First Time PC Build- (Gaming and Graphics Work)

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Getting back on topic, it was recommended that I stay away from Sandy Bridge-E cpus and motherboards. It is not possible to configure a Sandy-Bridge-E system within a reasonable budget with the lowest end Sandy-Bridge-E and later upgrade to a higher end Sandy Bridge-E or Ivy Bridge-E CPU? Is the the Ivy Bridge Core i7-3770k enough for the most important things: the creative software? Then again I am a beginner and the complexity of my work might not get to the level where it would require Sandy Bridge-E or Ivy Bridge-E (when it comes out) for the useful life of this build.

You are looking at a minimum of a $150 upcharge to get a 2011 system with the same performance as a 1155 system. That's the same cost as a Haswell mobo, and if you were going to upgrade the machine in a year or so, it would make way more sense to go with Haswell than IB-E.