Ok, I am looking into PCI-E 3.0 but can't find any made by asus. At leat, there website might be broken, I don't know. Hard to imagine that they of all would not have any.
I have no interest in paying more for something that will be useless for my intentions, but the 4770k does look awesome. Also, AMD processors and hardware will have the edge since the new generation of gaming consols use amd technology. So better compatibility etc... But I aint using it just for games :)