davejonesbkk Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Id like some advice on which is best: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4148#ov 3,289 THB OR http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68V_LX/ 3,490 THB thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinoza Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I would go for Asus. This is based on my experience that Asia have good quality products. Sent from my Optimus 2X using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Personally I'm an Asus fan and is all I've ever purchased. However, if we just look at the specs the Gigabyte appears to be ahead. It supports the newer Z77 chipset versus the Asus Sandy Bridge Z68 and as such uses less power and has a few additional features. Gigabyte supports 4 USB 3 versus 2 on the Asus. May not be important at the moment but will be later. Both have 2 6Gb SATA ports. One disadvantage of the Gigabyte is that it only has an HDMI video out and no DVI/VGA like the ASUS. Not an issue if you wish to buy your own video card. Intel Z chipsets differences. Anandtech Z77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Nowadays I prefer Gigabyte, great build quality, but this particular board isn't well known. In this case I'd probably go w/ the Asus. A step up would be the GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H, well reviewed but also newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yes the build quality of the Gigabyte mothers boards are good. Lately people have been having problems with the build quality of Asus motherboards. But the problem I found was the Asus motherboards use an AMI bios, whereas the Gigabyte motherboards use an Award bios. I have had several instances with the Award bios not being compatible. Whereas I never had a compatibility issue with an AMI bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejonesbkk Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Ok thanks, yes I will be getting a video card too, most likely a nvidia geforce gtx 560... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I would go for Asus. This is based on my experience that Asia have good quality products. Sent from my Optimus 2X using Thaivisa Connect App Apparently predictive text is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinoza Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I would go for Asus. This is based on my experience that Asia have good quality products. Sent from my Optimus 2X using Thaivisa Connect App Apparently predictive text is not one of them. Your right. Written on my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Asus and MSI both just released thunderbolt enabled motherboards. Just a thought for those wanting other than usb 3.0 standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiling mantis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 OP, be aware that you are comparing boards based on two different chipsets. I'm running a Z68 right now and am very happy with it, but the Z77's are newer and support more features. Something to do some research on is whether or not you really need PCIe 3. I'll also echo what has been said about Asus build quality of later, esp. their bargain boards, like the P8Z68V_LX, which, btw, was the first board I had in my system. Had to return it. I'm running now with an ASRock Z68 board, great price and couldn't be happier. That said I've had great success with Gigabyte in the past too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turgid Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I bought the ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe July last year and had some blue screen problems with it (one a day) for the first 9 months which reported as Nvidia Graphics driver problems. These have been fixed with the most recent ASUS Motherboard BIOS update so if its older stock make sure the BIOS is up to date. Since then it has been rock solid but the Win 7 reported performance has reduced slightly (memory went from 7.9 to 7.8) . Note that my Z68 board comes with some weird internal intel graphics processing support (no connector) and the ability to connect a small SSD cache to improve processing if you dont have an SSD. If you arent using these turn them off in the BIOS because they use memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiling mantis Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yes, I use the SSD cache all of the time and it's brilliant. Highly recommended, esp. for games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 ASUS..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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