Build with new Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge

[unclepauly28]

I am in the process of building a killer PC. I have a Cooler Master HAF X case. I was going to buy a ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z with a Core I7 2700K. Now that I've heard about the new Ivy Bridge CPU's I am considering a Core i7-3770K. My question is will this processor work in the motherboard above,ie is there a BIOD update that will make them compatible, or should I get the ASUS P8Z77 WS which is not an ROG product per se. I should also mention that I have an ASUS Mars II video card. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[Zka17]

If you go with the 3770k, then yes, you may need to update the BIOS (depending which version it has on it)... However, I would stick with the 2700k... - it's a proven good CPU, while it's known about the 3770k that has some thermal weakness due to it's design...

[unclepauly28]

I asked my original question a bit prematurely. After doing some more research on the ASUS site there are two top end Z77 boards available, the P8Z77-V Premium and the ROG Maximus V Formula. The rest of my build looks like this:

CASE Coolermaster HAF X
PSU Corsair 1200-Watt Power Supply CMPSU-1200AX
CPU COOLER CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM CORSAIR MEM 4Gx2 CMZ8GX3M2X1600C7R x2 $69.99
SSD SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC512N/AM 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) x2
SSD MOUNT Scythe 2.5 Twin Mounter RC HDD/SSD mounting for up to two hard drives
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB Internal Hard Drive x2
RAID CARD LSI MegaRAID Internal SAS 9265-8i 6Gb/s Dual Core ROC w/ 1GB cache memory RAID Controller Card, Kit
VIDEO ASUS MARS 2 GeForce GTX 580 3GB Limited Edition #552 of 999
OPTICAL DRIVE 1 & 2 Pioneer Black 12X BD-R X 2
OPTICAL DRIVE 3 ASUS 24X DVD Burner - CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
SOUND Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
MOUSE Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Gaming Mouse for PC and Mac - Albino Edition

I think with the Mars II video card I will need the extra length of the Maximus. Does anyone out there know these two boards and can give me a recommendation should I decide to go with the 3770K?

[NiMx1233]

You can try Sandy Bridge-E, i7-3930K isn't too bad anyway.

[Zka17]

unclepauly28, I would go with the Asus maximus V Formula...

NiMx1233, the mobos suggested by the OP have LGA1155 sockets for the CPU... the 3830k (Sandy Bridge-E CPUs) are LGA2011... they won't match...