Looking for a motherboard. Need help

[owenrees1]

Im looking for a new motherboard for my new gaming rig. I need it to support SLI and 16GB memory, have an LGA 1150 chip and be able to overclock. Any suggestions?

[owenrees1]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N6kqJx

 

My built ATM

[bry.yyyy]

instead of Gaming 3 i prefer and recommend gaming 5 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£184.66 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.49 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£46.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.94 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: *Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.79 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.92 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  (£12.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£12.98 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £942.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 18:10 BST+0100

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How much money do you for it?

[DildorTheDecent]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N6kqJx

 

My built ATM

The Gaming 3 does not support SLi. Go for the Gaming 5. All the Z97 boards support up to 32GB RAM unless otherwise stated. 

[Vivilacqua1]

Gotta go msi. try the krait

[owenrees1]

Anything cheaper that will support SLI?

[Mindstab Thrull]

Im looking for a new motherboard for my new gaming rig. I need it to support SLI and 16GB memory, have an LGA 1150 chip and be able to overclock. Any suggestions?

 

Let's see..

Supporting 16GB is easy as you can do that with two memory slots (two 8GB sticks will do the trick). LGA 1150 is the most recent standard-consumer-level socket, which has been out for a while now. Supporting SLI is probably the only real hiccup. Any other requirements? The board on your current build is about 80 pounds, so I'm taking that into consideration. You're also looking at a Z97 chipset, which is probably a bit more than you need, but let's not get into that argument right now

 

In order of preference for me:

Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 (you'll have to find that manually; it seems PCPartPicker has an entry for it but no pricing)

MSI Z97 SLI Krait Edition

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI

 

Try those and see which ones suit your fancy!

[Aniallation]

Anything cheaper that will support SLI?

If on a budget, give the AsRock Z97 Extreme3 a look. It's an excellent board for the money. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97extreme3