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I like your approach. This obviously isn't a motherboard intended for future upgrades, nor for overclocks. Sticking to an H77 or Z77 motherboard was the key in that generation. I'm spoiled these days with the spreadsheets I have for the latest motherboard generations, but IIRC, that Asus was the best of those three Newegg used boards you shared under the hood. Gigabyte's D3H & DS3H are the codes that accompany their cheapest motherboard within the class. The other is a B75 Micro ATX board.From the research I've done my i7 2600k, still stands up fairly well performance wise. I'm kinda trying to do a budget build, for like 300,using some components I already have. It would be much easier to buy all new stuff, but I don't really use it enough to justify building a brand new, high end rig.
Also give eBay a look. I hate it as a seller, but it's solid as a buyer. There are some really high-volume, reliable sellers on there who move a ton of used/older electronics.