Which motherboard for overclocking/gaming + cad work

Raadster

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Hi all,

I've come to get your expertise on a suggestion for a motherboard which will allow me to overclock an i5 4670k to it's max potential.

I'll be using the rig for gaming and doing designs on cad/solidworks. I need a board that's super reliable, my previous board was a asus p6t deluxe which had huge issues with ram slots no longer working.

So any suggestions for a board that will allow a max overclock for the cpu which i'll be putting on water, and can handle dual gpu's (although I think most boards can without an issue).

I don't need inbuilt wifi, a great inbuilt sound card is a bonus but not a deal breaker.

From what I've read 1600mhz ram is as good as 2400mhz ram for real world use outside of video editing(which I don't do), as a result I've chosen to go with 16gb Gskill NT ram, please also comment on the ram if getting that is a mistake.

Also, will going 32gb of ram be of any use? and if i get 32gb of ram will it stop me from overclocking to say 4.5ghz?

I'd also like a board with 6gb/s ports for ssd's.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 

blackdevilmt

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Definetly not the Asus maximus vi did you watch tiny tim logan reviews about it? Well i would go with the msi.. it's a cheaper solution with the same performance quotient. I also do some pretty intense autocad work and what I am doing is getting my hands on a wc kit(which I intent to use for my future builds as I am an enthusiast) and overclock my i7 950 to 4.4ghz.

EDIT: 32gb ram lol it's an overkill unless you plan on doing some as Dram .
Even my old (2 years board) Asus rampage III extreme has the sata 3 well, all boards have sata 3 now and the difference is noticeable. Get an ssd and a wd black hard drive.