Is there a way to compare motherboards?

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I'm looking at buying one of these
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004PQBT8C/?tag=gtplanet-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SSG7J0/?tag=gtplanet-20

Is there a way to compare to see which is better? They both have enough memory slots for me but what other factors could I look at?
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The first one(one with skull) uses the P67 Chipset.
The second one uses the Z77 Chipset

Get newer chipsets.

The first one is for sandybridge CPUs, second is for ivy bridge CPUs but will work with sandybridge CPUs.

Ivy bridge has support for PCIe 3.0 and a whole lot of other things.

Asus are better than those Intel and give you more features as well.

Asus Z77 Boards
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n...64,n:541966,n:193870011,n:1048424,k:Intel+Z77
 
^ Yes. That case is of Full ATX design, which means it will fit a full ATX board, as well as Micro-ATX and mini-ITX.

That's a standard length 160mm Power Supply, so there'll be no issues.
 
Case and PSU are fine.
If you are after a GTX680, good luck getting one as they are hard to get.
 
What CPU that will determine what you should get.

Sandy bridge is cheaper but only supports upto PCIe 2.1
Ivy bridge is newer but a littly more pricey but supports PCIe 3.0 which means the AMD HD7xxxx or Nvidia 6xx cards will get full bandwidth.

Get the HD 7770 and a good i5
The Intel i5 3450 is cheapest that is ivy bridge that I can find, 3550 is mid range and 3570k is most expensive but can be overclocked(not suitable for you)

i5 3450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116506
i5 3550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116505
i5 3570k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Which motherboard did you get?

Cause these will only work on a Z77 board.
 
I'm probably not doing any overclocking. I actually am going big on this computer and buying an Intel i7 with an extreme series motherboard (above). I am probably bootlegging by buying a 6870 with that stuff but once more technology comes out in the next few years i plan on getting a new video card. And the motherboard I'm getting is a Z77
 
Thought you were going for 1366 i7, the 2011 i7(ivy bridge) will be faster.

What are you using it for cause getting a 2011 i7 is overkill if you are just gaming.
 
A 2011 cpu would not work on a Z77 board grayfox. He means an i7 ivy bridge cpu for the Z77 board.
 
When he said i7 I thought 2011 socket.

The 1155 i7s that I know of are the 3770 and the 3770K, I think it will be cheaper to get a 3570K and a good motherboard(like asus sabertooth) then invest those savings into a better video card, more ram, a TV tuner, SSD, a H60 or H80 CPU water cooler.
 
It won't perform better in my view, the 570 runs on PCIe 2.1 while the newer 600 or HD7000 run on PCIe 3.0 which has 2x more bandwidth throughput.

Get the AMD version of that GTX670 and get the i5 3450(which still should be fast enough)

7850 or 7870 are what I think are the AMD versions of the GTX680, but then again I do not know anything about the AMD GPUs.
 
I can't say, I know nothing about AMD, all I can say is I do not like them.

I am an Intel and nVidia person.

You can also use the ivy bridges HD4000 graphics for a while until you get enough to a more beefy card but the Intel HD4000 is only on the 3570K.
 
Well even the GTX 680 does not use more than the PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth so it's no matter for now. Actually the 670 is comparable to a HD 7970. But who says a HD 7850 is not bad at performance? Non-reference design cooler and it's overclocked fom the factory from the start. Lifetime warranty and you have to register for it within 30 days of purchase. The lifetime warranty is worth it.
 
I would recommend a video card with a custom heatsink as it will be more quite and provide better cooling.
 
No really, they are both the same card. So you can save money there. Remember that you'll need the at least a good 500w PSU, get something like a 650w corsair unit if you want headroom.
 
Grayfox
You can also use the ivy bridges HD4000 graphics for a while until you get enough to a more beefy card but the Intel HD4000 is only on the 3570K.
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The thing with the Ivy Bridge HD4000 integrated graphics, is that its still lagging behind the AMD A8 and A10 series integrated graphics. By quite a margin.

It would be quite pointless for the OP to get the best of the best for his money but just use the integrated graphics unit in the Ivy Bridge chip for a few months before affording the graphic card, as it would kinda make the whole point of having a new pc that can play the latest and greatest.
 

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