Good motherboard for crossfiring 2 7970s & 3770k

[deewevoli]

I'm mainly concerned about the issue with crossfiring these cards
I hear you need to leave a space / slot in between them due to heat / thickness

Which motherboard is good for 2 7970's and compatible with i7 3770k?
I may do a little overclocking nothing too crazy.

Spending between 150-250 preferably on the lower end.

The one im looking at now is the ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
but will this give me the proper spacing for these cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-819

Thanks

 

[TheBigTroll]

first of all, get a i5 3570k. i7s are useless unless you are doing video rendering or editing.

the z77-v pro is fine. but the funny thing is that the one with thunderbolt is cheaper so why not
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131853

 

[deewevoli]

first of all, get a i5 3570k. i7s are useless unless you are doing video rendering or editing.

the z77-v pro is fine. but the funny thing is that the one with thunderbolt is cheaper so why not
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131853

Thanks, I plan on using eyefinity with 3 monitors at a high res.

I just heard that with such high resolutions the x8/x8 with that board would give a noticable drop vs a x16x16 board.

Quote from a year ago on these forums:
"the only real performance drop you would see is if you had exactly that: a multi monitor setup with a big resolution. There the bandwidth starts to come into play. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly what the percentage drop was, but it was significant enough to give pause. If you are looking for an eyefinity setup, I would wait until the next socket intel is releasing this year. It'll give you the x16/x16 slots"

Forgot to mention half my time is workstation use with 3d modeling apps: Maya / 3ds max / zbrush / cry engine etc.
So yes to vid editing as well.

Can you please recommend a board like this one but with proper spacing and 16's?
Thanks!

 

[TheBigTroll]

oh ok. go ahead with the i7

thats pretty much false. 8x 8x is normal for any z77 motherboard. the ones with a plx chip which provides more bandwidth would have more latency since it has to go to a switching chip before going to the card. and the fact that the cards cannot even use pci-e 2 effectively means that 8x 8x is more than enough

 

[TheBigTroll]

and this is how most motherboards are spaced out. its perfectly normal

 

[deewevoli]

Wow never been helped by a troll before!
Is there a particular heat sink / cooling you recommend for this setup?
Thanks very much really appreciate the help

 

[TheBigTroll]

the one id recommend is the noctua nh-d14. if its too expensive, get the hyper 212 evo.

nh-d14
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch_v3.asp?px=FX&scriteria=BL10109

hyper 212
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=64385&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER&promoid=1061

 

[TheBigTroll]

you can price match your motherboard at us.ncix, buy the cooler, and get free shipping