Z77 & 2700K - What do I lose out on?

[the_director]

Heat seems to be an issue. The stock performance of the 3770k is pretty awesome though, beating out a 6 core that costs a lot more.

 

[beejjacobs]

Cheers fellas.

Gonna wait and see what the score on IB when it's released and the NDA is lifted then decide.

With the 4 sticks of RAM thing is there anything other than anecdotal evidence that it holds back a potential overclock? Can't find much info on it really.

Really want the Noctua NH-D14 but it's massoooove. Any recommendations for a cooler as good that I can run vengeance ram with?

You'll need low profile RAM for most air coolers, Corsair do LP Vengeance:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Do any GPU's saturate PCI-E 2.0? Or even come close?

This thread shows some saturation of PCIe 2.0, but thats an extreme case!

 

[kitch9]

They are lower TDP.

Until you try clocking them and then the power draw goes nuts.