I don't think there would be any trouble using an i7 3770K on a Z68 GEN3 motherboard with the latest BIOS. Has anyone tried it, yet?
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:34 AM
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 06:09 PM
Have not tried it but the reason for the Gen 3 boards were to support IB
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:07 PM
I have a friend running a 3770k on a P67 board, but it's not Gen3. That said, AFAIK it should work just fine.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 11:40 PM
I've used my 3570k 3750k on a Gigabyte Z68 G3 and it worked fine.
Edited by Skidmarks, 10 July 2012 - 11:46 PM.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 02:57 AM
Just make sure the BIOS is up to date and you should be okay.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 12:03 AM
Have not tried it but the reason for the Gen 3 boards were to support IB
One of my classmate run 3770K on Asus p8z68-v pro without any problem.
