Thanks for the advice and I'll look into getting a better mobo.
not necisarrly better just smarter motherboard thats more about performance instead of there stupid TUF THERMAL ARMOR(front shield) also im not sure if you are but dont be afraid of asrock i used there motherboard in a htpc build and havent had any problems what so ever!.
Ps just to add onto what might explain why your build is a grand less the graphics cards im using are 2gb cards so if your looking at serious 6 way eifinity you should look at these otherwise the 1gb cards are more than suffice for almost all practical uses!
OH and make sure you get a b3 board to avoid a p67 sata3 problem