Z68/Z77?

[Random32]

I have a 2600k and I'm in need of a new motherboard because one of the RAM slots are dead. I was looking at Z68 Boards on eBay but then I was wondering... Ivy Bridge's socket is the same as Sandy's (1155) and the only difference is really the chipset, which is Z77. Would Z77 work for Sandy Bridge? Would there be any advantages over Z68?

Edit: LGA155* not 1150

[LarsReviews]

I have a 2600k and I'm in need of a new motherboard because one of the RAM slots are dead. I was looking at Z68 Boards on eBay but then I was wondering... Ivy Bridge's socket is the same as Sandy's (1150) and the only difference is really the chipset, which is Z77. Would Z77 work for Sandy Bridge? Would there be any advantages over Z68?

 

Your CPU got 1155 Pins and yes Z77 should support your CPU. But please dopple check with the motherboard, before buying it.

[Imabigmac]

As far as I know it would work, haven't tried it but I was considering it awhile ago myself. You would get USB 3.0 as long they are run by the onboard controller. 

[Sheldon_King]

Your CPU got 1150 Pins

Negative. The 7 and 6 series chipsets are on LGA1155, not 1150.

 

I have a 2600k and I'm in need of a new motherboard because one of the RAM slots are dead. I was looking at Z68 Boards on eBay but then I was wondering... Ivy Bridge's socket is the same as Sandy's (1150) and the only difference is really the chipset, which is Z77. Would Z77 work for Sandy Bridge? Would there be any advantages over Z68?

You should be fine. just about all 7 series (h77, b75, and z77) support all LGA1155 CPUs with the rare exception of E3 Xeons. Best as said above to check the motherboard support page to be sure though, especially if you use an extremely low end board, as their support is usually really sketchy for even "supported" CPUs.

 

As for advantages, thereis no real reason to get Z77 for sandy, as though you get USB3, PCIe 3, and rapid responce (SSD caching) intel locked those features to Ivy procesors, so they will downgrade to the Sandy Supported unless the board supported them with a3rd paarty chipset (USB3 anyway, PCI is on teh CPU so no way to change that, and rapid response is an intel tech, though there are some realtek (iirc) chipsets that support caching if you wanted to use that).

[LarsReviews]

Negative. The 7 and 6 series chipsets are on LGA1155, not 1150.

 

You should be fine. just about all 7 series (h77, b75, and z77) support all LGA1155 CPUs with the rare exception of E3 Xeons. Best as said above to check the motherboard support page to be sure though, especially if you use an extremely low end board, as their support is usually really sketchy for even "supported" CPUs.

 

As for advantages, thereis no real reason to get Z77 for sandy, as though you get USB3, PCIe 3, and rapid responce (SSD caching) intel locked those features to Ivy procesors, so they will downgrade to the Sandy Supported unless the board supported them with a3rd paarty chipset (USB3 anyway, PCI is on teh CPU so no way to change that, and rapid response is an intel tech, though there are some realtek (iirc) chipsets that support caching if you wanted to use that).

 

oh, f*** I do that all the time, but I really don't know why. I wanted to put 1155 there, but probably read 1150 in the OP post. Even when typing something and somebody talks to me, I will write what they are saying and not what I wanted to write in the first place.