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I was thinking of buying a new pc and came across 2 motherboards that i cant decide witch one is better
an MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) or an Asus P8P67-M rev. B3
the CPU that i want to put on it is an intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz
the rest of the components are(if it matters):



aside from that im wondering if an gpu(powercolor hd 4560 1gb ddr3) with pciex 2.0 would work on a motherboard with pciex 3.0(like that msi i mentioned)
 

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PCI-E 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0 and 1.0.

That graphic card is a 4650 not 4560. Be aware that card is old now (2 generations old) and does not support DX11.

Consider looking at the AMD 5000 and 6000 series cards or at Nvidia gefroce 400 and 500 cards for more up to date alternatives.
 
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im sorry it as an typo my card is actually the one in the link...sorry
i already have the card on my current pc,and i dont really have enough money to buy a new one and im fairly satisfied with this one so a new graphics card can wait...thanks for the help
any tips on the motherboards?
 

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There are so many motherboards it is hard for any individual to tell which is better or worse. I advise reading up reviews about the motherboards (by both third party and consumers) and basing the decision on those. Key areas are reliability (some motherboards might have design faults causing longlevity problems), performance (although motherboards should not have much influence on this), connections (what interfaces are supported) and faults (some motherboards just do not work well and have lots of problems with prety simple stuff). Some also have special features such as visuals or extra cooling but those are at consumer descression.
 
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Motherboards are generally a personal preference. Obviously you need to make sure it has the right socket for your processor and that it fits in your case. Other things are generally small preferences.
 
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That CPU outclasses the GPU by a ridiculous amount.

For playing games you won't get nearly as much out of the CPU as you normally would as the graphics will bottle-neck.

If you're planning to upgrade the GPU at the later date, that's fine. But I'd suggest trying to balance out the GPU/CPU power if you plan to use this machine for a while (particularly for GPU intensive tasks like gaming)
 

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For playing games you won't get nearly as much out of the CPU as you normally would as the graphics will bottle-neck.
Except SC2 where the CPU will almost always bottleneck the GPU.

If you're planning to upgrade the GPU at the later date, that's fine. But I'd suggest trying to balance out the GPU/CPU power if you plan to use this machine for a while (particularly for GPU intensive tasks like gaming)
He said that he is basicly using his current GPU in a new system. As he is looking at PCI-E 3.0 it is highly likly he can upgrade any time in voer the next few years he feels he has to.
 
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