Best 1156 and 1366 Motherboards for Overclocking

I did a lot of research and asking around before I purchased my Asus P5Q Pro motherboard. It turned out to be a great overclocker like everyone suggested.

Does a Socket 1156 equivalent exist? Looking to drop an Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz and do some moderate overclocking. Might aim for about 3.6-4.0Ghz.

I'm also partially considering i7 as well (I do VMWare and audio-production, and some other tasks that require multi-threading). So if you can alternatively suggest a 1366 board I would appreciate it.

Sata 6Gbps would be a huge bonus. 2 PCI-E 16x slots highly preferred. Multiple PCI-E 4x or 1x, and/or PCI slots desirable. RAID is required.

Alternatively, I WILL sacrifice some overclock-ability and lean towards a very solid/stable board.

I've had nothing but great results with my board, but that might be just one opinion since I haven't tried any other boards. If you do go for an i7 I'd recommend going with the 1366 platform over the 1156.

ChaosInMind said:

I'm also partially considering i7 as well (I do VMWare and audio-production, and some other tasks that require multi-threading). So if you can alternatively suggest a 1366 board I would appreciate it.

Sata 6Gbps would be a huge bonus. 2 PCI-E 16x slots highly preferred. Multiple PCI-E 4x or 1x, and/or PCI slots desirable. RAID is required.

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this right here just screams LGA1366 all the way, dont even consider a LGA1156.

few boards to ponder over
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128413
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188048
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614

If you have ANY desire to run multiple graphics cards...then X58/LGA1366 is the only choice...look at Evil's list above

MIAHALLEN said:

If you have ANY desire to run multiple graphics cards...then X58/LGA1366 is the only choice...look at Evil's list above

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Just two ATI Radeon 5850's. Might also be a 2ndary gaming system for the wife and just put two 9800gt's in it (i already have them laying around)

once again im going to promote the asus p6x58d premium, sata 6gbps, 3 pcie2.0 (x16/x16/x1) raid, ocs great