2600K on Z77?

[Cs342]

This might be a silly question but I was wondering whether or not it would be possible to run a 2600K on a Z77 board. Apparently it will work, but will there be any stability issues? Will there be any extra features that I would gain by running a Sandy Bridge chip on a Z77 motherboard vs P67?

[M-ursu]

It will work perfectly.

[FloRolf]

It should work perfectly fine!

[Cs342]

Will I be able to OC higher on a Z77 board? Or will there be loads of stability issues?

[Samdb]

Yes, it will work, however your PCI-E 3.0 lanes will only work as PCI-E 2.0 lanes, however there really isn't too much of a performance decrease, maybe 1% or so.

 

Sam,

Intel Response Squad member

http://bit.ly/RallySquad

[Cs342]

Yes, it will work, however your PCI-E 3.0 lanes will only work as PCI-E 2.0 lanes, however there really isn't too much of a performance decrease, maybe 1% or so.

 

Sam,

Intel Response Squad member

http://bit.ly/RallySquad

What extra features would I gain by going to Z77?

[Samdb]

What extra features would I gain by going to Z77?

 

None that I know of, you will end up losing features. For example on certain motherboard which run at 4x on the Ivy Bridge series, you will not be able to use on the Sandy Bridge series.

 

Sam,

Intel Response Squad member

http://bit.ly/RallySquad

[Scia]

I'm running a 2500k on a Sabertooth z77, works perfectly fine.

 

You won't get PCIe 3 though, and the 3rd 16x slot is not recommended to be used [have no tried it yet].

 

Other than that, nothing to lose going z77 ^^

[bchampion96]

This might be a silly question 

 

Yes.

[Cs342]

Is this a good motherboard? I am thinking of selling my ASUS P8P67 PRO and getting this

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Pro3/

[Excon]

No, that's a not a very good motherboard at all.

[mymouthandi]

What's the budget for a new board?

[Cs342]

No, that's a not a very good motherboard at all.

How come?

[Excon]

Because its about the lowest grade board from Asrock who isnt that good of a company to begin with. Go with some thing from Asus, Gigabyte or MSi.

[Cs342]

Because its about the lowest grade board from Asrock who isnt that good of a company to begin with. Go with some thing from Asus, Gigabyte or MSi.

Sabertooth Z77?

[Excon]

I have that board and its wonderful but a little overkill. Look at something like the MSi gaming series for a red board. If you want blue the standard MSi boards are the same or maybe a Gigabyte UD4H

[Cs342]

I have that board and its wonderful but a little overkill. Look at something like the MSi gaming series for a red board. If you want blue the standard MSi boards are the same or maybe a Gigabyte UD4H

I'm looking for a black board to match my 600T White

[Excon]

Well if you truly want ALL black/dark grey get a MSi Z77 MPower motherboard and pop off the yellow accents. If you dont want to do that then I guess Sabertooth is your only option.

[Cs342]

Well if you truly want ALL black/dark grey get a MSi Z77 MPower motherboard and pop off the yellow accents. If you dont want to do that then I guess Sabertooth is your only option.

Aren't some of the Gigabyte boards black?

[Excon]

They're black with different colored accents, if that's what you mean.

[Cs342]

i see. I might just stick with my P8P67 PRO since the Blue accents aren't THAT bad and might even match my build. I'll see

[sof006]

Because its about the lowest grade board from Asrock who isnt that good of a company to begin with. Go with some thing from Asus, Gigabyte or MSi.

Nothing wrong with ASRocks motherboards. Their high end motherboards are very good. My friend owns the Z77 Extreme 4 and has his 2700k overclocked to 4.7GHz

[Excon]

Nothing wrong with ASRocks motherboards. Their high end motherboards are very good. My friend owns the Z77 Extreme 4 and has his 2700k overclocked to 4.7GHz

Say that to my Asrock boards thats in the garbage beside me ;)

[Excon]

i see. I might just stick with my P8P67 PRO since the Blue accents aren't THAT bad and might even match my build. I'll see

Wait so you already have a P8P67 Pro motherboard and you just wanted a new one basically for color?

[sof006]

Say that to my Asrock boards thats in the garbage beside me ;)

What were you using?