Best intel 1155 board under 300$?

[gordonie]

Welp, what do you guys think is the best 1155 board with the most features etc.

Looking to do my first build of a 2500k and later move to ivy bridge.

Would love some boards with quad crossfire support, maybe duel bios , any suggestions with links would be greatly appreciated

 

[Aastii]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188098

If you are going to Ivy Bridge, you will need a Z68 board, it is the only chipset with confirmed support for the upcoming chips

 

[gordonie]

hmm, maybe ill scrap the 300$ limit, I would really like more pci slots for quad crossfire later down the road.

 

[gordonie]

and It seems as though intel is scraping the z68 for the z77 and other. what does this mean?

http://www.techspot.com/news/45956-intels-ivy-bridge-processors-slated-for-march-2012-release.html

or this,

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1597293

what does it all mean? will I be good to go with a z68? and someone said the high end SB will use the 2011 socket. I am confused all over again lol I had AMD figured out but now intel, whew!

 

[Aastii]

More PCIe slots? You have 6 right there. You can quad crossfire, get yourself 2 x 6990's, or 2 x 6970 + 1 6990, voilà, quad crossfire, you don't even need 4 cards. (not that there is any need for quad crossfire at all)

From what I understand from Ivy Bridge, Z78 is confirmed to be compatible with Sandy Bridge-E and Ivy Bridge, though how that will hold true, I'm not sure. You should look at the credibility of the source though, and semiaccurate isn't.

What you said about socket 2011, that is the same as 1366 was - you have socket 1156 and socket 1366. 1156, dual channel memory, 1366 tri-channel. Your i7 8xx was on 1156, your 9xx were on 1366