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Current setup

CPU: Athlon ii x4
Cooler: H80 with two NF-F12 PWM fans
Mobo: ASrock 870 Extreme 3
GPU: ASUS 560 TI UCC II
PSU: Sea Sonic 620w psu
HDD: WD 500GB Caviar Blue
RAM: 12 Gigs 1600ram (2x2gb Ripjaws & 2x4gb Kingston Hyper X)

CPU options
2500k
or
3750k

If I pick the 2500k I can afford to buy a 150GB Velociraptor drive that I would use as a boot drive im really stuck between all these options and I know they are all very vauge but im not very knowledgeable on motherboards

My options are for motherboards
Sabertooth p67 Rev 3
or
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
or
MSI Z77A-G45



thanks
 
A cheaper and faster option is a 64/128 GB SSD and a 500GB HDD. Velo hybrid drives are no longer worth it.
 
Any suggested brands? I guess SDDS intimidate me a bit because im not sure how the whole setup thing works
 
ok Im gonna go for an OCZ agility3 sata 3 ssd cause of the price as a boot drive what about the motherboards or the cpus?
 
i personally like the 3570k and the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H.
those will work fine in your build:)

EDIT: take a Z77 board, The msi you had there was good too;)
 
Go for a GA-Z77X-U3H if your budget allows, if not the MSI one will be fine yes. Get Z77 over Z68 now.
 
if you go fore 2500k, go for the P8Z68-V /Gen3. I have it and its awesome! Might be Z68 but nothing wrong with it.

If you can get the 3750K and the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-U3H that Jason suggested :)
 
Raz3rD said:
if you go fore 2500k, go for the P8Z68-V /Gen3. I have it and its awesome! Might be Z68 but nothing wrong with it.

If you can get the 3750K and the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-U3H that Jason suggested :)
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I have a 2500K running on a P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 and it is a sweet setup, but as a 2500K will work just fine on a Z77 board and Z77 is a newer part, I'd go for a Z77 board unless you can get a Z68 really cheaply.

Bluetooth doesn't seem to want to work for me on the P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 though. Not too sure why but it's not a big issue for me.
 
a z77 at the level of that z68 is more expensive :S bluetooth and just ASUS seems much more reliable im really stuck. haha going for a z68 wouldn't be that much of a big deal right? Because what are the advantages of Z68 vs Z77
 
Z68 is a still a great chipset make no mistakes. Z77 supports USB 3.0 natively (Z68 has to use other controllers) and it runs a bit cooler. You may as well just go for Z77 to be honest. It's newer and likely more freely available.

My ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 is a great board but as I mentioned before I just cannot get the Bluetooth to work properly on mine. My Dad has a GA-Z77X-UD5H board from Gigabyte (it's Z77 too) and after updating the BIOS to F7 it has worked very well for him, so I'd recommend Gigabyte's Z77 boards too.
 
vistakid10 said:
I have a 2500K running on a P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 and it is a sweet setup, but as a 2500K will work just fine on a Z77 board and Z77 is a newer part, I'd go for a Z77 board unless you can get a Z68 really cheaply.

Bluetooth doesn't seem to want to work for me on the P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 though. Not too sure why but it's not a big issue for me.
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Bluetooth works fine for me, could be a driver retardism you have? :P
 
Raz3rD said:
Bluetooth works fine for me, could be a driver retardism you have? :P
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That or my phone is not working properly with the BT. I see the little BT icon in my notification area so I know it's working and enabled.
 
Well I can communicate with the Bluetooth with my phone to the PC, which is a miracle that my phones BT still works XD
 
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