im buying it off amazon Intel Desktop Motherboard LGA1155 DDR3 1600 MicroATX - BOXDH77EB - Intel here is the rest of the specs Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Core i3, i5, i7 and platforms - TX650 - Corsair Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack - Microsoft Software; DVD Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K - Intel That is basically it plus a few more things
What are you asking ? Intel motherboards are fine , they lack a few features like dual 8/16x pcie lanes and overclocking features but if your going to run a single card setup and not do any overclocking .. it will be great
Are you planning to overclock your cpu ? and also do you plan on buying another gpu later on to crossfire or sli .. What gpu do you have at the moment ?
Motherboards are the core compound of the computer, how well it is designed has an impact on performance. Not much on the graphics side, as the raw data gets shoved into your GPU and the rendered pictures then are directly sent to the VGA / DVI / HDMI output there. But if you have fast hard drives, good ram and a decent CPU you will get faster response times and higher performance always then, where high amounts of data are scooped back and forth.
the more expensive a mainboard is, the more "toys" & performance (options) you usually get. as people prior to me said: if you are just looking to put everything on a board and get it to run, a basic mainboard will do. if you're looking to multiple graphics cards and/or overclock your system, you'll get more tools do to so on more expensive boards for those tasks. i am using the asrock z77 at the moment, i am very happy with it. however, this mainboard comes in multiple versions as well. the basic one does it for me tho
specs im going to buy this I want the knowledge now Zotac GeForce GTX 650 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Dual HDMI Dual DVI Graphics Cards ZT-61002-10M - Zotac Intel Desktop Motherboard LGA1155 DDR3 1600 MicroATX - BOXDH77EB - Intel Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Core i3, i5, i7 and platforms - TX650 - Corsair Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack - Microsoft Software; DVD- ASUS XONAR DG Headphone Amp & PCI 5.1 Audio Card - Asus Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair Force3D AMD ATI radeon HD 6450 2Gb DDR3 HDMI DVI VGA video graphics card PCI express pcie x16 HD 1080P windows 7/vista/XP - Force3d Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K - Intel
sorry I want to add I just want to overclock it with nvidias overclocking http://www.geforce.com/drivers/geforce-experience
...why are there two different video cards? I've seen this question asked of you twice in two other threads and you never answered. It's very strange and we want to make sure you're not making a mistake. That Intel motherboard only has one PCIe lane and zero PCI. It will fit one of the cards (still don't understand the pair) and has no room for that sound card. Instead of spending $95 on a bare minimum H77 board, I would go up to $120-135 and get a good Z77 board with far more features and slots.
one says video graphics card one says graphics card.http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=video card I know what I typed
....what on Earth does that mean? There is no difference between a video card, graphics card, display adapter, graphics adapter, video adapter, graphics board, display card or any other the other plethora of names assigned to that device. My confusion stems from you having two devices that perform the same function, can't perform in tandem, and seem pointless next to one another. Or he could not waste money. Unless he's running virtual machines, encoding video, or doing heavy rendering frequently, a 3570k suits his needs. For gaming they are nearly identical. A better option would be to upgrade from that GTX650 with the money he appears to be wasting on a second card that won't do anything useful.