Don't do it. Buying semi-old chips isn't a cost effective method. Don't buy an unlocked chip either. As long it is a decent quad-core (Core i5), you don't ever need to overclock. If you want to have the extra performance, go buy a Core i7, otherwise you are just wasting money.
Yeah, thats due to the fact that z-series motherboards do hold their value extremly well. Just get rid of the idea of finding a cheap 3570k and z-77 mainboard.
Nope. But I can suggest you buying a i5 6400 and some h110 or even z170 motherboard.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO WASTE MONEY AND HAVE A Z77-CHIPSET BOARD, BUY ONE OF THESE:
-ASUS P8Z77-V
-MSI Z77A-G45
-Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
(The best bang for your buck you gonna get in the Z77 range.)
You might save a few bucks with a new 4590 and an H81/B85 motherboard or a 6500 with an H110 motherboard, and you'd have the security of being able to RMA something if it dies.
Short Answer: There are no easily located cheap mobos for socket 1155 unless you want to overpay on eBay.
If you must, go the eBay route. However, having been patiently looking for the past three weeks for Z68/Z77 mobos, I ultimately came across a Asus ROG Maximum Extreme with a PCH initialization error for $41.00 and as part of another Craigslist system for cheap another Maximus Extreme. These were $500.00 mobos when released and they still pack a HUGE number of relevant options. In the end, I got two of them for about $70.00 each.
The one thing Scrapyard Wars is complete b.s. about is the artificial time constraints on the show. I get why the show does it, but for those of us who choose to build with some used components out of choice or necessity. -- it teaches the EXACT wrong thing.
To acquire enthusiast grade used parts, you must be patient. It will take 2-4 weeks of watching eBay/Craigslist/Kijiji and other used online ads to find your parts. It isn't a Newegg or Amazon ordering experience; It is not remotely the same thing at all.
Be patient, watch the ads extremely closely for several weeks and look at whole systems too from which you can poach parts and resell the rest. Over time, you will develop a real feel for every little feature and topography of the used market at a component level. (It is quite an addicting hobby in itself, actually.)
You will find that with knowledge, patience and a bit of luck, you can pick up a great cheap Z68 /P68 / Z77 mobo for use with an Ivy Bridge CPU.
It just takes work and patience. An awesome deal is not a click away and off the UPS truck tomorrow. That isn't the way this works.
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