As far as the motherboard the X79 are very overpriced. And a couple of the brand new Z77 boards just realeased with the PCI-E PLX chip with 4-way SLI/CF compatability. The Gigabyte Z77 G1 Sniper 3 is definitely the best bang for the buck. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128552