I found this on new egg on sale and want to know what everyone things. I'm looking at a I7 or I5 with a Nvidia 570 card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157231R

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131701R

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131703R

GOA.Luke*BK*

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I've always preferred ASUS boards.  If I were to choose, I would pick the ASUS P8P67 DELUXE, followed by the Pro model.

okay heres the thing.... all these motherboards have a 9.6 in. width with the sata connectors inline with the pcie slots

nividia 570 cards are anywhere between 9-11.6 inches in length making sata connections difficult.... try and find a MB with the sata ports along the bottom

shown as an example (i know its an amd board)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=13-131-651-Z03&SpinSet=13-131-651-RS&ISList=13-131-651-Z01%2c13-131-651-Z02%2c13-131-651-Z03%2c13-131-651-Z04%2c13-131-651-Z05&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16813131651&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=ASUS%20M4A87TD%2fUSB3%20AM3%20AMD%20870%20SATA%206Gb%2fs%20USB%203.0%20AMD%20Motherboard

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couldn't it just take two slots? I don't know how many of them I would really use.

GOA.Luke*BK*

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Luke,

I would go with the ASUS board!  They are well built and a good company.

The only difference I can see between the PRO and DELUXE is that the DELUXE has a 2nd Gig LAN port and a Clr CMOS switch (compared them side by side on the ASUS site).  It is a nice board, and has some great features that will last you a few years.   If you are interested in either of these extras then go with the DELUXE, otherwise save your money and get the PRO board.

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pfrman, they make a nearly flat (very low profile) 90 degree SATA cable.   I have 2 of them in my case right under my beast graphics card that is 12.25" long, so that solves the issue you mentioned with the SATA connectors in-line with the PCI-e slot.

Instead of a normal SATA cable coming straight up out of the motherboard and interfering with the graphics card, the 90 degree cable immediately bends and sits low on the mobo SATA connector(s) and the graphics card sits nicely (with clearance) on top of them....you just have to get a long enough SATA cable so that you can then twist it back in the direction of you HDDs (all depends on the orientation of the SATA connectors on the mobo and which direction your HDDs are facing.)

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THANKS FOR FYI... not really up on intel set up...do know about the 90's cables but looking at my amd board think if sata jacks were in line with express slot , they wouldnt clear

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Is there a specific reason you are sticking with the 1155 Socket series?

Just wondering because it is almost 3 or four generations old and for future upgradeability you may want to go with a more recent socket series. For the first year or so after the nextgen processor comes out it will match up with the current i7 Sockets.

I'm looking at the price rang of around $200 I don't see any other options for that price range.

GOA.Luke*BK*

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o0Tater0o wrote (View Post):

Is there a specific reason you are sticking with the 1155 Socket series?

Just wondering because it is almost 3 or four generations old and for future upgradeability you may want to go with a more recent socket series. For the first year or so after the nextgen processor comes out it will match up with the current i7 Sockets.

1155 are new as of this year...i dunno what you're talking about. They came out to support Intel sandy/ivy/ bridge.

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The Asus boards SATA connectors are already 90 degree connectors... you wouldn't need a 90 degree sata cable unless your using a small case that wouldn't allow the use of a standard cable.