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Ivy Lake on an H61 chipset?

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My Dad has an old Acer Aspire X3995 tower that we'd like to repurpose as a NAS for storing and streaming movies. The problem is that the motherboard is fried and we need to replace it, so I've been looking online for some new boards. According to Acer's spec sheet, the X3995 (back then) had an Ivy Lake CPU, an LGA 1155 socket and a B75 chipset. However, having hung around in r/buildapc for a while and having seen a lot of B450 vs X570 boards, I think that I might be able to get away with an H61 board (as I can't find a B75 board online). Am I correct in assuming that the CPU needs to be compatible with the socket and not the chipset?

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6 minutes ago, CmdrNorthpaw said:

Am I correct in assuming that the CPU needs to be compatible with the socket and not the chipset?

Actually, it needs to be compatible with both socket and chipset, and has to be supported by the BIOS.

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OK, so I have to buy a motherboard that's both LGA1155 and B75, plus has specific manufacturer support for Ivy Bridge chips?

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2 minutes ago, CmdrNorthpaw said:

OK, so I have to buy a motherboard that's both LGA1155 and B75, plus has specific manufacturer support for Ivy Bridge chips?

Yes

But all z77 or the 70 skus in general support ivy bridge

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Ivy Bridge should run on most Sandy Bridge motherboards that have the necessary bios version to run Ivy bridge. If you get an H61 board, make sure it has the latest bios and the CPU support for the CPU you plan on using.

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14 minutes ago, CmdrNorthpaw said:

OK, so I have to buy a motherboard that's both LGA1155 and B75, plus has specific manufacturer support for Ivy Bridge chips?

Ivy Bridge CPUs will work with any 70-series chipset boards except X79. They will also work with practically every 60-series chipset boards if they have an updated BIOS. Which is important, because you usually need an already compatible CPU to update BIOS.

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