H61 for 3570k?

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So basically i have a system with a dead Z77 motherboard. Would it be worth it to spend ~$85 on a brand new Gigabyte H61 motherboard for my 3570k? It's the cheapest option I have and I'm aware of the inability to OC, it's about 10% less performance comparing a 3570k at 4.5 and 3.4GHz, which in my opinion is better than spending more for a g4560 and ddr3l + b150 motherboard and getting much less fps. Is there any problems with the following H61 board?(Bad VRMS etc)

 

Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV

[NelizMastr]

Any reason you're not looking for a 2nd hand Z68/Z77/P67 board? I wouldn't spend that much on a 7 year old board, even if it's "new". It also might not even have a BIOS version on it that supports your 3570K as not all 6-series boards supported Ivy Bridge out of the box.

[Princess Luna]

1 hour ago, _d0nut said:

hich in my opinion is better than spending more for a g4560 and ddr3l + b150 motherboard and getting much less fps.

 You probably shouldn't do this but neither go for an old i5 3570K at this point, why not just get a Ryzen based system or save up for the i3 8100 which is an i5 7400 rebrand that can be quite capable at gaming already?

[Herman Mcpootis]

not worth spending so much for an old H61 board, either get one off taobao for $20-30 or save up for a CPU upgrade instead.

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4 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Any reason you're not looking for a 2nd hand Z68/Z77/P67 board? I wouldn't spend that much on a 7 year old board, even if it's "new". It also might not even have a BIOS version on it that supports your 3570K as not all 6-series boards supported Ivy Bridge out of the box.

My friend wants the PC to work like in 2 days, so I have to buy it in person. Either I buy a brand new H61 or a used Z series board which are rare and extremely expensive in my country. I’ll take a look at More 7 series boards, hopefully they have them for cheap-ish.

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4 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

not worth spending so much for an old H61 board, either get one off taobao for $20-30 or save up for a CPU upgrade instead.

Building for my friend, he has the money to upgrade to the best gaming system you can think of but his mum is restricting his spending.

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4 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

 You probably shouldn't do this but neither go for an old i5 3570K at this point, why not just get a Ryzen based system or save up for the i3 8100 which is an i5 7400 rebrand that can be quite capable at gaming already?

I would spend more getting a R3-2200G + b450 motherboard + 2x4gb ddr4 3000 than just one motherboard alone, and that is including the money i get from selling the 3570k and ddr3. This whole thing is being funded by my friend since the build is for him and his mum is limiting his spending, so I don’t have many options.

[NelizMastr]

4 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

My friend wants the PC to work like in 2 days, so I have to buy it in person. Either I buy a brand new H61 or a used Z series board which are rare and extremely expensive in my country. I’ll take a look at More 7 series boards, hopefully they have them for cheap-ish.

In that case, try to find a cheap B75 board then. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

My friend wants the PC to work like in 2 days, so I have to buy it in person. Either I buy a brand new H61 or a used Z series board which are rare and extremely expensive in my country. I’ll take a look at More 7 series boards, hopefully they have them for cheap-ish.

there's a Z68 FTW with a hyper 212 evo included for $65 on carousell and a cheapo used H61 board for $40.

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4 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

In that case, try to find a cheap B75 board then. 

So what are the differences between the 7 series boards, like B75, H77 and Q77? Will they all be fine for a 3570k? If I don’t manage to get a 7 series board, will a 6 series board be fine assuming it’s bios is updated to support 3rd gen intel cpus?

 

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8 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

there's a Z68 FTW with a hyper 212 evo included for $65 on carousell and a cheapo used H61 board for $40.

the z68 is missing an io shield and is eatx, my case supports up to atx only. I’ll take a look at that H61, but if the pickup location is inconvenient I might just spend more on a new one.

 

 

[NelizMastr]

5 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

So what are the differences between the 7 series boards, like B75, H77 and Q77? Will they all be fine for a 3570k? If I don’t manage to get a 7 series board, will a 6 series board be fine assuming it’s bios is updated to support 3rd gen intel cpus?

 

6 series is fine, yes. With 7 series you get guaranteed compatibility and generally better compatibility with graphics hardware and UEFI.

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Just now, NelizMastr said:

6 series is fine, yes. With 7 series you get guaranteed compatibility and generally better compatibility with graphics hardware and UEFI.

Also I realise the h61 i was looking at only supported sata 3gbps, which may not be a problem since im using a used ssd which may have slower read and write speeds, but im not sure if its as low as 375MB/s or below. I can probably ask the shop if I have to buy the 6 series to help me update the bios if they can, don’t know if they can do that since it’s unlikely they have a used 2nd gen processor lying around.