Z68 or Z78(2011)

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starting to get the upgrade hitch

should i go for the z68 chipset with a i7 2600k or wait a few months and go for the new 2011 socket z78

or i could go for the z68 now with the i7 chip and then look at upgrading mb when the z78 come out ,iam i right in thinking that the 1155 chips will fit the 2011 sockets

thoughts
 
i do a far bit of gaming dude so i like to keep very upto date with pc specs

and the wife and kids are due an upgrade

@stulid ,just thought id read it somewhere,i do understand the sockets
 
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http://en.expreview.com/2011/04/29/...rfaced-with-native-usb-3-0-support/16680.html

Although Intel 6 series motherboards have launched the market,and Z68 hasn’t been officially released,the specs of Intel 7 series chipset are leaked by XFastest.



Intel Ivy Bridge processors still feature LGA 1155 socket,are based on 22nm manufacturing process,and match with Z77/Z75/H77/Q77/Q75/B75 chipsets.In addition,they are backwards compatible with Sandy Bridge processors,provide native support for USB 3.0 and PCI-E 3.0.

Intel Z77/Z75/H77 chipsets mainly target mainstream consumer market,and each chip provides up to 14 USB and 6 SATA connectors,including 4 USB 3.0 and 2 SATA 6Gbps ports.

H77 is the lower-end one among the three,it provides a PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot,features Smart Response technology of Z68,but CPU overclocking is not supported.As for Z75,it offers one or two(x8+x8) PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots,supports CPU overclocking while Smart Response is not backed up.Z77 is the most high-end model,it not only supports PCI-E 3.0(x16/x8+x8/x8+x4+x4),but also backs up CPU overclocking and Smart Response technology.


backwards compatible with Sandy Bridge processors,provide native support for USB 3.0 and PCI-E 3.0.
 
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Cookeh said:
Not from what I've seen.

They'll have hydra chips to let them have 16x/16x like on current top end boards.
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I don't understand the point of the hydra chip - surely the bandwidth to the CPU is limited to 16 lanes directly via the on die controller and 8 lanes via the chipset?
 
philjohn said:
I don't understand the point of the hydra chip - surely the bandwidth to the CPU is limited to 16 lanes directly via the on die controller and 8 lanes via the chipset?
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Yes.

The NF200 does a similar thing, boosts the number of lanes so 3 or 4 pci-e slots get the same amount of lanes (8X/8X/8X/8X, 16X/16X/16X/16X) for example.

But between the NF200 and the controller its still limited to intel specs.
 
just an update to my question

A final interesting point for many users is that Ivy Bridge is pin compatible with Sandy Bridge, and it will work on current LGA1155 motherboards with the appropriate chipset and a firmware and BIOS update (H61, H67, P67, and Z68 are capable of support IB). Intel will also launch new 7-series chipsets, which we’ll get into below.

http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index...g=intel-roadmap-ivy-bridge-panther-point-ssds

so iam happy going z68 with the fact that iam now able to upgrade to a ivy bridge chip when they come out (aslong as they bring a bios update out )
 
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