Socket 1155 - What Chipset Should I be looking For?

Bint Box · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:50

Hi,

Would anyone please be able to advise me what chipset I should be looking for when getting a socket 1155 motherboard? I know that there are different chipsets but have no idea of the pros and cons between them.

The PC that the motherboard will go into will be probably have an i7 2600 CPU with 16gb of RAM running Windows 7 64 bit OS. It will be used for video editing and encoding, database/spreadsheet work and possibly some gaming.

Also, any recommendations for a suitable socket 1155 motherboard would be appreciated. I am not sure if there will be any overclocking in the system but it would probably be useful to have a motherboard that is capable of overclocking should it be required.

Rgds
Binty

Jay794 · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:51

Z68 I think, well thats what mine is

Psyisk · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:57

z68 here too, read up about both though

Bint Box · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:03

Thx for the quick replies.

Are there different revisions/versions of the Z68 or are they all the same? Also, to keep compatability with legacy printers is there a version with a parallel I/O port?

Sorry for the noooby questions but I have very little knowledge of these matters and it is a bit of a minefield for me.

Binty

reflux · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:04

Z68 is indeed the way to go. It allows overclocking and onboard graphics, as well as a few other bits.

I haven't seen a single motherboard from the past 3 years with a parallel port I'm afraid.

Bint Box · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:11

reflux said:
Z68 is indeed the way to go. It allows overclocking and onboard graphics, as well as a few other bits.

I haven't seen a single motherboard from the past 3 years with a parallel port I'm afraid.

OK, thx, parallel card or USB to parallel printer it will have to be then.

The ASRock Z68 boards seem to get good feedback, I will have a look at those, is there any particular variant of the ASRock Z68 that is favoured or will any of them meet my requirements?

Binty

artaxerxes · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:21

Hahahahaha - sorry I just spent the last week looking for Z68 Parallel port Motherboards

There are piles... of good ones too.

The current recommendation is the Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI

(My thread is here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18361886)

Bint Box · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:06

artaxerxes said:
Hahahahaha - sorry I just spent the last week looking for Z68 Parallel port Motherboards

There are piles... of good ones too.

The current recommendation is the Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI

(My thread is here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18361886)

Thx for the link, very useful, which of the 3 variants of the D3 did you opt for, this one GA-Z68AP-D3 (Rev 2.0) looks OK?

Binty

Jay794 · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:06

I've got a varient of that Gigabyte board and it has everything

Bint Box · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:15

Jay794 said:
I've got a varient of that Gigabyte board and it has everything

Jay,

Which variant have you got please and are you happy with it?

Binty

artaxerxes · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:06

I couldn't find any 2.0 Rev GA-Z68AP-D3 on the list of approved supplier my university uses. So I plumped for the GA-Z68P-DS3

I have built so many DS3's on older chipsets that it seems like destiny.

Why did you need a Parallllllllel Port? [EDIT] Ah yes for printers. You might get away with adaptors - but for surety go with onboard.

Good luck.