I'll be building this with the i5 3570k and a cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo.
I was wondering what you guys thought of it (in terms of functionality)- I really am trying to stick with Microcenter for getting hardware.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/406526/GA-B75M-HD3_LGA_1155_B75_mATX_Intel_Motherboard
At their current prices, I'd be able to snag the mobo/proc for ~$195
well that board is crap, i would say every B75 board is crap for ivy-bridge cpu´s, the reason for that B75 only supports upto 1333mhz ram by default. so you need to overclock, further there is a big chance that you have to flash your bios, before it will even work with an ivybridge cpu.
Please go with a Z77 board, just to avoid those headaces. also because you are looking for an unlocked i5-3570k so i would advice to go with a Z77 board. there are also cheaper H77 board. but putting a unlocked K cpu on a H77 board is just a bit of a waste, because OC feutures are just Zero.
So my recommending, go with a Z77 board.
Grtz Angel ☺
Just to clarify:
-The RAM I have running is 1333 Mhz anyway
-Apparently it works fine with 3570ks.
But the rest of your points are good, I'd say.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/387554/Z77_Extreme4_Socket_LGA_1155_Z77_ATX_Intel_Motherboard
What about that one?
Well as far as my knowledge goed about that particular Asrock Z77 extreme 4 board. i did not read much bad reviews about it. so it seems to me that its a good board.