Compatible Board with CPU

C4R1S08

C4R1S08

C4R1S08

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I have asked on this site for some advice and i have been given a lot of help, i have been given a what i consider a good build for my budget but under further investigation i have come across a few problems with compatability with the Motherboard and the CPU which are:

Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
&
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)

One is Sandybridge & the other is Ivybridge - does this matter? Has anyone had or heard of any issues with the MB? i have seen some good and bad reviews with it not working after a while and maybe having to update Bios etc.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks
Chris
 
That CPU will be just fine in that board, however it may need a newer BIOS flashing on to it depending on what it ships with :)
 
is that the £45 board? it wont work out of the box with an ib cpu,you will need a sandybridge cpu to flash to latest bios then you can use the ivybridge chip

had to flash one a few days ago for someone on here,think it was the same model board

you might also need the latest uefi bios to be able to overclock the ivy aswell

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18535047

could ask ocuk to pre flash the board for you before they ship it out?
 
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Yes it's the £45 one, Would OCUK do that?

So i either need to get a Sandybridge CPU too, ask OCUK to pre-flash the board or compromise on board or cpu?

Cheers for the Replies
 
yes a cheap Pentium sandybridge chip would work,but ask ocuk and tell them your pairing it with an ivy cpu and you need the latest bios on the board for it to work,link them to that thread

I cant see why they wouldn't have a spare sandy cpu to flash the bios with before they send you the board,would save a lot of hassle
 
Thanks, won't be building it for a while like so no rush, but i may start getting some bits and pieces in now. Can you suggest another MB for roughly the same sort of money or is this MB fairly good? Thanks again
 
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