71-90K 85k Gaming Rig suggestions
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The above is still the best (where pricing & performance also matter). I am using one for the past 2 months and have no complaints at all. Yes, ideally a 256GB is good to go as you can install your games directly onto the SSD (personally I really do not know how much of a performance difference does it make with fps .... @ALPHA17). The cost factor doubles.
The Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H WB Wi-Fi (has both wi-fi & bluetooth) is another great board..... Or even consider the Asus Maximus Gene series - If you are going for the 680 then you motherboard should not bottleneck your RIG.
You need to factor how many SATA 6Gb/s + PCie 3.0 x 16 + usb 3.0 - ports/devices will you be using. The Asus H77 board is good - but not rich enough in the peripherals.
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Only gain is faster loading times, I don't think SSD's will affect frame rates by a huge (read discernible) margin.
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1) Z77X-UD5H is priced at 19K.
2) OP is not looking for overclocking. So Z boards are ruled out there only
3) OP is not looking for SLI so 1 PCIEx16 (running at x16) is only thing OP would require.
Check out comparison between Z77X-UD5H and P8H77-V
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WIFI Motherboard vs ASUS ASUS P8H77-V Motherboard: Compare Motherboards: Flipkart.com
Number of sata3 headers and sata2 headers are same. It won't make any sense to shell out 9K more for few (2 imo) USB3 ports and internal WiFi.
And most important point, there is no overclocking here, so no Z77 chipset needed.
2) OP is not looking for overclocking. So Z boards are ruled out there only
3) OP is not looking for SLI so 1 PCIEx16 (running at x16) is only thing OP would require.
Check out comparison between Z77X-UD5H and P8H77-V
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WIFI Motherboard vs ASUS ASUS P8H77-V Motherboard: Compare Motherboards: Flipkart.com
Number of sata3 headers and sata2 headers are same. It won't make any sense to shell out 9K more for few (2 imo) USB3 ports and internal WiFi.
And most important point, there is no overclocking here, so no Z77 chipset needed.
bro Flipkart's 'side-by-side' comparision charts are never accurate ..... the only place which has the best charts are on newegg (unfortunately the Giga board that was suggested is currently unavailabe - so I could not compare on newegg). However, the next best option is the site's own specs - GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WIFI (rev. 1.0) | ASUS - Motherboards- ASUS P8H77-V
As far as these 2 components are concerned, it's quite accurate. Plus you get tentative idea about price as well. And it's handy too.
And most of the times, particularly in computer components, product details are put up properly by FK. I am not promoting FK here. I have seen lots of goof ups in their details description, most of the times in gaming section. Again, reason for denoting FK comparison is because it's handy and give "somewhat" idea about Indian prices too. Now again locally, one can find components cheaper, that's why word used "idea" here.
It's always wise to check out original product page for particular component to know exact details. Peeps here are smart enough to search about suggested component. And it's kind of a basic check that every PC buying person would do, to visit original component page. It's considered obvious that person will visit official product page once, unless he finds some issue in accessing it. We do not need to explicitly specify that.
Now about GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WIFI. Again I would repeat; Z77 borad (Motherboard with Z77 chipset) are only advised when user is looking for overclocking that too CPU + GPU + RAM, OCing all 3. AND/OR if user wants to achieve SLI/crossfireX with two PCIEx16/x8 3.0 slots.
These 2 requirements are already ruled out by OP. So why suggestion for Z77 board here in first place?
IF H77 boards do not have PCIe 3.0 slot, then it may be bottleneck for GPU, as present and future GPU's are direct compatible with 3.0 slot.
Check out comparison between LGA1155 chipsets ( Ivy Bridge chipsets section) : LGA 1155 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1) Number of sata2/3 and usb2/3 slots are same in both H77 and Z77.
2) Here, 1 PCIEx16 3.0 slot is required for GPU and 1 slot is required for Sound card. Both are there in H77 chipset.
3) Again, there's no OC involved of any kind, not CPU, not GPU, not RAM.
4) Again, there's no SLI/crossfire involved. (And please note, that can be achieved on B75 chipset boards too (which is business level chipset for ivy bridge), as PCIEx 3.0 slots are backward compatible woth PCIEx 2.0 slots)
- H77 board is advised here as per OP's requirement.
- ATX form factor is advised here, because OP's budget is flexible. And once you include rams in all 4 slots, after market cooler, GPU, sound card etc (all components), due to it's bigger size, ATX boards will give better breathing space and cooling IMO.
- Asus P8H77-V is advised here as it has pretty excellent reviews in community. And as stated by ALPHA17 in one of it's posts, under the hood this mobo carries pretty decent components.
- Other options GA-H77M-DS3H (ATX) and Intel DH77EB (micro-ATX) are there too. And they also have good reviews. And cheaper too. But since budget is flexible it;s upto OP which he would choose.
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