Hi, I just purchased the i5 3570k Unlocked and in addition I am anxious to take out my 4 Gigs of Nvidea Gpu Ram and replacing it with the GTX 680. ( Or the GTX 690 if it doesn't kill my wallet! Lol)
I can tell you that the Motherboard I'm running with it(the i5 3570k) is the Asus Sabertooth Z77 Motherboard. Perfect for the CPU and 3.0USB Ready. DEFINATELY check it out
Even if your GPU is of lesser power, the overclock on the CPU can very safely be overclocked to 5 Gigs per core No problem. I'm sure if you wanted you could take it up more, but what's the point? Lol
If you don't have a cooler master or such, you might want to consider investing in one to keep things "cool".
The CPU fan works geat. I only mentions The GeForce GTX 680 b/c I've saved and waited for it, but it still is hanging around at about $450-$550 depending. Plus availability sucks... I am waiting now to decide on the 690-tough call!
I added two Cheetah 600Gig Raid cards that move at speeds hard to even clock, but again, that's for the type of work I do and the speeds I need.
Anyway, sorry for all the unsolicited addional info but I hope the Sabertooth works out if you go that way. I doubt you'll be disappointed.
Anyway that is my recommendation for a Motherboard... Check it out. Hope it helps out if you haven't
already gone there.
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