which 1156 mobo for non overclocked but cool i7 860/i5 750

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as it says in title guys, wanting to buy a new 1156 rig. undecided between i7 860 and i5 750, leaning towards the i7. want to run it as cool and silent as possible.

notice there are about 4 asus mobos, what extras do you get for the money and what mobo would you recommend for my pc.

thanks.
 
It's not for gaming I use adobe CS4 suite, watching HD, net use, work, etc tend to have a lot running at once.
It has to be in a bedroom so silence and temp r key followed by performance.
 
there are so many mobos, hard to choose. i would like esata, not bothered about overclock features, multi gfx or extras not related to efficiency and silence.

looking at the asus and gigabyte models.
 
yeah i was looking at that board, the main thing for me is i have a lot of hdds to fit, need the storage for HD stuff. so if this mobo has a fair amount of sata and e-sata ports it looks a winner. i toyed with underclocking to keep it quiet, u think i should still overclock slightly but undervolt instead? never tried that..
 
decided on a silver fortress case, prefer silver and only one that looks half decent for my use.
 
ok so why so many diff gigabyte mobos, what does each one have different, theres about 7 of em!
 
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