Honestly Soar I would not have either one of theose boards as you have the K processor which is unlocked and very easy to overclock to up around 5 Ghz but those motherboards won't allow it. They are both H67 boards and you should be getting the P67 board or you are just wasting that CPU.
I expect that you are right in that the Sandy Bridge is the next generation of processors and so will push the older X58 compatible ones back as is always the case. It doesn't mean that the i7 etc are any less powerfull but things move on. The next motherboards to come out will be the evolution of the i7 boards with triple or even quad channel memory capabilities etc included.
DM, I sure am glad to have you as a friend and also as a knowledgeable Gigabyte expert on these matters!
After reading your post, I immediately called my vendor and was able to cancel the order on the Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H! Whew! That was a close call!
They gladly gave me the package deal on the GIGABYTE P67A-UD3 motherboard with the Intel® Core™ i5 2400K chip you mentioned. So for $279 I am a very happy computer builder at the moment! The motherboard will arrive in 2 days but the chip is back ordered so I may need to wait up to 2 weeks for that to come in. Either way, I eagerly will wait for each component to arrive. I am so excited about building this new rig....they say it OC's to 4.5 on air. With a Corsair H70 I should probably be able to get 5Ghz or more without a hiccup!
I'd like to ask you some questions about building a cooling system similar to yours. What exactly would I need and how many peso's would it be?
This motherboard must be fairly new because I cannot find any reviews on it yet, not even Newegg has any reviews. Can you tell me anything about this GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard?
What type of memory would you recommend and how fast?
I did notice other vendors are selling the Intel® Core™ i5 2400 [without the "K"] for much lower prices and apparently the overclocking ability is much lower exactly as you stated.
Thanks again for helping me select the best.
Your friend,
Soar