P6X58D-E vs Sabertooth x58

[metallicaband]

Hello everyone,

I'm going to build my first PC soon and I'm torn between these 2 motherboards and don't know which one to get, here's my situation:


- I already bought an i7 930 processor and these Corsair XMS3 1600 DDR3 RAM: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001K56XW8/
- I want to overclock the i7 930 as much as possible (hopefully 4ghz or more) with a Noctua D14 cooler
- I'll be using a PCI express soundcard, haven't decided which yet
- Would like to have the option of possibly going SLI in the future with something like 470x2, even though I'll most likely end up with a single highend GPU like the 480 because I read something about SLI setups suffering from input lag and that's a total deal breaker for me if it's true, gotta reasearch about that.
- Woud like to have the option of using 6 RAM sticks in the future, i.e there will be enough room to use 'em.

Please exclude the price factor when comparing because I live in Bahrain, I can get the Sabertooth locally for around $260 but if I wanted the P6X58D-E I'm gonna have to order it online, total cost to get it here would be around $270, advantage of buying locally is that I'll have warranty on the board in-case I faced a problem with it. If you have any other motherboard suggestion, please share your thoughts.

 

[AstroGuardian]

Both boards are good. I would recommend the same class Gigabyte and MSI boards. You won't make a mistake is you choose any of those. They will all OC your CPU well.

It's always better to go with single but better VGA card rather than sli/CF setup

 

[Sickamore]

Go with the p6

 

[jacktesterson]

I like the sabertooth myself.

 

[jacktesterson]

Both boards are good. I would recommend the same class Gigabyte and MSI boards. You won't make a mistake is you choose any of those. They will all OC your CPU well.

It's always better to go with single but better VGA card rather than sli/CF setup

Are you speaking in terms of power consumption?

SLI is great for people like me who buy 1 mid-high card like a 470, then save and add another later. May allow for better CPU and other components up front.

 

[CVSiN]

Are you speaking in terms of power consumption?

SLI is great for people like me who buy 1 mid-high card like a 470, then save and add another later. May allow for better CPU and other components up front.

Id sure like to know why AT is so anti SLI myself.

Tom's and other sites are not so biased on single card solutions.

 

[metallicaband]

Thanks a lot for replying everyone, I've ended up with the Sabertooth after doing some research and reading enough reviews it seems like a solid choice, plus the local store warranty ain't so bad.