Which motherboard

[Lukas Tober]

Can anyone please tell be what motherboard to purchase i have an i7 3770 and am going to be putting in 16gb of ddr4 ram and a gtx 1070

[Macfox38]

Just want to check that you mean i7-3770 and not, i7-13700 cause that is a world of difference. 

 

The 3770 is a DDR3 ONLY processor and cannot be used with DDR4 ram. If you are going with that old of a CPU youre gonna have to track down a z68 motherboard which is most likely used and can be risky. Honestly it isn't worth it. If you can save up a bit get yourself a modern i3 and it will run circles around the old 3770s. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Country?

Budget?

All existing parts you have on hand (incl case, ram, psu, storage, etc.)?

 

Id resell that 3770 and go straight for used ryzen considering a used 3600(x) is usually around 50-60$ and a used b3/450 board is around 40-70$ which will annihilate the 3770

 

If your used market is bad x58 and lga 1150 may also be interesting options

[Milesqqw2]

14 hours ago, Macfox38 said:

Just want to check that you mean i7-3770 and not, i7-13700 cause that is a world of difference. 

 

The 3770 is a DDR3 ONLY processor and cannot be used with DDR4 ram. If you are going with that old of a CPU youre gonna have to track down a z68 motherboard which is most likely used and can be risky. Honestly it isn't worth it. If you can save up a bit get yourself a modern i3 and it will run circles around the old 3770s. 

Also if it is the i7-3770 I would contemplate getting a CPU that supports DDR4 because it will be supported by WAY more CPUs and mobos. Even better if it supports DDR5.