CPU Mobo compatibility

[Dog19941]

Recently bought a Asus Prime Z270-A mobo, I've got a fairly old but not that old i5-3570k CPU, is it going to be alright? Or do I need to upgrade my cpu.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Recently bought a Asus Prime Z270-A mobo, I've got a fairly old but not that old i5-3570k CPU, is it going to be alright? Or do I need to upgrade my cpu.

didnt socket design im afraid

Skylake or Kaby Lake will work with that board

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/processors/intel/socket-1151-kaby-lake

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/processors/intel/socket-1151-skylake

could either return the board and find one second hand for that CPU, socket LGA 1055/z77 board if i recall

or sell your current CPU and get one of the above ^^^ seems intel is giving away games with its other Gen CPUs because of the newest just out

 

[lee32uk]

^^As above.

Also the Z270 board takes DDR4 Ram as well.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

^^^ my fail moment - ram prices are increasing - DDR3 getting hard to get so should make some cash if you do sell your old set up that had DDR3 .

set up for 16GB being recommended means lot of DDR3 users looking to bump up their 4gb/8gb systems