Folks,
Been a bit out of touch with PC hardware for a while so getting back up to speed before I build a new one in a couple of months time. I'm looking to get a Core i5 3570 (possibly the K model), probably a GeForce GTX 560-Ti 448-core, and 8GB RAM. The box will mainly be used for gaming but also some media/HTPC duties, I have a couple of PCI cards (sound and TV tuner) I'd prefer not to have to replace so I'd like to have a couple of PCI slots on the motherboard.
I spotted this Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H board on Scan for about £82 which seems pretty reasonable. It has 2 PCI slots so that would seem to fit the bill for a good price. Question is, what am I missing out on by not buying one of the £200+ Z77 boards? Obviously I wouldn't get the PCI slots (haven't seen those on any other Z77 board) but what would I be paying all the extra cash for? Keen to keep costs down as I'm saving for our wedding but don't want to buy a cheap board now then discover 12 months from now that it's missing something really useful.
Also, I've not seen any IDE connectors on the Z77 boards I've looked at so far. Am I going to have to either replace my DVD drive and/or get an adaptor for it?