Will Ivy Bridge processors be compatible with current 1155 mobo's?

eyetrip · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:14

As title.

Have been doing so much upgrading of bits and pieces lately that I may as well have gone for a full build....

Anyway, am considering getting a 1155 board and 2500k cpu, with the intention of being able to upgrade the cpu further down the line.

Intel of late have not been very good when it comes to keeping sockets, so was wondering if this was to be the case again with Ivy?

Martini1991 · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:23

Yes they will.
Asus for example have announced support for boards, as have Gigabyte, MSI too I think.

eyetrip · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:35

Nice to know.

Are there any Asus boards which currently support PCI-E 3, or is it only the Asrock boards?

eyetrip · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:36

Preferably Z68, though perhaps P67 too.

Martini1991 · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:41

Look for boards advertised with Gen3/G3.

FallshirmjAEger · 7 Nov 2011 at 10:05

Go for the z68 boards, I think a few are advertised as having ivy bridge support & make sure it says gen3 if you want pci express v3

Shaddow · 7 Nov 2011 at 14:40

Have any Graphics Card vendors suggested what upcoming products will support PCIE/Gen 3?

And what's the expected benefit (bearing in mind that the Sandybridge platform was meant to cripple the GPU's bandwidth already (i.e no. of lanes etc) but which in reality did not really cause a problem?

Martini1991 · 7 Nov 2011 at 15:01

Well, PCI-E 3.0 8x will have the same bandwidth as PCI-E 2.0 16x, so crippled GPU bandwidth isn't a problem.

And apparently the next generation of GPU's are to be PCI-E 3.0.

Shaddow · 7 Nov 2011 at 15:09

So what are these next generation of GPU's then?

I've not heard of any being announced yet? - Anyone seen any release schedules / specs etc?

Martini1991 · 7 Nov 2011 at 15:12

It's just rumours at the moment, touted date by many is like December/January. Though people seem to be firm about PCI-E 3.0.
Couldn't really tell you much more than that tbh.

Speed · 7 Nov 2011 at 15:36

Well my P67 Sabertooth had a BIOS update for:

"1. Enable support for Next Gen 22nm Processor."

As current gen Socket 1155 CPUs (2500K/2600K etc) are 32nm, it seems very promising for both Z68 and P67 boards.

eddiew · 7 Nov 2011 at 18:50

I have to admit I didn't check that for mine... and I kind of bought with a plan for an Ivy Bridge i7 ¬_¬

/crossfingers

chainy · 8 Nov 2011 at 15:36

I updated my Asus P8P67 Deluxe bios yesterday to 'Enable support for Next Gen 22nm Processors."

eddiew · 8 Nov 2011 at 16:58

"P8Z68-V 0902 BIOS
1. Enable support for Next Gen 22nm Processor."

Huzzah!

(Note to self: next time check in advance!)

*edit* Holy crap that was the scariest BIOS update ever! In-Windows flash went fine, rebooted... and spent well over a minute with no display, fans on full, turning itself off and on. Seriously thought I'd bricked it :S

Neil79 · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:46

eddiew said:
"P8Z68-V 0902 BIOS
1. Enable support for Next Gen 22nm Processor."

Huzzah!

(Note to self: next time check in advance!)

*edit* Holy crap that was the scariest BIOS update ever! In-Windows flash went fine, rebooted... and spent well over a minute with no display, fans on full, turning itself off and on. Seriously thought I'd bricked it :S

As did mine!

Neil79 · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:47

GA-Z68XP-UD3P Rev 1.0 and 1.3
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3912#bios

Intel 22nm CPU support update

eddiew · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:48

Terrifying isn't it? The flash tool really should tell you that's going to happen... By the time it actually started up I was on my knees with the side off the case looking to see if I could spot the clear CMOS jumper!

tbh · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:54

To be honest I'd be very surprised if Ivy Bridge represents enough of a performance increase to justify an upgrade, as I understand it most of its improvements will be to the integrated graphics; with that said it's always fun to have new toys so if I can get a decent price for my 2500k I may upgrade regardless.

MikeHunt79 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:06

sonicology said:
To be honest I'd be very surprised if Ivy Bridge represents enough of a performance increase to justify an upgrade, as I understand it most of its improvements will be to the integrated graphics; with that said it's always fun to have new toys so if I can get a decent price for my 2500k I may upgrade regardless.

22nm would make it nice for a little better low power usage, I remember going from a 65nm to a 45nm c2d and while the speed was pretty similar, I was able to run my CPU fan at a much lower speed and enjoy a quieter computer.

eddiew · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:30

sonicology said:
To be honest I'd be very surprised if Ivy Bridge represents enough of a performance increase to justify an upgrade, as I understand it most of its improvements will be to the integrated graphics; with that said it's always fun to have new toys so if I can get a decent price for my 2500k I may upgrade regardless.

If I could get an i7 at 5.0 with fans on silent all the time, I'd be happy with that