]

^negative the gene is the way to go

[quicksilver98]

Here are some screenshot's of the sites and the deals.