neosnake

Ive always been a "AMD FANBOY" and am going to upgrade to polaris anyway, just thought if I get a free one off LTT it'll be a cool to crossfire these cards :). I'm using a r9 fury ATM in my rig

If you want any eletronic to last then run it as cool as you can, this reduces the wear and tear of the electrons going through the circuitry. As for the board it doesn't really matter, pick the one that fits your needs and go with it.

That sounds like a feedback loop, have you done anything to solve the problem yourself?

Download the latest intel chipset drivers, or use the update utility, both can be found here : https://downloadcenter.intel.com/ Your chipset is the Intel® Z77. Also try and download the latest intel usb 3.0 drivers, although windows and Linux should do this automatically. I had a old laptop that done this, the problem ended up being a broke GND connection on the board (also had electric shocks from plugging in headphones), if this is the case then its time to get a new motherboard OR you can bake the board, but that is the last hope saloon