Does this motherboard have support for 3rd Gen (Ivy Bridge) Cpu's? Exp: (i5 3470) on the site it says with the latest bios update it does (Rev. 1.0) i guess what im asking is does this motherboard have the latest bios update? I dont want to have to buy a sandy bridge Cpu just to update the bios.

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I was able to use an Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 69W Quad-Core Desktop Processor with no update to BIOS.  So far it runs without issue.

It should be noted that the original board I had to RMA for replacement when it would no longer post.  Doing reading on this issue, when you first set up this board, go into BIOS and tell it to load default settings, then never touch it again.  For some reason this board is very sensitive to any changes in BIOS and you will end up in a boot loop that will not let you into BIOS (even after any form of BIOS reset, pulling the battery, resetting the jumper, etc.).

If you get this board, do a load default in BIOS then leave it alone, and you should be OK.

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