mobo help please

Kodoli

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I've decided on most of my system

Corsair Vengeance - 8GB 1600MHz
AMD Phenom II X4 965
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
HD7870
CoolerMaster Silent Pro M II - 620 Watt - ATX

I' looking for recommendations on a mobo to go with this. Nothing to expensive but I want it to be a decent board, that will go well with the rest of the rig. Also what kind of features should I be looking for in one? I'm not really a serious overclocker or anything but should I decide to become one I don't want to limit myself for the future. Nor have any limitations in any other area I may wish to explore. Would it be better to get a z77 chipset or whatever? I hear the other ones have now become outdated? Should I go for the newer one? Or is that only for Intel? Can you get mobo's that work with both? Please help! Thank you
 

Kodoli

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I don't understand the whole ATX thing. What does that mean? I'm looking at this mobo that was ecommended to me but it says micro ATX at the end. 'ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 - Socket AM3+ - micro ATX'

What does that mean, can I get a bigger version of this?