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I've got an i7 3770 and am looking to buy a GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard, which says it supports 2nd generation intel cpus, but doesnt mention anything of supporting 3rd generation. I was wondering if it could still support my 3rd gen 3770?

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It should, with a BIOS update.

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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Just now, Phentos said:

It should, with a BIOS update.

I'd have to use another cpu to perform that bios update tho?

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It can, but it will need to be on an updated bios.

 

Edit: Grabbing a coffee really slowed down my response time here.

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1 minute ago, Ghilees said:

I'd have to use another cpu to perform that bios update tho?

Yes, but you can use any CPU that natively supports the socket and chipset. Meaning you can flash the new BIOS with a crappy Sandybridge Celeron and you're all set.

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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1 minute ago, Ghilees said:

I'd have to use another cpu to perform that bios update tho?

If you have a version lower than F12 you will need a 2nd gen to update.

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11 minutes ago, Ghilees said:

I've got an i7 3770 and am looking to buy a GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard, which says it supports 2nd generation intel cpus, but doesnt mention anything of supporting 3rd generation. I was wondering if it could still support my 3rd gen 3770?

It should... but you will need a second gen cpu to do a bios update

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