Motherboards for IB - noob resources requested

Hello,
Relative noob here to building - have built about 5 systems, most recent built on an Athlon 64X2 Brisbane CPU and MSI K9A2.
I have the itch - system is 4 years old.
Am looking to build on the Intel platform - likely get a Sandy Bridge i5/~2400-2500, but want to future proof the MB to be able to move up to Ivy in a couple years.
Currently not a gamer, but some (non-HD) video editing, heavy Office, and CorelDraw illustration user. But I see this system being more involved in serving video / media in the future.
Any case, am looking for MB recommendations. My budget for the MB in this build will be somewhere in the 150-225 range.
Another requested recommendation - What is the current word on the street regarding Ivy's launch? I've heard Q2, but if its early Q2, I may want to hold until IB comes out, and hopefully, the SB prices will feel downward pressure.
Thoughts appreciated!
BTW - I'm being asked to provide a "Sub-category", and my only choices go from Abit to Epox. Selected Chipsets and BIOS, as I beleive that to be the closest to the topic, given the choices....
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128502

z68 platform is for ivy bridge, but supports other cpus

i cant find anything but last i heard it was q2

Only concern I have with the Z68XP-UD4 is that it doesn't support PCI express, which might be a problem down the road?
Regardless of whether the brand is of your liking or not, would a spec similar to the Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 be a better spec, as it is Z68 based, and support USB3, SATA at 3 and 6Gb (will likely go with a SSD boot/app drive), and PCIE3?
More searching seems to show IB being released around April 8. Two months...

I just put together a gaming rig with the i7 2600k. My mobo is the GA-Z68A-D3H-B3
by Gigabyte. It has 3 x PCI Express 16 slots and is SLI Ready. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128502

It's a pretty decent board for a reasonable price. The ONLY thing I don't like about it is the way the SATA connectors face (little tight to get the cables in but totally do-able) and I had to tweak my RAM voltage in order to use all 4 of my 4gb Kingston HyperX RAM sticks. All in all, it's a great board for the price.

Oh, I see. The UD4 certainly does have PCI-E 3.0 built in. Look at the link here:
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/pr [...] id=3977#ov