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Best Mobo for overclocking arround $100?

Hey guys, I've been building pc's for about 2 years now and I feel comfortable enough to start getting into overclocking. My only concern is, I don't want to shell out $200 for a good oc mobo.

 

Do you guys know any good Oc Mobo's arround $100? My cpu is an i5 3570k. (just for quick reference it has a LGA1155 socket)

 

Thanks in advance!

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To be honest it doesn't really matter, as long as it has a Z77 chipset you can overclock.

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an -MSI Z77A-G45   -ASUS Z77-A are Overclocking optimized and still not expenssive

    

or you could spend a bit more and go the ultimate : MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING ,ASUS Z77 Maximus V-Gen and call it a day for three years time in terms of mobo

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Hey guys, I've been building pc's for about 2 years now and I feel comfortable enough to start getting into overclocking. My only concern is, I don't want to shell out $200 for a good oc mobo.

 

Do you guys know any good Oc Mobo's arround $100? My cpu is an i5 3570k. (just for quick reference it has a LGA1155 socket)

 

Thanks in advance!

if you want to get a cheaper overclocking board then the msi mpower is a good bet. it you buy a lower end board they usually dont have all the features or enough power phases to get a stable, high oc. mid to high end gaming boards are ok though.

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Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-157-297

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-157-330

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-138-353

The Biostar is not for very high oc's but it can manage 4.5ghz nicely, and it's price is extremely good value.

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http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-157-297

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-157-330

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=13-138-353

The Biostar is not for very high oc's but it can manage 4.5ghz nicely, and it's price is extremely good value.

Biostar.. Doesn't surprise me the links don't work :P

It should be either Asrock, msi, gigabyte or asus. I'd avoid Asrock this time, got a thread link with 200-300 posts people complaining about the overvolting issue its like overvolting by 100mvt eg 1.30V in bios/cpu-z but the cpu runs at 1.40V. Msi mpower doesn't have offset voltage and don't think their mainstream boards do but they all undervolt at stock settings ofc so its just best to go either with gigabyte or Asus

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Remove the "m." from my links.

Le Bastardo+ 

i7 4770k + OCUK Fathom HW labs Black Ice 240 rad + Mayhem's Gigachew orange + 16GB Avexir Core Orange 2133 + Gigachew GA-Z87X-OC + 2x Gigachew WF 780Ti SLi + SoundBlaster Z + 1TB Crucial M550 + 2TB Seagate Barracude 7200rpm + LG BDR/DVDR + Superflower Leadex 1KW Platinum + NZXT Switch 810 Gun Metal + Dell U2713H + Logitech G602 + Ducky DK-9008 Shine 3 MX Brown

Red Alert

FX 8320 AMD = Noctua NHU12P = 8GB Avexir Blitz 2000 = ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 = Sapphire Radeon R9 290 TRI-X = 1TB Hitachi Deskstar & 500GB Hitachi Deskstar = Samsung DVDR/CDR = SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W 80 Plus Gold = Xigmatek Utguard = AOC 22" LED 1920x1080 = Logitech G110 = SteelSeries Sensei RAW
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The Asus P8Z77-V LX/ LK (for multi card configurations) are good choices for an overclocking board:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-p8z77vlx

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-p8z77vlk

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