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Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

 Compatible Components (from 165 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples63x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples41x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples16x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples14x
Core i7-2600Intel  $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples11x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples10x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples9x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples6x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples5x
Z400s 128GBSanDisk  $109Bench 61%, 10,807 samples5x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples5x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples5x
2x8GBM08GD16P1600C10Bench 51%, 5 samples4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples3x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 165 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntelBench 71%, 147,533 samples$319
GPU
GTX 970NvidiaBench 49%, 834,238 samples$200
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 105%, 762,998 samples$80
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $599

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 165)

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
GBR-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-2600K, GTX 1080-Ti Good UFO - 106 85 88  81  132  68  63  58 $996
ESP-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-2600K, RTX 3070 Excellent UFO - 119 85 98  80  151  99  -  57 $719
GBR-User, 9 months ago.Core i7-2600K, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Average UFO - 104 74 83  69  156  63  99  48 $319
USA-User, 8 months ago.Core i7-2600K, RTX 3060-Ti Above average UFO - 104 83 84  78  135  53  -  58 $809
ESP-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-2600K, RTX 3070 Below average UFO - 101 74 80  68  151  47  62  48 $719
TUR-User, 15 months ago.Core i7-2600, RTX 3060-Ti Good Nuclear submarine - 93 75 75  70  134  51  -  48 $573
NOR-User, 17 months ago.Core i5-2500K, RTX 3070 Average Nuclear submarine - 91 71 68  62  152  59  51  27 $816
SWE-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-2600, GTX 1080-Ti Good Aircraft carrier - 90 79 72  74  123  44  55  54 $855
IDN-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-2600, GTX 1080-Ti Below average Aircraft carrier - 81 73 63  64  128  79  58  48 $838
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