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So, I'm upgrading some parts on my work computer. This is mainly going to be used for Photoshop and other design/illustration programs. I am going to purchase two 4gb sticks of 1600mhz ram, an intel i5 2500 processor (not K since I won't be overclocking), and a new motherboard.

The question I have relates to the motherboard. At home I have roughly the same specs except with a 2500k processor since this is a machine I overclock and game with. The motherboard I have at home is a MSI P67A-GD65 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130574
I love the motherboard, but I need to keep this build as inexpensive as possible so I am considering a much less expensive motherboard, such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130584 , which has a H67 chipset.

I was wondering what I would stand to lose going with a significantly less expensive chipset. I understand that I won't have usb 3.0, onboard video, 1600mhz ram speeds and any overclocking headroom, but that stuff I'm perfectly fine with. Is there anything else that I should be wary of? Or, is this a pretty decent build.

Anyway, thanks for any input you've got.

------------------------------ Intel Core i5 2500/ 8gb Patriot 1600mhz/ MSI P67A-GD65/ WDC Black 750 gb/ Radeon HD 4870/ 600w Antec Noisetaker/ Antec 900
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h67 is fine if you don't plan on overclock (which you're not). Off-hand, I believe h67 does come with SATA III and USB 3.0, though. I know h61 does not, which is the main difference between those chipsets.

The only thing you loose by going to H67 is overclocking (which includes 1600 MHz RAM, AFAIK). The boards are also cheaper.

------------------------------ i5 2500K, GA-P67A-UD3R, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB Spinpoint F3 & 250 GB WD HDDs, DVD writer, Dell U2311H 23", Philips 170B6 17" & Philips 150B4 15" monitors, Dvorak keyboard, openSUSE 11.4 with Windows Vista Ultimate in a VB VM.

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Thanks to both of you. That's about what I figured.

------------------------------ Intel Core i5 2500/ 8gb Patriot 1600mhz/ MSI P67A-GD65/ WDC Black 750 gb/ Radeon HD 4870/ 600w Antec Noisetaker/ Antec 900
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