Which motherboard do I buy?

[asarvo09]

1) Gigabyte P67A-UD7

2) Asus Maximus IV Extreme

3) MSI Big Bang Marshal

I will be running an Intel Core i7 2600K, 8GB (2x4GB) memory @2133MHz and an Asus Radeon HD6950. I will be upgrading to a GTX590.

If we ignore the price of the boards and the size difference between them, which should I buy and why?

 

[Grizzly]

UD7 or Marshall.

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

I'd buy the [font="Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans"]Gigabyte P67A-UD7 [/font]because of its looks, the fact that I could fit it in the cases I like the most and because its actually the only board out the three that TTL actually gave a performance award to.

The BBM is a fantastic board and looks great but unless you want it so you can flick between graphics cards without removing them, run quad SLI/CF or need lots of airflow round your cards, I'd go [font="Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans"]Gigabyte P67A-UD7.[/font]

I'm not sure why but the [font="Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans"]Asus Maximus IV Extreme [/font]doesn't appeal to me but its worth noting that if your going to run 2 cards then this board does allow for more airflow around the first card than the [font="Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans"]Gigabyte P67A-UD7 [/font]whilst not taking up as much room as the BBM.

Just my opinion.

 

[dugdiamond]

UD7 +1

 

[DragonPC]

Big Bang Marshal

 

[sg12004]

Asus Maximus IV Extreme for me

 

[bigdog]

Asus Maximus IV Extreme. love the red and black