Suggest a mobo for the i5-2500K

[Deafyx]

Seeing as I have been waiting awhile to see the ASUS P8P67 Pro or even the Evo pop up, I have decided to see what other RELIABLE boards are out there. I would like the option of using SLI in the future as well as it needs to be an ATX board.

I am now pushing my time limit because I waited on the final suggestions from MMO and missed out on buying the Pro on TD sadly. And now the Hyper212+ went up in price. I do not want to lose the combo deal on the 2500K/Hyper212 and the 20 bucks off the ram I have chosen.

So is there any other board out there can suit my needs? Preferably a board that does not look like a child ate a bunch of crayons and puked on the board either :P

Budget: $200

[Fuzzykins]

Any of the Asus P8P6 boards.
I laughed at your "Child ate a bunch of crayons and puked on it." (Original comment by our very own ayako about Gigabyte boards.)
Any MSI boards. (MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte being the 3 i'd consider.) Etc etc. This seems like a very cryptic post in my eyes, so if nothing else, just read the final parentheses.

[Deafyx]

Any of the Asus P8P6 boards.
I laughed at your "Child ate a bunch of crayons and puked on it." (Original comment by our very own ayako about Gigabyte boards.)
Any MSI boards. (MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte being the 3 i'd consider.) Etc etc. This seems like a very cryptic post in my eyes, so if nothing else, just read the final parentheses.

I actually read his post :P And obviously I agreed with his comment lol

Also, the only boards that were in my budget and offered the specs I wanted, were the Evo and the Pro.

[nalle]

Buy the combo and get that deal, and just order the P8P67 Pro when it's in stock again?

[Deafyx]

Buy the combo and get that deal, and just order the P8P67 Pro when it's in stock again?

That is an option, but having these parts sitting around...kills me. I guess if I do not get any suggestions that suit me, I will be forced to do that. I just do not know how long until I can actually find the board.

EDIT: I found a MSI P67A-GD65. Reviews were 50/50 for me. Although twice I saw people mention a problem with a GTX470 and this board. I own a GTX 470.

Can anyone reccomend some 8GB DDR3 Ram that will fit on a ATX Mobo with a i5 and a Hyper 212+? I am picky about the color, so its quite hard to find something to match the board but also fit.

[Sedative]

I'm using the MSI P67A-GD65 and couldn't be happier. When the B3 boards started hitting the market a couple of weeks ago, MSI were the first ones out, and a lot of people that hadn't used them before went ahead and pulled the trigger. I was one of them.

Pretty much all of the reviews have been favorable (can't say the same for the ASUS boards). Check out the owners club thread on overclock.net

http://www.overclock.net/intel-mothe...ners-club.html

[Deafyx]

Okay. I am going to drop the money into the MSI board. I would prefer an ASUS board but whatever. I am going between two different rams. The only difference as far as I can tell, is the one runs at 8-8-8-24 and the other 9-9-9-24. I have absolutley no idea what that does for me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145345

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

What do you guys think?

[ayako]

Any of the Asus P8P6 boards.
I laughed at your "Child ate a bunch of crayons and puked on it." (Original comment by our very own ayako about Gigabyte boards.)
Any MSI boards. (MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte being the 3 i'd consider.) Etc etc. This seems like a very cryptic post in my eyes, so if nothing else, just read the final parentheses.

I don't recall this post?

[Jartin]

I'm using the ASUS P8P67 EVO, and couldn't be happier... I've pushed the 2500k to 5.00GHz on this board.

[Deafyx]

I'm using the ASUS P8P67 EVO, and couldn't be happier... I've pushed the 2500k to 5.00GHz on this board.

Rub it in my face some more :P I can not find the Evo or the Pro in stock anywhere as of today.

[Sedative]

Okay. I am going to drop the money into the MSI board. I would prefer an ASUS board but whatever. I am going between two different rams. The only difference as far as I can tell, is the one runs at 8-8-8-24 and the other 9-9-9-24. I have absolutley no idea what that does for me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145345

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

What do you guys think?

In a nutshell...the lower the memory timings the higher the performance, hence the added cost.

[Deafyx]

In a nutshell...the lower the memory timings the higher the performance, hence the added cost.

Just curious, on your board, what kind of CPU/Cooler are you using. Im going with the lesser ram, but going for the Noctua. Would there be enough room for those?

[Mestofiles]

I've got the MSI P67A-GD65 and i love it. Haven't done much overclocking yet, but will happen very soon.

Oh and it's very pretty

[kidsafe]

Just don't ever use the MSI Windows based utility to set the power phases below 4. There's a few posts about people setting their boards to use 1 power phase (dumb idea), which causes the mosfets to blow up. Kinda dumb that MSI allows for this, but I guess anyone can kill their board/CPU or more with insane voltage settings.