Help me pick out a MB

[Dmac122383]

I'm building a pc for a friend of mine and the only part im having trouble picking out is a good quality motherboard. I'd like to stick with Gigabyte or ASUS.

So far the parts we know we are getting are:
i7 2600k
2 SSDs in RAID (not sure of brand yet, prob Crucial M4's)
7970
AX850
Corsair 650D
Noctura NH-D14

These are the mb's I'm thinking of:
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0)
ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0)
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P

I know they are all high quality boards with just about the same features, Honestly I think the biggest thing is picking a color scheme that he is gonna like for his build.

Any help or recommendations would be great, THANKS!

 

[evganerd]

Maximus IV. I've had mine for over a year now. Absolutely love it. I will probably upgrade once LGA 2011 processors are available again.

My next board will be the rampage IV extreme for sure -- unless something better comes out.

 

[acanthis]

Maximus IV would be my choice

If you're on a tight budget and need 100$ off, the choice would be the Sabertooth, only 2 choice I'd stick with

 

[Dmac122383]

We picked the ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME motherboard for the build.

We went with a white/red nzxt phantom case so the theme/color is red black and white, this pc is gonna look sick.

i7 2600k
sapphire 7970
16gb of gskill ripjaw x 2133mhz - red
corsair ax850
2x corsair force gt ssd - red
red bitfenix cable extentions

I'll post up pictures of the build once it complete. i'm so jealous of his pc already, I wish I had 2k to throw at a new pc.