Cheers man, thanks for the quick reply
So far most of the boards I've been looking at have been gigabyte, but I'll check out what Asus has to offer too.
It's funny, I read on the SOS forum that people don't seem to like Asus, but then when you check the megathread where people post the specs for their perfectly working DAWs, nearly all of the most recent ones have Asus boards
Time to start whittling away a little more.
Cheers