SOLVED Board choice

[Qlix]

So Ive pretty much decided Im done with this pos Asus P8P67-Pro. Im just gonna give it to my wife.

Please recommend a board < $150. The lower the better. Im looking for stability, ease of setup/OC, and SLI. PCIE3.0 isnt that big a deal.

Local mom&pop shop has this & this for around the same price.

The Sabertooth scares me as its P67 still. I dont want to run into the same problems I am already having. However the Sabertooth is a much better board, or at least should be.

Im not locked into those 2 boards, theyre just available to me instantly rather than waiting on shipping

edit: This is probably on the list as well

 

[EarthDog]

Asrock Z77 Extreme4 or 6 for bang for your buck.

 

[Qlix]

Extreme4

Extreme6

whats the biggest differences i may be missing between 4 and 6

 

[EarthDog]

More robust hardware on the ex6 and u think more power phases for the cpu...

 

[Qlix]

Do you know if there is anyway to tell whats coming in an open box buy from newegg? or is it pretty much a crap-shoot.

 

[EarthDog]

Crapshoot. Expect just the item and no extras... if you get some... bonus!

 

[Qlix]

Went ahead and just bought a new extreme 6

 

[Boulard83]

great !

 

[anhikilator]

You won't regret. I'm using one right now and I love it

 

[Qlix]

Update: my e6 came in today. Installed without a hitch so far, picked up ram settings without issue, using my 3570k (with a suspect memory controller) hopefully eliminating my CPU as defective. I'm gonna chalk it up to a figety p67-pro that didn't like 4 sticks of ram.

Will continue to update when I start to oc

 

[anhikilator]

Rugscrubber, please let me know what you do for the OC. I used the motherboard BIOS profiles and it's working great @ 4.5. I'm sure I'm not using the most tunned settings but temps stay below 65 and V doesn't go any further than 1.226

 

[Qlix]

Well, right off the bat I'm seeing a multi capped at 42 again.

I gotta be setting something wrong. There's no way