Intel gaming mobo choice..

[ChuckFx]

So I am refreshing my rig with an i7-4770k and I was counting on an Asus z87-PLUS as the motherboard but was extremely disappointed. Major flaws forced me to RMA the board and I was left with a bitter taste in terms of quality and the board felt so weak and bendy.

I used to have a Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ and got used to that high quality.

I am now actively searching for a solid board between 150-300 before taxes in CDN. I buy mostly from newegg.ca (saving a lot of tax). I am not a fanboy for a particular brand but I was impressed by the Sabertooth...

Other than that, I need 4 USB ports on the back and 2 on the front and expect at least 4 3.0 in total.

I want to be able to have 3 GPU in CF if not sacrificing too much on quality.

I have 4 storage drives and will cool my CPU with an H100i push/pull so need that extra CPU fan. Integrated Wi-Fi is a plus but really not needed.

I look at those at the moment but I might be missing a good board..

http://bit.ly/1cLhlRX

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131989

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813130725

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131976

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131979

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813132038

 

[denis280]

go there.http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2192841

 

[ChuckFx]

Did not help too much, builds need a refresh on the thread.. Besides, I am not in mid but high-end.

 

[denis280]

Ok but you should ask a Mod.to move your post to General Hardware they will find you the best for less.

 

[ChuckFx]

I don't know how but if a mod sees this, can you move it to the good forum please!

 

[Johnny4]

SABERTOOTH P67 8+2 power phase/2x PCIe 2.0x16
P8P67 Pro 12+2 power phase /3x PCIe 2.0x16

This are the main reasons i choose Pro instead of Sabertooth

 

[DooKey]

For Trifire you should really go socket 2011. Z87 really doesn't have the PCI-E lanes to support Trifire or SLI properly.

 

[Ketchup]

I like Gigabyte myself:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813128593

This guy has 10 USB 3.0 ports, 10 SATA 6 Gbps ports, and 3 PCI-Ex16 slots.