Need recommendations for a LGA 2011 board

[bigmjh]

Hi - I have an i7-3930K (scored a GREAT price) and need some recommendations for a good MB. I am NOT into extreme OC'ing or gaming. Would like to keep under $300. Thanks.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

ASRock X79 Extreme4 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $224.99

 

[claysm]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x79-extreme4-dx79to-p9x79-benchmark,3138.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x79-ud3-p9x79-pro-dx79si-benchmark,3111.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/p9x79-deluxe-g1-assassin2-x79-ud5-extreme9,3086.html

These are the reviews for a number of X79 boards at all price points.

 

[Pinhedd]

All of the Asus P9X79 boards are amazing

 

[nikorr]

Great mobo and decent performer.

ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

$269.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157290


ASRock X79 Extreme6
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asrock-x79-extreme6-gb_8.html

Conclusion
"Throughout this review we pointed out several minor issues we uncovered with the ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB mainboard. However, in conclusion I would like to once again stress its indisputable advantages. This mainboard comes with sufficient accessories bundle including a universal panel that provides two additional USB 3.0 ports. The PCB layout is overall good; it offers eight memory DIMM slots, two processor fan connectors supporting rotation speed adjustment, additional SATA and USB 3.0 controllers, buttons and POST-code indicator. The digital processor voltage regulator circuitry is built with high-quality components including tantalum capacitors. It works as 12+2 and supports dynamic adjustment of the number of active phases depending on the processor load even during overclocking. Three graphics card slots allow building AMD Quad CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX and CrossFireX, as well as NVIDIA Quad SLI, 3-Way SLI and SLI configurations. The mainboard has pretty convenient BIOS that offers everything necessary for system configuring and fine-tuning. Everything we have just said can also be applied to a similar ASRock X79 Extreme6 mainboard, but the “SB” model comes with additional expansion card featuring a second Broadcom network controller and Creative Sound Core3D Audio processor. This is a unique distinguishing feature of the ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB mainboard, because there are not that many other products that come bundled with a Creative sound solution."

 

[jaquith]

On LGA 2011 only get an ASUS. MSI, Gigabyte and to a degree ASRock long term have had some issues with reliability and CPU temps.

Sacrifice (1) one Pizza and get the ASUS Sabertooth X79:
5 Year Warranty
8xDIMM
Active cooling for both VRM and Chipset
* When not if you decide to OC it offers some of the lowest vCores = good

$320 Tiger Direct - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1498753&CatId=7381
$329 NewEgg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131801
$330 Micro Center - http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0378996
$340 Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-SABERTOOTH-X79-LGA2011-Motherboards/dp/B0061XSBZG

I love mine
CPU-z - http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2261309
RAM Drive - http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/Jaquith/RamDisk-Testing-X79.jpg
SSD + HDD - http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/Jaquith/ATTO_Sabertoth_X79.jpg
Cinebench - http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/Jaquith/CB-i7-3939K-Stock-v-OC.jpg
Finished build - http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/Jaquith/Davids-Computer-Office.jpg

 

[bigmjh]

Best answer selected by bigmjh.

 

[nikorr]

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