Need help picking a motherboard

[hypergod]

Hi I'm going to be ordering a i5 3750k and need help picking a mother board to match would really like the mother board to be lower than 150$. also forgot to mention i will be ordering threw ncix.

Current system components

8gb kingston hyper x ram

gigabyte gtx 670

xfx 650 psu

[Maverik5124]

I would recommend the asrock extreme 4: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=70902&vpn=Z77%20Extreme4&manufacture=ASRock

or the P8Z77-V LX (I myself got the P8Z77-V and I think it is awesome) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=69892

[Guest stealer0517]

anything from gigabyte asus or msi you know is good quality

asrock and biostar arnt always as good, but really good, and like what maverik said, extreme 4 is a good board

[Dr3amVs]

I strongly reccomend ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 . It's a bang for the buck, and it will let you OC the CPU enough if you're not an enthusiast.

[christoi]

I'd go for a Biostar TZ77XE4, Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H or a MSI Z77A-GD55, especially if you are overclocking. Power delivery if notably better than the E4 and LX, the cheapest out of the three has my vote.

[hypergod]

oops forgot to mention i live in canada :P

[hypergod]

is this a decent board http://ncix.com/products/?sku=71114&vpn=P8Z77-V%20LK&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1293 just seen that their is a sale on it.

[Tarkhein]

For motherboards, you need to think about what features you want out of it. For example, that motherboard has all four display standards which you may not want, a Realtek NIC (when you might prefer Intel) and only 2 USB 2.0 (as well as 4 USB 3.0) on the back. That said, it's a decent board and you can't go entirely wrong with it.

[mtempty]

Asus P8z77-m pro ($150 in Canada). The range of P8 boards are solid over-clockers and perform great and offer features galore!

[flavioosh]

Asus motherboards have never failed me. Anything from them or Gigabyte will do the job very well.

[Art Vandelay]

I would recommend the asrock extreme 4: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=70902&vpn=Z77%20Extreme4&manufacture=ASRock

or the P8Z77-V LX (I myself got the P8Z77-V and I think it is awesome) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=69892

The extreme 4 is awful. It has D-Pak MOSFETs.

[Art Vandelay]

Gigabyte Z77 UD3H would be my choice. The MSI GD55 is almost as good as the UD3H.

If you want to overclock, get those boards.

Also, please don't buy an Asrock extreme 4. It has horrible MOSFETs.

[Maverik5124]

Sorry I did not know that the extreme4 has bad mosfets. Then I guess my recomendation is and of the asus p8z77-v boards (I got the p8z77-v and it's awesome)

[Art Vandelay]

Sorry I did not know that the extreme4 has bad mosfets. Then I guess my recomendation is and of the asus p8z77-v boards (I got the p8z77-v and it's awesome)

The P8Z77-V boards vary from terrible to great.

The P8Z77-V LX is pretty bad (4 phase PWM)

The P8Z77-V is pretty good. Probably a bit better than an Asrock extreme6. (doubled 4 phase PWM)

The P8Z77-V pro is good. (doubled 6 phase PWM)

The P8Z77-V deluxe is great (doubled 8 phase PWM)

They all have decent MOSFETs. Not as good as the Gigabyte ultra durable 5 boards, but still good.

this is all sourced to Sin's Hardware's VRM list.