Question Which motherboard would be good for my setup ?

Aug 11, 2024
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Hey. So, right now I have the specs listed below:

Mobo: Intel DB65AL
CPU: i3 2105 cpu
RAM: 2x8gb ddr3
GPU: GTX 1660
Storage: 3 x HDDs and one SSD which runs my OS and some stuff that would run real slow on an HDD.

The thing is, a couple of my friends got together and bought me a i7-3770 for my birthday, so my setup would actually not be totally bottlenecked. As you can probably tell, the sockets match for the cpus, but my mobo doesn't actually support the i7-3770.

So I was wondering what mobo would go together with the setup I have. I know that the mobos for these cpus aren't made anymore, and I'll have to buy a used or refirbished one, but that's fine. The cpu socket is an 1155.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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Best option: Z77 chipset. 2nd best: Z75 chipset. Other compatible chipsets: H77, B75, Z68, H67 and H61.

As of where to find any such MoBo, that was made back in 2011-2012, well, that's for you to find out. 2nd hand markets may carry those ancient MoBos.

Edit: Gave a quick look and amazon, somehow, still sells few Z77 MoBos, e.g this one form AsRock, brand new btw (don't know how, but sold by AsRock directly. Probably old stock),
amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-Z77-EXTREME4/dp/B007KTY4A6

And here's the list of all Z77 chipset MoBos (ordered by name),
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=name&c=52

If you filter the results and add all other compatible chipsets to it, you'd...

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Best option: Z77 chipset. 2nd best: Z75 chipset. Other compatible chipsets: H77, B75, Z68, H67 and H61.

As of where to find any such MoBo, that was made back in 2011-2012, well, that's for you to find out. 2nd hand markets may carry those ancient MoBos.

Edit: Gave a quick look and amazon, somehow, still sells few Z77 MoBos, e.g this one form AsRock, brand new btw (don't know how, but sold by AsRock directly. Probably old stock),
amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-Z77-EXTREME4/dp/B007KTY4A6

And here's the list of all Z77 chipset MoBos (ordered by name),
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=name&c=52

If you filter the results and add all other compatible chipsets to it, you'd get plethora of results.
 
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