What motherboard for SLI & 2500K setup?

[Andre2807]

Hi guys. At the moment I'm really struggling to find a good priced motherboard in South Africa. I would like to: Overclock, SLI (only 2-way is needed) and have 4 DDR3 slots Here is my setup so far: Note that I'll also add the prices locally and what the dollar equivalent would be (locally). It's also my first PC to build so I only want to spend maximum R10 000 = $1250. I also would like to SLI two GTX580's in future, for now I'm getting have a single GTX560.

CPU:
Core i5 2500k = R2100 = $262.50

Motherboard:
I have no damn idea what to get.

Graphics Card:
EVGA GeForce GTX560 = R2100 = $262.50

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 4GB = R340 = $82.50

Chassis:
Zalman Z9 Plus = R600 = $75

PSU:
Corsair CX600 = R700 = $87.5

HDD:
Western Digital 1TB = R885 = $110 (cheapest 1TB in south africa)

Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit = R 1040 = $130

That totals to about R7750 = $968.75

OK are the options:
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Asus Sabertooth P67
Asus Maximus Gene Z

 

[1238384234]

Please do not get the asus, don't get any asus p8p67 board (pro, deluxe, 3.1rev, etc), It a real PITA. So many not booting problem online, just do a search on youtube I brought the p8p67 pro spend whole day trying to get it to run, return next day.

 

[Novuake]

Asus Maximus Gene Z for sure if it isn't much more expensive than the others.

I am in South Africa too and I feel your pain with HDD prices.
BUT don't sacrifice on HDD, please check that the WD you have chosen is not a green drive and that its 7200RPM 64MB cache.

Also consider Sapphire Radeon cards. Better spec/price. The HD6950 has dropped in price alot and may be worth buying. Then you could just add one more later on.
2 of them are insane.