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qasdfdsaq · 03-09-2014, 13:41

Drat. I thought all 4th-gen i7 boards should be PCIe 3 because the PCIe controller is part of the CPU, not the motherboard, but Intel seem to have deliberately crippled that on the H81 chipset.

It doesn't make much difference anyway, but just for futureproofing I would look for a PCIe 3 board, yes. The board I linked earlier wasn't anything special, it was literally the first one I randomly came across that met your requirements. Something like this: http://www.ebuyer.com/579045-biostar...herboard-b85mg
or
http://www.ebuyer.com/630800-gigabyt...rd-ga-b85m-d2v
offers official PCIe 3 for only a few quid more.

03-09-2014, 13:41	#8
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: motherboard and CPU, what's best sub 200 bundle Drat. I thought all 4th-gen i7 boards should be PCIe 3 because the PCIe controller is part of the CPU, not the motherboard, but Intel seem to have deliberately crippled that on the H81 chipset. It doesn't make much difference anyway, but just for futureproofing I would look for a PCIe 3 board, yes. The board I linked earlier wasn't anything special, it was literally the first one I randomly came across that met your requirements. Something like this: http://www.ebuyer.com/579045-biostar...herboard-b85mg or http://www.ebuyer.com/630800-gigabyt...rd-ga-b85m-d2v offers official PCIe 3 for only a few quid more.