have a gigabyte MB that supports LGA 1366 and and Intel I7/870 that is a LGA 11

[salesselas]

I have a gigabyte MB that supports LGA 1366 and and Intel I7/870 that is a LGA 1155. Probably a stupid question but will they work together?

 

[jaquith]

No. The sockets are not interchangeable.

1366 Current list:
Core™ i7-980X 3.33GHz
Core™ i7-970 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-975 3.33GHz
Core™ i7-965 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-960 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-950 3.06GHz
Core™ i7-940 2.93GHz
Core™ i7-930 2.80GHz
Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz
Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz
Xeon W3680 3.33GHz
Xeon W3580 3.33GHz
Xeon W3570 3.20GHz
Xeon W3550 3.06GHz
Xeon W3540 2.93GHz
Xeon W3520 2.66GHz

 

[saint19]

No, they can't.

 

[salesselas]

Best answer selected by salesselas.

 

[salesselas]

No. The sockets are not interchangeable.

1366 Current list:
Core™ i7-980X 3.33GHz
Core™ i7-970 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-975 3.33GHz
Core™ i7-965 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-960 3.20GHz
Core™ i7-950 3.06GHz
Core™ i7-940 2.93GHz
Core™ i7-930 2.80GHz
Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz
Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz
Xeon W3680 3.33GHz
Xeon W3580 3.33GHz
Xeon W3570 3.20GHz
Xeon W3550 3.06GHz
Xeon W3540 2.93GHz
Xeon W3520 2.66GHz

Thank You both very much. Rather than change from my i7/870, I ordered a replacement MB. (Gigabyte).

 

[ekoostik]

... Intel I7/870 that is a LGA 1155.

For what it's worth, the i7 870 is socket 1156. Intel is about to release a new socket that is 1155, which the socket 1156 CPUs won't fit in either.

 

[salesselas]

I am sure that there is good reason for that but it just does not look like it from here. Oh well. It serves as a good reminder to double check the CPU/MB combination and make sure the socket specs are the same. Thanks to All who responded. I do appreciate it.