Z68 or Z77?

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So I am still on the hunt for good components for my media pc build, but can't decide between a Z68 board or a Z77 board...

I looked around the internet for information but still rather undecided; so, I'm asking here since I do trust the people here than anywhere else.

Pros and cons will surely help.

Thanks in advance!

Oh yeah, I am going for an i7 3770 since I found a place here that sells it at nearly an identical price as an i7 2700. So which board should I get?

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i would go for a z77 board. has a lot of more advanced features and can fully utilize the onboard graphics in the cpu. are you going to be gaming on this rig at all? and what's your budget?

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-virtu-mvp-benchmark,3174-10.html  

#3c3b3b ; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'Nimbus Sans L', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px;">Although Intel’s Z77 Express offers minor power reductions and management software updates, integrated USB 3.0 and the inclusion of Virtu MVP are the best reasons for users to care.

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If your getting the 3770 you may aswell get a Z77, although the features are pretty useless for you there is no harm in getting the latest they might come in handy in the future.

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What do you think about these boards?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4145#ov

That one above has a good price IMO for a mATX that is Z77 that also gives the option for SLI

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z77%20Extreme4

Of course there is the Z77 board Logan mentioned in his $1,000 build video. Though It might just be a tad outside my range right now... but if it's worth it, I'll reconsider LOL

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z77%20Pro3

And this one has the best price out of the bunch for Z77 but it only supports Crossfire... I'm still more of an Nvidia fanboy and I could just go for this and not think about SLI as gaming isn't my highest priority right now. Just want to double check, I can still use an Nvidia GPU on this particular board just NOT in SLI, right?

 

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The boards cost nearly the same and z77 has improved features.

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I've heard the ASUS Z77 boards overclock really well, so look into them if your intrested as they have a great and easy to use BIOS :) that can all be opinion of course though.