Should I buy P67 Extreme6 or Z68 Extreme7?

[JalB By]

I am planning to purchase a new system. I am thinking of assembling the components and making my own system. I am going to have:
• Intel i7 2600K
• 16 Gb RAM
• multiple HDDs
My main use is media server, VMs, web development and CS5. I am planning to go for extreme6 motherboard because there are 10 SATA ports on the board. I want to know that when is Z68 Extreme7 motherboard releasing. Also I want to know is that should I go for P67 Extreme6 motherboard or should I wait for Z68 Extreme7? I want to know that how Will the Z68 benefit me over P67. Is it going to offer me anything over the P67? I am not going to play games. I also wanted to know about the ssd’d but they are quite unreliable at present so I am going to use my hdd only. Please help me out regarding my queries. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

[Alexisus]

Well if you are planning to wait for the z68 board then I would suggest you to also compare the p67 exteme4 and z68 extreme 4. The p67 extreme 6 has much more features than the extreme 4.

[Nutty]

I would suggest you to wait for Z68 Extreme7 motherboard because of the following reasons.
I. It Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals
II. It has Multi VGA Output : D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort
III. It Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function
IV. Dr. Debug, Smart Switch Design: Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
V. It Supports ASRock XFast USB, XFast LAN Technologies
VI. It Supports ASRock On/Off Play, graphical UEFI, ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
VII. It has Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)

[Terrextre]

This motherboard is based on the Intel Z68 B3 stepping chipset and it is very powerful. It is powered by LGA1155 processors. ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 ATX motherboard has come to the market from 5th August, 2011. The new ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 ATX motherboard is available with a price tag of about Rs. 16,886. You can have a look on the internet regarding this motherboard. Just go to google and look for this motherboard. If you want to purchase this motherboard then I would recommend you to buy it online. Just visit amazon or ebay website. You will get good offers over there.

[AmdUser]

I would like to mention few specifications over here regarding ASRock Z68 Extreme7.
• 8+4 phase power design
• Four DDR3-2133 memory slots
• One PCI-Express x16 (3.0) slot
• Two PCI-Express x16 (2.0) slots
• Six SATA 6.0 Gbps
• Four SATA 3.0 Gbps
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Six USB 3.0, & ten USB 2.0
• eSATA, 8 channel audio
• D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort

[Aloke]

Well yes you are right that ssd’s are not reliable currently and you should go ahead with hdd at present. I think you should visit any hardware shop for this query. They are experts and technical people so only they guide you the best.