I'm not sure whether I should go for the Asus Rampage IV Extreme route, or go for the Rampage IV Formula (4x memory slots does turn me off quite a bit, I don't really care for it to date but it's always nice to have some headroom for the future.)

Normally I always jump on the top-of-the-line RoG boards simply because they you'll get everything there is to get, you won't miss out on anything but to be honest I haven't been using one third of the features of my current Ramapge III Extreme so why get the Rampage IV Extreme?


I'm not using it for enthusiast overclocking, I normally settle on the highest stable clock I can achieve rather easily, currently my i7-980X is running at 4.2GHz and I haven't really cared pushing it further than that because of constant hiccups and bluescreens. But my system is running 24/7, so stability is a concern as it's used as both a gaming and server system.


This time around I'm very uncertain if I should go with either the P9X79 WS, Sabertooth X79 or the Rampage IV Extreme / Formula for such a system? I want to achieve a decent 4.6 - 5.0GHz stable overclock and be able to push the system 24/7 with ease. I might hold out to Q1 2012 for the eight core Xeon processors, but which motherboard do you recommend me to go for?