Ultimate Gaming Rig in Need of Better Motherboard

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I built a screaming rig a few years ago and am in the process of upgrading components to get the most of it. One thing I am unsure of is if I can get any appreciable performance gains by going to a newer motherboard. Is there a motherboard out there that will make these components work better/faster together?

The system today is:

Intel 2600k
Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3
Corsair Dominator DDR3 8Gb at 1600
Corsair H80 cooling
Asus 780ti SLI
Corsair AX1200 power supply
Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb
1Tb HDD

 
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I just looked at your MB specs and it looks like a very good one, not sure how you could get better results with a new one. The only thing you could up is getting something with 2 PCIe *16 slots, but I am not sure that would buy you anything anyway, I don't think the 780Ti saturates a *8 slot. And they are very expensive, made for 3 and 4 way SLI.

I would get a better CPU cooler, perhaps something like a CM Glacier 240L, it has the best pump in the AIO world and a copper/brass radiator, not an aluminum one like the H80. You could also add in your 780Ti's to the loop as it's expandable, just get a couple blocks and perhaps another radiator. That would give you some real room to OC your graphics cards.
 
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I don't know where to verify with solid verifiable unchallengeable proof that the 780Ti does not saturate a 3.0 x8 bandwidth but I would bet 5 bucks it does not. I have seen graphs comparing 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 at x4, x8 and x16 for a Titan (if I remember right). You don't start to take a good performance hit until you get down to 2.0 *4, the 3.0 *8 is 4 times faster. Hope this helps
 
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While copper is good at absorbing heat and dissipating it evenly; aluminum is better at dispersing heat. Thus aluminum radiators in high end cars and in air conditioners. If you dot believe me try heating two pieces of aluminum and copper at the same mass and temperature. The aluminum will cool much quicker. You can look this up on one of many physics web sites.
 
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I do not dispute anything you say, but if you are telling aluminum is better in a PC water cooling loop, I would say you are wrong, cars perhaps it may be so.

The problem is oxidation, contamination and erosion, copper and brass do not have this problem. The first thing that will clog up are the blocks, bad news. If aluminum were so good, why are no blocks made of it? They would be cheaper, but no one in their right mind would buy them. We are talking apples and oranges.

What would be the difference between a car radiator made of copper in weight and cost compared to aluminum, how big are the journals and airflow?
 
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