Originally Posted by
Boardwalk30
I'm staying away from Ivy Bridge for the sole reason as they don't handle overclocking as well as Sandy Bridge. I can easily push the 2700K to 5.0 with the DH-14. Ivy Bridge doesn't handle overclocking heat well. If it did, it'd be a different story. As for switching it out, I'll probably drop down to the P8Z77-V PRO instead of DELUXE. It removes those "Useless features" and will save me $70 if i'm not mistaken. I'm also a big ASUS fan for mobos, so i'd be willing to spend a tad extra to get it over the Gigabyte one. I have nothing against Gigabyte, in fact i've heard great things, but i've always used ASUS mobos.