Will a i7-3770K run on an Asus P8H77-M LE?

[MindRape007]

Will a i7-3770K run on an Asus P8H77-M LE? The technician told me that it won't cause the mobo wont detect some sort of bios from the said CPU.

I dont have much knowledge about mobos but I just want to upgrade my i5-3450 to an i7-3770K and am wondering will the i7-3770K run normally on the said ASUS mobo?

 

[Fulgurant]

Will a i7-3770K run on an Asus P8H77-M LE? The technician told me that it won't cause the mobo wont detect some sort of bios from the said CPU.

I dont have much knowledge about mobos but I just want to upgrade my i5-3450 to an i7-3770K and am wondering will the i7-3770K run normally on the said ASUS mobo?

It should run just fine. H77 is an ivy-bridge-era chipset, and i7 3770k is an Ivy Bridge chip. If you were talking about an H61/h67 motherboard then you might've needed a BIOS update to detect the 3770k, but you're not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155

 

[MindRape007]

Will a i7-3770K run on an Asus P8H77-M LE? The technician told me that it won't cause the mobo wont detect some sort of bios from the said CPU.

I dont have much knowledge about mobos but I just want to upgrade my i5-3450 to an i7-3770K and am wondering will the i7-3770K run normally on the said ASUS mobo?

It should run just fine. H77 is an ivy-bridge-era chipset, and i7 3770k is an Ivy Bridge chip. If you were talking about an H61/h67 motherboard then you might've needed a BIOS update to detect the 3770k, but you're not.

Wonderful thank you for your response on this, was waiting for someone to answer before i head to the shop again.

 

[slomo4sho]

It will run but you are completely wasting $$$ on the 3770K with that board since you will not be able to overclock the chip on that board.

It should run just fine. H77 is an ivy-bridge-era chipset, and i7 3770k is an Ivy Bridge chip. If you were talking about an H61/h67 motherboard then you might've needed a BIOS update to detect the 3770k, but you're not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155

And you completely neglected to mention that this board doesn't support overclocking and getting the 3770K over the 3770 is a waste of $$$.

 

[Fulgurant]

It will run but you are completely wasting $$$ on the 3770K with that board since you will not be able to overclock the chip on that board.

Debatable. If he's found a good price on the chip (like that juicy Microcenter deal @ $230), then it might be worthwhile to buy it now since it's the best possible LGA-1155 CPU that'll ever be.

Personally, I tend to agree with you, though: if he's already got a locked-multiplier Ivy Bridge i5, then the upgrade to an i7 3770k on a non-overclocking motherboard probably won't give him a significant or even a noticeable performance boost.

Unless he uses a lot of heavily multi-threaded apps, of course. Maybe he does.

In any case, the motherboard'll work.

 

[Fulgurant]

And you completely neglected to mention that this board doesn't support overclocking and getting the 3770K over the 3770 is a waste of $$$.

1. The OP didn't ask whether the upgrade is worthwhile. I'm normally happy to offer unsolicited advice about that sort of thing, but there's really no need to do so.

2. If he's talking about Microcenter (he mentioned going to a store), then the 3770k is actually cheaper there than the 3770. And it is a teensy tiny bit faster even at stock.

 

[Fulgurant]

slomo4sho unselected this answer as the solution May 31, 2013 5:53:59 PM
MindRape007 selected this answer as the solution May 31, 2013 5:52:30 PM

Cute. Didn't even realize third parties could do that -- probably because most people wouldn't try to gainsay the OP when the question has been answered accurately and to his satisfaction.

 

[slomo4sho]

1. The OP didn't ask whether the upgrade is worthwhile. I'm normally happy to offer unsolicited advice about that sort of thing, but there's really no need to do so.

2. If he's talking about Microcenter (he mentioned going to a store), then the 3770k is actually cheaper there than the 3770. And it is a teensy tiny bit faster even at stock.

Why do people always think that everyone has access to a Microcenter even though a very small percentage of the population actually does...

Cute. Didn't even realize third parties could do that -- probably because most people wouldn't try to gainsay the OP when the question has been answered accurately and to his satisfaction.

Call it what you will, immaturely selecting the best answer ensure that there are no more replies on the topic in most cases.

 

[Fulgurant]

Why do people always think that everyone has access to a Microcenter even though a very small percentage of the population actually does...

The OP mentioned that he was about to "go back to a store." He has decided to buy the 3770k. It's reasonable to guess that the OP has good reason to prefer the 3770k, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary.

I don't assume that he was going to Microcenter, but the Microcenter example demonstrates that the 3770k isn't always a "waste of $$$" as you so contemptuously put it.

Call it what you will, immaturely selecting the best answer ensure that there are no more replies on the topic in most cases.

And do you suppose the topic has not been fully explored at this point? What more insight do you believe we require on this matter? You've noted your objection; I've expanded on it and even tentatively agreed with it.

But your objection, as excellent as you feel it may be, is not directly responsive to the question posed by the OP.