Hi, I'm building a fairly low budget computer for a mate (for about £600). Among other things I'm using: i3 2120 HD6870 1GB 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3. Can anyone recommend a good, budget ATX motherboard (probably P67 chipset)? Ideally it would cost £60-£80. I've used the MSI P67A-GD53 before (and like it a lot), but it's slightly too expensive for this build. Many thanks.
http://www.dabs.com/products/gigaby...3-atx-usb-3-0-7MQB.html?q=gigabyte z68&src=16 Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Free Shogun 2 with it
Thanks guys, both look like good options- however tempting Shogun 2 may be I think I'm going to go with the Asus motherboard though. +Rep x2
Just to throw it out there considering you were originally looking at MSI boards, how about a Z77/H77 board? Get ahead of the game http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=48584 although obviously there's no room to upgrade to a K chip and overclock in the future. If you could envisage yourself doing that, http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=48876 is a bargain and I'm seriously considering one myself for a spare PC. Major plus is also native Intel USB3 in the chipset.
Thanks- if the PC were for me I would go with the Z77 chipset as you recommended, but I can't see my mate wanting to upgrade any time soon.
