Mobo suggestions for a re-build

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Hi All
Posted a thread last week about a friend who was having problems with his build. As mentioned he had no previous experience of building a system. Per your suggestions I asked him to start with Ramcheck but he broke one the Ram slots. He is about to throw the whole system away and order a custom build for £2 K. I suggested that replacing Mobo and Ram should give a good system.

So would be grateful for suggestions for Mobos to go with his

2 x Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB GDDR5 Graphics Card SLI
Intel i7-3970X 6 Core Processor ( 3.2GHz, Socket 2011, 15MB Cache)

I suggested adding a 240 gb M2 ssd for Win 10 install.
He has couple of SSD and HSSD already.
FYI I have included the specs he was quoted for his custom build below .
Thanks again for you help and advice.
Mani



Case CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS X HERO: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk 1TB WD Blue™ 3D NAND 2.5" SSD, (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty 3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Promotional Item FREE Middle-Earth: Shadow of War with select GTX 10 Series Graphics Cards!

 
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X79 motherboards to consider (if you can still find them) would be the ASUS Sabertooth x79, ASUS Rampage, ASUS P9X79, ASRock x79 Extreme 6 (or Extreme 4)... https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=-rating




PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£384.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£102.66 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£204.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£249.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB...
X79 motherboards to consider (if you can still find them) would be the ASUS Sabertooth x79, ASUS Rampage, ASUS P9X79, ASRock x79 Extreme 6 (or Extreme 4)... https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=-rating




PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£384.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£102.66 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£204.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£249.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£134.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 HYBRID GAMING Video Card (£615.85 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£96.90 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Pioneer - BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£55.62 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.74 @ Aria PC)
Total: £2052.84
 
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