H61 to H77

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
MayuraDeSilva

MayuraDeSilva

Distinguished
Apr 30, 2013
123
1
18,695
Hey Guys,

I've been on a Intel DH61WW Motherboard for last couple of years, and over the time I've got a SSD and a GTX 660 installed too - and running out of SATA ports and RAM slots.

Now I'm looking at a MSI H77MA-G43 Motherboard, and wondering if it's worth upgrading to a H77 for PCIe 3.0, USB 3.0 and 4 RAM slots.

Right now, the SSD is on SATA2 and Video Card on PCIe 2.0.

I have no intention of overclocking though.

Current specifications:

Intel i3 3210 @ 3.20GHz
Intel DH61WW
ASUS NVIDIA GTX 660 DirectCU II OC
Transcend 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333 DC
Antec IPA450 450W
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB / Clover 1TB / WD Caviar Blue 1TB



Thanks.
 
Solution
Zerk2012
With your card you will see no differance going from 2.0 to 3.0.
I would just buy a 2X8 GB set of memory instead of a new board and 8gb more memory.
Sort by date Sort by votes
MayuraDeSilva

MayuraDeSilva

Distinguished
Apr 30, 2013
123
1
18,695


Thanks for the response :)

No point of equipping SSD with SATA3 either?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Zerk2012

Zerk2012

Titan
Ambassador
Oct 6, 2014
21,411
2,043
104,240


It will make the SSD speed a bit faster. To me still not worth spending the money on a new board.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
MayuraDeSilva

MayuraDeSilva

Distinguished
Apr 30, 2013
123
1
18,695

Hmm... Interesting! Thought it'd worth as H77 is an optimized chipset for Ivy Bridge CPUs :) Appreciate your input.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Ishani90

Ishani90

Reputable
May 14, 2015
49
0
4,530
Go for it! h77 is packed with more sata ports n ram slots than h61. will come in handy in the future. Ivy bridge cpus are better off with 7 series boards.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom