Spend $200 for an used Z77 LGA 1155 board or move to a newer AM4 platform

[liyi0522]

What do I have from 2 old ATX tower system now:
i7 2600K
4GB *2 DDR3
256GB SATA 3 SSD
ZOTAC GTX 1070 mini
NH-9LX65 cooler
NCASE M1 v6

What do I need is an overclockable lga 1155 mini ITX motherboard and a SFX-L PSU.
Z77 chipset costs over $200 used
H61 chipset (cannot overclock) costs $50

If I go for newer platform, I will need MB, CPU, DDR4, maybe M.2.

I am late for this SFF game. It's my first SFF build, and I will only use this computer for office work and light 1080P 60hz gaming (World of Tanks, Diablo 4 in future). Newer AM4 platform will cost $300 (B450 + R5 1600af + 2*8GB DDR4) and will be outdated next year when DDR5 and AM5 hit the market.

 

[ChinStrap]

Z77 launched in Q2 of 2012. Spending money on Z68/Z77 is not worth it. I would spend the little more and move to the AM4 platform. B450+1600AF can still be updated to Ryzen 2000, 3000, and 4000.

 

[liyi0522]

Z77 launched in Q2 of 2012. Spending money on Z68/Z77 is not worth it. I would spend the little more and move to the AM4 platform. B450+1600AF can still be updated to Ryzen 2000, 3000, and 4000.

How about $50 H61 board that cannot overclock?

 

[Poblopuablo]

Idk where you are located, but in the US $200 could get you a ryzen 1600AF (basically a ryzen 2600) for about $85 and an asrock b450 Mobo(usually goes on sale for about 90-110 pretty regularly) or you could buy them used to save a little money. You would have to upgrade ram(could find a decent 8x2 3200mhz kit on r/buildapcsales for ~60, but you could also find some on r/hardwareswap for a little less) but it would be much more versatile. And a more future proof solution. Total cost would be ~250-260 before tax(unless you go the used route)

 

[Poblopuablo]

Due to the fact that you have a small GPU, another option would be to find a small matx board and use something like the jonsbo c2.
Max motherboard dimensions: "Micro-ATX (245x215mm)"

I only mention this, because maybe you can find a matx Mobo that fits for cheaper.

You can use sfx or ATX. The case isn't the best but it's small, and you can do some mods for better cooling(some ideas in this thread):

 

[liyi0522]

I have mATX lga 1155 board from my hackintosh build in 2012. However, I placed ncase m1 order last week. I may just go cheaper route spend $50 to get a H61 chipset mini ITX board for 1 or 2 years then upgrade the whole platform. It really kills me that I can’t over lock my i5 2500K and i7 2600K.