Motherboard suggestions?

Heres the story. looking around on various websites eg youtube trademe all that and i come across a motherboard (asrock fatal1ty z77 professional ) iv looked at lots of video reviews and i mean alot and it looks like a sweet gaming board with all its features and im wondering if anyone has it and can tell me how good it is and if i should get it also i need a cpu aswell and its ivybridge and i dont know to get either sandybrige or ivybridge cpus ???