Upgrading old motherboard to another old motherboard

[yebiggah]

EDIT: I ADDED A LOT MORE DETAIL TO THIS QUESTION ABOUT 3-4 COMMENTS UNDER THIS.

So I currently have a h61m-p22 (b3) motherboard.... god only knows what that means. It's a 1155 chipset from what i gather.

I have a problem with it being quite simply - shit. On the other side, i plan on getting a ryzen setup probably next year, so i'm thinking of getting something moderately less shit than what i already have, that i could get for like 20-30$ to get me through this year.

Anybody have any idea if the 1155 boards have like a general term they are called like the b350 now, or the x97 from the older times or something? How to google one?

 

[Jwpanz]

The H61 is the chipset your motherboard is using so any H61 motherboard should work fine with your current processor.

However, if you plan on building a Ryzen PC then you will need the processor and a corresponding motherboard like a B350 Motherboard. You cannot use a B350 motherboard with your current chip.

 

[yebiggah]

Yes yes i know about ryzen, i've done my research on that, i was just really unsure about my old stuff. Thank you very much.

 

[Corwin65]

What exactly do expect the new old motherboard to do for you?

 

[yebiggah]

@Corwin65 Hopefully you or anyone else is still following this post, work had me stomped this last week. Anyway, my main problems with this mobo are as follows

- my GPU completely blocks off SATA ports
- my GPU also completely blocks off any PCI ports where i could perhaps add some SATA port extensions
- it supports quite low RAM speeds, so a boost in that area would probably be nice since my ram is a bit faster than supported
- i have no usb 3.0 slots, so that would be a good addition but not necessary
- my sound and mic jacks are completely broken. the ones i connect to the front of the case are broken completely , and the ones on the back panel work but just barely and if you move them around for about 30mins untill i find a sweet spot.

I'm running a i7 2600k on it at the moment. I basicly need just a bit better MOBO that is not as bad as this one but nothing special either. I mentioned a b350 in my original question, and from what i get, a b350 now is alright, and an x370 is great for ryzen. Well, i would get probably like a b350 of the year 2012, nothing flashy, just something that does the job. Also, a capability to overclock would be good, even though i do not plan to overclock this cpu because it was already worn out a lot over the years, but having it as a possibility in case i need it is nice.

 

[yebiggah]

What exactly do expect the new old motherboard to do for you?

i meant to reply to you, and i just now figured out how this reply option works in this forum. hopefully, you'll see it right under here