Best LGA 1150 MB?

Thanks - though what's MVIE?

I think I'll go with ASUS... though questions is, which one? Does anyone know, from a maximum speed and maximum reliability and maximum expandability point-of-view, which one to choose and why (differences between them) - according to [1] the next-gen Intel is supposed to come out mid-2014, and I don't want to have to be buying a new motherboard again, not to mention the whole assembly (of course I'll go with liquid cooling); also worth mentioning, I'm interested in putting in a single GeForce Titan but intend to add more down the road:

MAXIMUS VI GENE
GRYPHON Z87
MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
MAXIMUS VI HERO
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Tick-Tock

It seems to me, for the ultimate system without compromise in terms of speed and expandability, the ASUS VI EXTREME is the one to go with... or any other recommendations and why? I came to my conclusion due to the 4-way SLI (will get the other GeForce Titans throughout the next months), its overclocking capabilities including monitoring, and it seems to be a very stable platform.

Date: Dec 21, 2013

Actually, I've been doing quite a lot of researching on various sites, including reading reviews of the ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME on Amazon, and, despite my last message where I had said I'll go with that one, I won't but instead with the MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - even though it can "only" do 3-way SLI, but to be honest, I don't intend to do that (right now) on this rig, mainly due to complaints from people (on various sites) that SLI actually increases various performance and other issues with games - this will most likely change in the future, but I'm looking for a NOW solution.

On another note in regards to the EXTREME, it costs more and you get a (flimsy, according to reviewers) "overclocking panel", and I won't even do overclocking for now, because that requires (at least for max overclocking) liquid cooling, and I just want to do a bit more research on that. Then I'll disassemble my graphics card's cooling components / case (if required) and will also liquid cool that. Additionally, re. the overclocking panel, I think an ASUS rep replied to someone - complaining about having to pay so much and that it feels that the money was mainly spent on the provided overclocking panel - that the EXTREME is mainly for people who do performance testing (the mobo and various components). Which, to me, makes sense, using the overclocking panel to make various changes can be a lot quicker done (at least so I read) than doing this via other methods. If you want to overclock as a gamer and not tester, you do this once or at most a few times until you find the perfect setting, and you'll be done with that.

Anyhow, here's what I came up with as my components for my rig, and the why - my main strategy here is, having a high-end gaming system that allows playing all (currently and in the near future) released games on full settings on 1080p. This requires high-end components and allows for expandability (such as adding another GPU card, more mem and next-gen CPU):

INTEL 4770k
Which I will overclock in a month or two, once I get into the whole overclocking and liquid cooling thing.

ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA
I already explained the why above and the why not the EXTREME (won't do SLI - at least not for now, possibly in a few months). Also, in about 6 months the next-gen INTEL CPU is supposed to be released (also known as the TICK AFAIK, the TOCK for the new chipset and thus new socket most likely is about a year away), with additional instruction sets (two, as far as I can remember) and lower power consumption, yet higher clock speed, thus generating less heat and allowing for further overclocking. Another thing that really sold me was the steel bottom plate and the top dual-cooling mechanism (air or liquid) on the system. Especially the bottom plate is important for me, because initially I won't be installing the rig into a case, instead let it run "convertible" style, thus also why I won't / can't overclock (that much) it initially... doing this because I'll build my own case out of carbon fiber (in a few months, probably Q2 / Q3 2014).

16GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-19200 2400MHz Trident X Series CL10 (10-12-12-31) Dual Channel
Gives plenty of high-speed (overclockable) mem (sure, there's that are a bit faster, but not that much and not for almost twice the price, that'd be stupid lol) to start out with and in a month I'll add another 16GB (these are 2 x 8GB btw, sold as a set). I already read the mobo's manual and just mentioning to those who are interested to follow this strategy, that you need (? or at least should, I think) add RAM with same size and CL, so I'll go with the same then.

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked, 3GB
According to my research via going through a lot of performance and feature reviews and also gamers' comments in forums, the 780 gives quite a performance boost over older GTXs and is future oriented due to the fully unlocked GK110. Although the 3GB is a limit when wanting to go beyond 1080p (specifically 4k was mentioned in what I read, with drastic frame rate drops reported then), but I don't plan doing that. Aside from pure performance, the 780 adds quite a few more features than other GTXs, making the card usable at least for the next few years with max to almost max settings in games. As a side note: there is rumor of a 6GB and possibly watercooled (? if I remember right) version of the 780ti in the near future, also at least two next-gen GTXs are going to be released in 2014, with the first one in a few months from now.

Zalman Ultra Quiet CPU Cooling Fan CNPS9900MAX D/F
I really want best cooling with the least amount of noise, so this would be it for air cooling for now. This one is (almost) all copper (with coating, thus doesn't look like copper but less cooling efficient aluminum, which it is not) with the cooling find actually vertical and 6(!) cooling pipes (copper of course)... there are some other CPU coolers with 6 cooling pipes, but they're a lot more expensive. For an air CPU cooler, this one has awesome cooling performance yet producing low noise even at max speed.

Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W 80 PLUS Gold
Even though it's quite a bit overkill and there are better (as in, feature rich such as static filters) ones out there, they're also more expensive; this IMO is the best bang for the buck and allows plenty of headroom for overclocking, SLI and perhaps RAID (might take it along to my server build in half a year to a year, getting a lower wattage one for this rig).

As a side note, the mobo has bluetooth and WiFi (even the newer 802.11ac, which my Comcast WiFi router doesn't even support), thus I'll go BT with mouse and keyboard (mainly because already have both, plus I like the flexibility of choosing my location where to use the rig - monitor I'll use a projector in a few months).

Last but not least, thanks all for your input!
Anyone got any ideas / questions / productive input, please feel free to PM me

Possibly, though I also read that Intel is going to bring out a Haswell refresh (w/ 16Gb/s / 2GB/s SATA, compared to current 6Gb/s!), which puts the voltage regulation off-die (supposedly to reduce temperature built-up), thus not being compatible anymore with the 1150... I'll still stick with this board, considering that I'll switch to 2011 eventually, so doesn't matter to me if I can't upgrade the CPU anymore. Besides, CPU upgrades don't give only a fraction of speed improvement (unless you go WS or even server with MP, though that's just a guess on my side), compared to GPU upgrades, at least when it comes to gaming. And because I won't be going 4k in the next year or probably two years or longer, I even don't plan on upgrading that component, except adding another one of the same for dual monitor.