Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (Z77)

[JoelS]

What do you guys think of this motherboard?

 

[wolfeking]

Click bios is a plus.
EFI opens up drives bigger than 2TB.
overclocking features are there and in a easy layout.
Looks good (personal opinion).

Also, might seem like a moot point, but the front panel connectors are laid out in a way that aids cable management.

 

[spirit]

What do you guys think of this motherboard?

It's a good board. I recommend you get it over the Z68 Extreme4 you were looking at. Z77 is a newer, faster and cooler chipset. I put a link to one in your build thread.

 

[JoelS]

I'm thinking of using this along with an i7 processor, sounds good?

 

[salvage-this]

i7s are good processors but you might not need all that power. What are you using it for?

 

[JoelS]

gaming, like tf2, Diablo 3, BF3.. etc. What other processor should i use that would be sufficient and is cheaper?

 

[claptonman]

2500k or 3570k. More than enough for a gaming rig.

 

[byteninja2]

Yes, i7s are not needed at ALL for gaming over a i5, if they give a difference in gaming, it will be unnoticeable, a i7 is mainly for video rendering, CAD, etc.

 

[Asael.MaxGroup]

I have been using this motherboard for quite some time for gaming and its great

 

[Russ88765]

I saw the gold cap capacitors and my eyes lit up. I also really like it's 3.0 x16 pci-e support, cards are starting to be made this way so it's great to finally see motherboard support for them. Great to have some onboard video in case a gpu dies on you too. Asrock gets good and bad reviews but this appears to be one of their better offerings.