Opinions on Gigabyte GA-Z68X build

[tallstory1000]

Hi there. I was wondering if I can get your thoughts on my proposed build please. The components that I will be using are as follows. Many thanks for your help and feedback.

Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3
CPU: i72600K
Graphics card: Not sure as of yet
SSD drive:Crucial M4 7mm 256GB (maybe a second smaller drive for win 7)
Hard drive Sata 1 tb for storage (not sure which make yet)
CPU coolerH-D14
Case:Fractal Design R3
Ram: 2x8 16 gig low profile ram
Case fans: Some extra front and rear quite case fans
Snow leopard already purchase
DVD drive: Maybe Sony, or an LG drive.

I think that's all. Cheers for you help once again.

 

[alans17]

So it's your intention to run Snow Leopard and not upgrade to Lion or Mountain Lion?

 

[tallstory1000]

Yes it is. Just to get started. When I get to grips with things. Then I would like to move on to lion, if that is possible.

 

[tallstory1000]

Yes it is. Just to get to grips with things. Then I would like to update to lion, if that is possible.

 

[powerpcg5]

So it's your intention to run Snow Leopard and not upgrade to Lion or Mountain Lion?

Huh? What are you saying? If you're on a Z68 you can't run Lion or Mountain Lion?

 

[Coupz]

You can run Z68 with Lion or Mountain Lion. Please do some research here on the forums and take time to read a little bit.
People here are answering almost every possible question 20 times per day.

 

[nboyanov]

I got the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 and there are several guides that say it works perfectly on Lion...upgrading to ML is also possible. I didn't check the specs of your board but it's probably fine. Search around the site to find any potential issues.[h=1][/h]

 

[powerpcg5]

You can run Z68 with Lion or Mountain Lion. Please do some research here on the forums and take time to read a little bit.
People here are answering almost every possible question 20 times per day.

I'm assuming your message is directed to alans17 and not to me.

 

[Stork]

I am currently running Mountain Lion on my Son of Zorro build, but it has a Lion boot drive, too. Zorro is still lion. All my Z68x-UD3H motherboard based systems can run Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion. Given that you are starting out, go for Mountain Lion.

 

[tallstory1000]

Hi guys. Still a bit confused here lol. I might even change my mind again still. My brother has a Macbook pro, but lives in the USA. I might see if he can give making a Unibeast USB pen drive for me, and post it over here to the UK. Then I should be able to go with the board and CPU that I original intended getting (z77--- and Ivybridge combo) and install lion from the off.