I'm putting together my first build ever piecemeal, and I bought a Z68 motherboard around Christmas. I was planning to wait and get Ivy Bridge so I'd have decent graphics during my wait to buy a graphics card. However, today while reading the 3770K review, I saw this:
"Here’s the thing to remember, though. If you plan on using an Ivy Bridge-based processor in an existing 6-series platform, be sure to update to a 22 nm-ready firmware with Sandy Bridge installed before ditching your old chip. "
Does this mean that there's no way for me to get a computer up and running with my motherboard and only an Ivy Bridge processor? I don't have any other LGA 1155 processors available to me.
This is definitely a noob question, but as I said, this is my first build. I still don't fully understand all the firmware shenanigans.
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128506
Purchased 12/29/11.
Planning to get the 3570K.
"Here’s the thing to remember, though. If you plan on using an Ivy Bridge-based processor in an existing 6-series platform, be sure to update to a 22 nm-ready firmware with Sandy Bridge installed before ditching your old chip. "
Does this mean that there's no way for me to get a computer up and running with my motherboard and only an Ivy Bridge processor? I don't have any other LGA 1155 processors available to me.
This is definitely a noob question, but as I said, this is my first build. I still don't fully understand all the firmware shenanigans.
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128506
Purchased 12/29/11.
Planning to get the 3570K.
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