Best motherboard for an I7-930

[saear]

I live in an area near a microcenter, so I'm able to pickup a I7-930 for $199. With such a deal I thought I'd take advantage of it. PC is for gaming.

I'm looking to spend $200 to $225 with some flexibility if the features are worth it. I plan on running SLI or Xfire with two cards sometime in the near future. Will start with a single 460 or 5850 then double up later. I would like Sata6gb and USB3. I have a FXextreme sound card I'd like to use so I'll need a functioning PCI slot with the SLI/Xfire. I'll probably overcloak as well and I'm not vary knowledgeable in that area so simple OC bios would help or a guide for the mobo/memory.

Here are the cards I have been looking at from a first glance. If you know of a triple memory that works well with the mobo recommendation are appreciated.

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423

MSI X58A-GD65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130294

ASUS P6X58D-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131641

ASUS Rampage III Gene
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131658

 

[Emperus]

All the X58 boards will virtually perform the same.. Get the one which best appeals to you.. Personnely, I'll vote for the MSI model due to a neater layout..

 

[saint19]

Hi newcomer and welcome to the Tom's hardware forum.

1- ASUS P6X58D-E
2- Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
3- ASUS Rampage III Gene
4- MSI X58A-GD65