Best Motherboard for sli/crossfire for gaming rig

[Maximus Lonsdalius]

Looking for some help for a good motherboard for sli/ crossfire. I will be using one nividia 580 and upgrading to sli later in the year. The processor I will be using will be a intel 15 2500k (sandybridge) and its for a gaming rig with an over all cost of about £900 (1,462.61 USD) to £1300 pounds (2,112.41 USD) . Thanks. (open to opinion on suggestions if you think i should be using a better processor or gpu)

 

[Night Fox]

Newegg.com - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Newegg.com - ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard <-- Better overclocking, x8 speed
Newegg.com - ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard <-- better overclocking, 3-sli option, x8, x16, x16, out of stock, extended ATX

Games don't really use much cores, so an i7 won't be much of an improvement over the i5.

 

[Peter.Cort]

I've got a p67a-gd65 and I can recommend it very highly. It's a solid board with good overclocking options, and a very nice layout. It also has some nice features like voltage monitoring ports, power/reset buttons on the board, and POST LED's to see if things are getting power and working right.

 

[Fat.Clown]

Newegg.com - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard <-- pcie x16 both run at x16 speed

false, P67/SB only has 16 lanes.
without the presence of a NF200 chip, it's either single 16x or dual 8x

 

[4P_Bulldozer]

Try Google, here is answer #2 when searching for "i5 sandy bridge gaming rig": Maximum PC | Build It! A Sandy-Bridge Powered Gaming PC (for under a grand)

 

[Night Fox]

false, P67/SB only has 16 lanes.
without the presence of a NF200 chip, it's either single 16x or dual 8x

Ah, sorry. I thought I read that on msi.com, but after revisiting the site, it seems I must have just mis-read or made it up...