Need help picking good mobo (2011 socket)

[mcHasnoeyes]

Hey im starting to build a new pc, im somewhat new to it so i have a friend helping me, and we havent ordered any other parts cause we are deciding on a mobo, he says i should go with some asrock one but i dont know how i feel about that. so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. i plan on using this pc for a lot of gaming and some video editing / music stuff. thanks IM NEW

 

[tassietim]

my next build going to based on an ASRock X79 Extreme9 , finally a board with a descent amount of sata ports , nice looks and extra added features .
gaming and storage for all my downloaded stuff

 

[MajinCry]

Dude. We'll need the rest of your desired system specs, what games you'll be playing, what software, your budget, etc.

More info needed.

 

[sharkbyte5150]

Hey im starting to build a new pc, im somewhat new to it so i have a friend helping me, and we havent ordered any other parts cause we are deciding on a mobo, he says i should go with some asrock one but i dont know how i feel about that. so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. i plan on using this pc for a lot of gaming and some video editing / music stuff. thanks IM NEW

As Majin stated, without knowing what CPU you're using, what video card you plan on using, etc., it's hard to suggest a board. That being said, here are my top LGA2011 motherboard picks.


ASUS Sabertooth X79 (Newegg.com $329)
ASRock X79 Extreme9 (Newegg.com $354)
MSI Big Bang-XPower II (Newegg.com $389)
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (Newegg.com $439)

 

[mcHasnoeyes]

well the current items i have already purchased are

CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Semi Modular Power Supply

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

a 680 gtx and my case is the haf x cooler master full tower, and obviously have the Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Boxed Processor


, i have alrdy purchased the ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard but im just wondering if thats gonna be the right board for me