Good i7 board

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I need something that supports SLI and has great overclocking capabilities, price isn't much of a factor. I was looking at the Asus Rampage II, but I'm not all that tech savvy with mobos.

Edit: And would it be a good idea to get a water cooling block for either chipset?
 
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mep916 said:
You gotta make the wish list public if you wanna share it.

If money isn't a factor and you want to WC the chipset, get this.

EDIT: Damn, I thought that board shipped with a waterblock on the northbridge...looks like it doesn't.
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if by public you mean hit the share icon, i just did. Check now pls.
 
mep916 said:
This board ships with a NB waterblock.
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I was just looking it over and I'm not seeing where your getting that info from. That or I missed something :P

pies said:
I would also recommend the gigabyte x58 extreme.
It has amazing oc capability.
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2 for 2 and coming from respected members; I just want to make sure I get the right board, water cooling is going to be involved in all aspects, so high overclocking ability is a must. Thanks again for your help guys. :D

DarkTears said:
nums whats with the 7k dollar system in your sig lol?
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Nothings final, but in a couple months it will, hopefully, be sitting in my computer room, probably going to wait until the new gpus come out and prices drop a little bit :)
 
mep916 said:
Naw, I don't think that's necessary. A NB waterblock may be a good idea though.
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Assuming I buy that Gigabyte board, would that NB water block that comes stock with it be enough, or should I do a little something to it, or just get a whole new water block?

I'm a bit new at water cooling too, so bear with me. :P
 
Foxconn's Bloodrage just launched a few days ago. It's a great motherboard and currently holds the record for highest memory speed I think. DFI's x58 is also very nice and just released also.
 
You gotta make the wish list public if you wanna share it.

If money isn't a factor and you want to WC the chipset, get this.

EDIT: Damn, I thought that board shipped with a waterblock on the northbridge...looks like it doesn't.

Here's the Gigabyte X58 Extreme. This board ships with a NB waterblock.
actually do so?
 
i would say either bloodrage or the rampage 2 extreme, i think the bloodrage's included water block might be made out of aluminum, and if you really don't have that much of a budget, go for vapor phase change on the processor, a good single stage can get you down to -45*C on load for a quad(will run you around 800 dollars for a custom built unit with case) edit: and looking through your wishlist, i noticed you had some 280's with waterblocks on them, buy three 280's, and then buy the waterblocks, much cheaper that way
 
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