What motherboard ? HELP!

A gigabyte motherboard is really good (I have experience of over 4 years. It has more features than other boards. One handy little tool is qflash which will be useful in updating bios.
ASUS sabertooth is good too.

If you click on that link I gave above , yes the obvious best is gigabyte . Better than the sabertooth, is there any better the up5 th , like the asus z77 range ? I don't think there is , you may know as you have more experience . Thanks sir.

At that range gigabyte is the best, but I'll get back to you if I find anything better

What about G1.Sniper http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Thanks so much! what does the g1 sniper advantage?

Sniper over Z77X UP5 - More Sata 6.0 ports, second LAN port, Better pcie options(more slots too), better ram speeds.

Z77X UP5 over Sniper - dual thunderbolts ports, 8channel vs 6hannel audio of sniper.

Do you really need thunderbolt ports and 8 channel audio?

Edit: sniper also has 8 channel audio.