Motherboard Replacement (i5 2500k)

[kseel89]

Hi,

I built a system about two months ago using much of the advice on this forum. My motherboard is the GA-Z68AP-D3 with the known boot loop issue; I bought it with the CPU on sale at Microcenter for $20.

I'm looking to replace it because of stability problems. It won't overclock and remember the settings, bios freezes during boot, etc.

What's a good choice for my system that has internal USB 3.0 headers, supports dual monitors on built-in graphics, and isn't too expensive?

System Currently:
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3
OCZ 60Gb SSD - Lion Disk
Sandisk 120Gb SSD - Linux/Windows/Fat32 Shared Data Disk
1TB WD Data Drive
1TB Seagate Data Drive
Radeon HD 6670 - I'd like to have the option to use onboard because I'm having trouble with ATI gpu on various Linux distributions
Dual 24" monitors (1920x200 and 1920x1080)
Usb peripherals: keyboard, mouse, Mackie Blackjack recording interface, external drive

 

[Going Bald]

Try this one: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=59042&hilit=msi+z77a
It really is a winner.
The Z77A-GD65 works as well, but needs a DSDT for audio, which breaks sleep.

 

[MacMan]

You don't need a DSDT for audio, you can use HDAEnabler instead.