Best chipset for 2600k?

[invizion]

Hey guys,

I'm looking at upgrading to an i7 2600k and was basically wondering what the best chipset to go for is and why?

I've looked into it and I;m completely confused with what to go for

[Nellah]

P67 or Z68 for overclocking. The rest are clock-locked.

[invizion]

is there any advantages to z68 vs p67? in terms of ivy bridge also I'm thinking of

[ongu01]

either are compatible with ivy bridge.
the differences between the z68 and p67 are mainly that z68 has the ssd caching feature, and i think the graphics chip can also be enabled on z68. where as it cant by on p67. if you arent going to use either of those 2 z68 wont have any additional features over p67 though for sandy bridge.

[Butler Log]

Some of the Z68 boards have PCI-E 3.0 slots, I think that is something a P67 won't have.

If you are upgrading purely for gaming, save 100 bucks and get the i5 2500K (I think the IB version will be called an i5 3570K but may be mistaken). Same gaming performance for less money and it fits in the same CPU socket (LGA 1155). You can then put the money you save towards an SSD or something else.

[invizion]

Some of the Z68 boards have PCI-E 3.0 slots, I think that is something a P67 won't have.

If you are upgrading purely for gaming, save 100 bucks and get the i5 2500K (I think the IB version will be called an i5 3570K but may be mistaken). Same gaming performance for less money and it fits in the same CPU socket (LGA 1155). You can then put the money you save towards an SSD or something else.

I'm not upgrading just for gaming, for gaming alone, my current pc is more than adequate

[Drunkenvalley]

There aren't off the top of my head any inherent performance differences between p67 and z68. Far as my memory serves, the z68 has everything the p67 does, but also features SSD caching and options to make use of the HD 3000 chip featured on your CPU.

[pak52b]

I bought a z68 from MSI because of PCIe 3.... Scalability rocks if you don't want to upgrade every year...

[Notarget]

I bought a z68 from MSI because of PCIe 3.... Scalability rocks if you don't want to upgrade every year...

PCI-E 3.0 will have little to no real benefit to the average user.

[Dizey]

Z68 adds intel's Smart Response Technology, which allows you to use a smaller SSD drive (64GB max), as cache for your HDD.
Z68 also allows the use of the on iGPU that was previously only available with the H67 chipset (which didn't have OC capability), which in turn allows you to take advantage of Lucid's Virtu technology for power savings, and intel's Quicksync technology for video transcoding.

[Djinni]

Given the cost difference.... I'd suggest going for the Z68 ... no point limiting yourself for the sake of £10-£20

[Notarget]

Considering the price of the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 $122 there is no point not buying a z68 board really.

[OmegaV]

Pci-e 3.0 I don't think has any real use to any user currently unless you want to run a quad card set up then you could still run one of the cards in a x4 slot and not see any bottleneck

[GoodNewsEveryone]

I love asus stuff.

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Inte...t_1155/P8Z68V/

About £150.

I'm using a Sabertooth p67 B3:
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Inte...ABERTOOTH_P67/

I bought it when it was released, but you shouldn't get a p67 if you can get the newer Z68 versions.

Reasons:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/201...right-for-you/

[jmacphee9]

Considering the price of the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 $122 there is no point not buying a z68 board really.

sums it up nicely, with the prices being almost the same there isnt much reason to not get a z68