I need Mother board for Intel i5 3450 LGA 1155 socket ? suggestion please ?

[madhan143]

I need mother board for Intel i5 3450 LGA 1155 socket ? suggestion please ?

I know the processor is 4 years old but i have working 16gb RAM with hard drive. so i thought i should change a mother board to run a pc.

 

[kanewolf]

You need to find a motherboard with a 75 or 77 chipset. Either Z75, Q75, B75 or Z77, Q77, H77. You will probably only find them used now.
The OS loaded on that hard drive probably won't work with whatever motherboard you find. You will need an OS license also.

 

[Barty1884]

Technically the CPU is more like 5 1/2 years old at this point.... but it's still pretty viable for a lot of cases.

Unfortunately, "new" motherboards (if they exist) are ridiculously over-priced. I'd look to the used market:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/Motherboards/1244/i.html?_from=R40&_sop=15&_nkw=h77+1155
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=h77+1155&_sop=15&_osacat=1244&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xlga+1155.TRS0&_nkw=lga+1155&_sacat=1244

Some decent deals to be had (relatively speaking).... with most shipping from Asia. Just ensure you check any sellers feedback (as a seller!).
For example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Astock-H61M-VS4-intel-H61-Mtherboard-W-IO-Shield-1155-LGA1155-S1155-2nd-3nd-CPU-/253140962792?hash=item3af0608de8:g:jv0AAOSwWCBZlSNv

Not the best board ever, but functional. That assumes your 16GB is 2x8GB and not 4x4GB.... as the board only has 2x DIMM slots.

You need to find a motherboard with a 75 or 77 chipset. Either Z75, Q75, B75 or Z77, Q77, H77. You will probably only find them used now.
The OS loaded on that hard drive probably won't work with whatever motherboard you find. You will need an OS license also.

SandyBridge chipsets should work too, no? Provided the seller can confirm the latest BIOS is applied, of course.
B65 H61 Q67 H67 P67 Z68

 

[kanewolf]

Intel shows the H61 as compatible on the ARK but doesn't list the other chipsets. I was just using the ARK as reference.