Motherboard needed to run GTX 680

I would like to be able to oc my cpu as well

You should definitely get a MB that has two slot PCIE 3. You'll be hard pressed to find dul x16 though, more common is 1 x x16 and 1 x x8. That is normal. So no, dual x16 is not required by any means.

Any of the boards in this list will handle dual 680's with no problem. Look at the specs and make sure to select one that does 1 x x16 and 1 x x8, not x4.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

What about this motherboard? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-130-...
For me it looks like it has 2 x16 PCIe 3 slots. Do you think a Noctua D14 cooler would fit, without blocking the first RAM slot?

All of the Z68 motherboards I look at with PCI 3.0 have a note that says an Intel 22nm processor is required to utilize PCI 3.0. 22nm doesn't arrive until Ivy Bridge, right? So how does a PCI 3.0 graphics card (GTX 680) work on a Z68 MB running Sandy Bridge processors? This is what's confusing me as I evaluate options, and try to decide whether to wait for Ivy Bridge/Z77 vs a Sandy Bridge/Z68 combo now, with a possible Ivy Bridge CPU upgrade later.

Lol? How do GPU's run on older mobos with Sandy Bridge? Its really simple... It's backwards compatible, but if you don't have 3.0 PCIE slot for the GPU.
GTX 680 Doesn't nail out the full potential of the card on 2.0 or 2.1... But if you had a PCI 3.0 Slot it will gain full bandwidth again.  

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Thanks!

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