new intel system

[cookiebun]

Hi here we go again, last upgrade fell through but hopefully this one wont, I am moving from AMD system

NZXT Lexa S
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H (rev 2.0) motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, Deneb Core, S AM3, 3.8GHz
8gb Crucial Ballistic DDR3 1333mhz/PC3-10600 (7-7-7-24) 1.65v
XFX HD 6970 ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
Western Digital WD6402AAEX 640GB Hard Drive SATA111 7200rpm 64MB Cache-OEM Caviar Black.
WD 250GB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drive - 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Corsair 750 PSU
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Liteon DVD Writer
24” Samsung SM2433BW Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200
5.1 Creative Surround Speakers
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech MX516 Gaming Mouse
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Epson DX8400 All in one.

The choices of mobo are :-  Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard  or Gigabyte G1-Sniper M3 Z77 Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard  I know what one i fancy but would appreciate any help in final decision, the processor i am hoping to get is the Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

I have just finished uploading the review of the Sniper M3 and was quite impressed by such a small board. If you cna live without triple GPUs and plenty of storage drives then it is a great little board.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,9132.0.html

The UD5 isn't much different though and again is a well founded platform. I have just built a new system up utilising the GA-Z68X-UD5 and I really like the board. Again it has less room than I like for drives but it is enough if you are careful. Generally I like the system though. Be interested in seeing how it runs with the 3770K in it as the Sniper M3 was very smooth. Just getting the last couple of bits together and I will be able to push the button.

With your component list there it should all run very nicely whichever motherboard you decide on. I have a fairly similar setup and it seems to be nicely ballanced.

[cookiebun]

Hi Dark Mantis thanks for the input, the only thing I am not sure about in the Sniper is the Creative Audio driver, I had a lot of bother with the Fatality i had and since then I have stuck to Realtek, so I think it will be the GA-Z77X-UD5H I was thinking of 16gb ram any ideas it will have to be crucial balistic as again i have had no problems with them 1600mhz 4x4.