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What do you foks think of the MSi Z77A-GD45 Gaming ?

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gd45 has brown pcb. i have the gd65 and i like it. 

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Are you building a new PC or replacing your current motherboard? If you're building a new system you should look at Z87 instead of Z77.

yes i'me but i'm on a little tight budget i htink i'll go for an ITX Gaming one one even

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The MSI Z77A-GD45 Gaming is indeed a good board, however it has kind of a darkish brown PCB. If you are looking into upgrading your whole system though, you should be looking at investing into the new Z87 chipset.  

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yes i'me but i'm on a little tight budget i htink i'll go for an ITX Gaming one one even

 

If you're on a tight budget going for the old generation (or ITX for that matter) is usually not a great choice. Well in general going for the old generation is never a good choice, but you will often find that the newer generation is actually cheaper than the older generation, especially when it comes to the motherboards.

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If you're on a tight budget going for the old generation (or ITX for that matter) is usually not a great choice. Well in general going for the old generation is never a good choice, but you will often find that the newer generation is actually cheaper than the older generation, especially when it comes to the motherboards.

OK, what about Z77I http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87I-GAMING-AC.html#overview

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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I would get the ASUS Z87I-DELUXE since it has a better phase and their AI Suite 3 software is great. Also its cheaper than the MSI one (pcpartpicker)

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