I need a substitue for a dying ASRock Z77 Extreme 4

[kirune]

Hi all,

I'm in need of some help from the community.
I have a dying ASRock z77 Extreme 4 MB. The welding that communicates CPU to RAM sockets has some micro-fractures, and it made 2 sockets already unusable, and the remaining 2 are following the same fate already.
My problem here is the outrageous prices of some gaming MB with the same socket factor (1155). I have found brand new MB for 250 to 800 bucks. And second hand or refurbished ones for 90-something.

So moving away from a "gaming" design I though on just looking for MB with z77 chipset like a Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 or a ASUS P8Z77-V LX2, (which I can buy for 80) and here is my doubt:

Are the MB like this gigabyte or Asus going to have some bottlenecks compared to a gaming MB with same chipset? Or it is just a matter of fancy-gaming-package vs office-I-don't-care-how-it-looks?

 

[volkgren]

Hi all,

I have found brand new MB for 250 to 800 bucks. And second hand or refurbished ones for 90-something.

For those reasons you should consider a new build. Motherboards don't last forever. Not worth getting such an old motherboard new or used.

What are your system specs and intended use?

 

[ElectrO_90]

I maybe wrong, but you can have Z77 Z87 and Z97 boards.
Newegg has some cheap ones.

 

[volkgren]

I maybe wrong, but you can have Z77 Z87 and Z97 boards.
Newegg has some cheap ones.

Yes, you are wrong.

Z87 and Z97 are for 4th-gen Haswell and Haswell refresh socket LGA 1150.

Z67 and Z77 are for 2nd and 3rd-gen Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge socket LGA 1155.

 

[ElectrO_90]

I maybe wrong, but you can have Z77 Z87 and Z97 boards.
Newegg has some cheap ones.

Yes, you are wrong.

Z87 and Z97 are for 4th-gen Haswell and Haswell refresh socket LGA 1150.

Z67 and Z77 are for 2nd and 3rd-gen Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge socket LGA 1155.

OK, it's been a long time
But you don't have to go with the Z motherboards.

 

[volkgren]

But you don't have to go with the Z motherboards.

True. You could go with the cheaper H67. But I see these going for over $100 and I just don't' think that's worth it for a motherboard that used to cost half that much new.

 

[kirune]

A new build is not an option. The intention is to "recover" this one.
Actual specs are:
i7 3770k - 16GB RAM Corsair Vengeance
GTX 970
modular PSU
SDD on OS, several HDD for data and gaming

An updated, same-level rig would be around 900€ (buying in EU is maddeningly expensive^^). It is already planned. In a near future. At the moment I need to keep this one alive.

I just need to know if I'll be downgrading my PC if I buy a "non-gaming" MB

 

[kirune]

I maybe wrong, but you can have Z77 Z87 and Z97 boards.
Newegg has some cheap ones.

I'm in EU. As far as I know I can't buy from Newegg. (I wish I could...)

 

[ElectrO_90]

Newegg is in the EU and all around the world.
I know they don't ship to Africa.