2500K... 6 years ago! My, how time flies!

[gdansk]

I'm pretty sure my Z77 board is dead. None of the fans turn on, no debug lights at all. It could be the 3570 itself but it seems like the motherboard. I tried different PSU and some other memory.

Thinking of picking up one of those AliExpress special H61 motherboards for $25 to see if the CPU still works. But it potentially creates more e-waste. Not sure it's worth it for a CPU that is thoroughly obsolete even if it does work.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I'm pretty sure my Z77 board is dead. None of the fans turn on, no debug lights at all. It could be the 3570 itself but it seems like the motherboard. I tried different PSU and some other memory.

Thinking of picking up one of those AliExpress special H61 motherboards for $25 to see if the CPU still works. But it potentially creates more e-waste. Not sure it's worth it for a CPU that is thoroughly obsolete even if it does work.

Personally wouldn't throw any more money at it. RIP to an old workhorse.

 

[DigDog]

.. never owned a sandy bridge (was running a C2D and had no money nor need to change) but i did have a Haswell 4670k that i ran until 1 year ago. How's that for longevity, launched Q2 of 2013.

 

[Shmee]

I never had an actual Sandy Bridge CPU myself, but I did have an Ivy Bridge and an Ivy Bridge E setup. I had a 3770k with an MSI Z77 board, and a 4930k in a Gigabyte X79 board. My sister still uses the Ivy Bridge E setup, I believe.

Before these I was on X58.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I still have a Sandy i3-2100 somewhere in my tech junk while the Z77 mobo has an Ivy i7-3770 in it. It's also not being used coz I moved to i7-5775C with Z97 and Z790 with 12700K. Might be of some use as a Linux router or something at some point.

 

[tcsenter]

Thinking of picking up one of those AliExpress special H61 motherboards for $25 to see if the CPU still works. But it potentially creates more e-waste. Not sure it's worth it for a CPU that is thoroughly obsolete even if it does work.

There are a few system boards of this era (6 series to 8 series chipset) used in OEM systems that were ATX compliant, used standard PSU connector, no proprietary stuff. e.g. HP Pro 3500, Dell Optiplex 9010/7010. Can be had cheaply on the Ebays less than $20 shipped. If you really want to salvage a CPU that also goes for less than $20.

Be aware that many first generation of systems using the Intel 6 series (e.g. H61) did not support Ivy Bridge parts, only Sandy, due to a small change in VRM spec required by Ivy. e.g. Dell Optiplex 390 and HP Pro 3400, among several others, use H61 and only support Sandy. Later, companies began shipping revised H61 PCB boards that supported both.