[Solved] Which mobo?

Hello,

Should I get a

ASRock (Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3)
or
Asus (P8Z68-V/GEN3)
or
Gigabyte (GA-Z68XP-UD4)

as they are all around $20 of each other.

Important for me is overclocking a i5 2500k, future ivy bridge support, and USB ports (I use a lot)

Which one would you pick?

All are good boards. You cant go wrong with any of them. Buy the cheapest or the one who have more USB ports.

the gigabyte will overclock the best because of the 16 phase VRM, the asus has the gen 3 pci-e slot but is 12 phase, and asrock is 4 phase and gen 3 pci.

The higher the phase, usually the better the overclocker the board will be.

As of right now, no GPU can fully utilize x16 gen 2 pci

Whats up with the LGA 1155 socket and its cpu sockets? Feels a bit cheap when your placing in your processor compared to most 1366 boards...

Ok I won't get the asrock. When it comes to the gigabyte I have heard that it has some overclocking thing that can't be enabled, although I don't know what it is called. I can get the Asus cheaper and quicker than the gigabyte. I think I will get the Asus because of this, even though the Gigabyte has better build quality?

Thanks

I think It says something about the vcore not decreasing when under clocked at idle when vcore set manually, and LLC having no effect either.

Sorry no it was on some forum. I will go with the gigabyte - I have to wait longer though!

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