LGA1155 dead already??

[GoStumpy]

I built myself and my friend a computer in I believe 2011 using the i3-2100 processor... He's had worse luck than me, his SSD froze up about 2 years ago, and now his computer won't turn on at all, just BSOD's randomly.

I went to newegg.ca looking for replacement motherboard prices only to find none available??

Well, 2 available (both huge $$$ fancy mobo's) in LGA1155, 188 choices in LGA1150 and 465 choices in LGA1151.

Obviously 1151 is the most recent CPU socket, I guess I'm just surprised at how they've phased out LGA1155 completely in just a few short years...

Upgrading to LGA1151 would mean replacing the CPU and Ram, I thought the i3-2100 and 8GB DDR3 would last a lot longer than this.......

 

[UsandThem]

Unfortunately that's common with Intel.

I bought a i7-3770k back in 2012 and when my motherboard started having issues (USB ports flaky/dead, etc) during the last part of 2015, I went just get another LGA1155 motherboard. However, outside of some truly low-end boards with neutered chipsets that nobody wanted, my only option was to buy a used board on one of the computer for sale forums, or buy on eBay at some very inflated prices.

So I just decided to sell the CPU and RAM, and move to Skylake. Hopefully my current motherboard lasts, because in 3-5 years I would likely experience the same dilemma.

 

[Torn Mind]

You want server boards if you want to just buy a replacement 5 years down the line. Of course, being server boards, they don't have as many desktop-friendly features.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Either get a mobo or sell the parts. Either way ebay is the answer.

 

[LTC8K6]

Amazon.ca still seems to have some for sale.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I was lucky with this outfit in late 2014. Their inventory depends on many things. They have two sets of customers:

https://www.ascendtech.com/

corporate IT asset management departments, and:

http://www.ascendtech.us/
purchasers of new, OEM pulls, used and refurbished parts. They have their own tech-shop machinery assets and capability of a chip or motherboard maker, so they repair items and then put them on the second storefront. I believe I got two brand new P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 boards from them for about $85 each in 2014. To me, it was quite worth it.

What they have available depends on a spectrum of corporate IT lifecycles or strategies, sources of OEM surplus, OEM test computers and whatever would offer utilitarian value with some refurbishing.

I don't know what sort of Z68 or Z77 boards might be there, and you could also look for the "Hxx" boards or "non-Z" boards for socket 1155.

I'm letting go of a Sandy Bridge system, and it . . . almost breaks my heart. I just have too many computers, so the oldest of even my best has to go.

 

[you2]

heck it is hard these days to get an itx board for 1150 (much less 1155).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, 1155 is long gone, like five whole (Intel CPU) generations ago.

 

[infraction]

I'm still running a 2600k since 2011, recently my p8p61 pro motherboard died and I thought it might be a good excuse to scale down from coolermaster haf to a mini itx case. Obviously 1155 is a discontinued platform and you'll have no luck finding 1155 motherboards brand new from major retailers, however ebay is full of people selling off their old motherboards and you should have no trouble finding what you want as long as you're careful and read the descriptions carefully to avoid throwing your buyer protection away on a non working part.

The only issue I had with 1155 is the fact z77 mini itx motherboards are rare and expensive (to the point I might as well buy a 4770k and h87-i motherboard) so I had to settle with a h61 motherboard for now without any OC features. However that's not an issue for full ATX or M-ATX motherboards which you could easily find P61/Z68/Z77 chipset motherboards, I could of given up the whole mini itx push and kept my overclock however I really needed a system with a smaller footprint personally.

 

[you2]

I was able to pick up an asus 1155 in august er z77 itx - well it was $150 with a $50 rebate. Hum. Here is the link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A14ZW0I
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Of course that was 3 1/2 months ago and it is no longer available but i found it weird to not only be new but also have an active rebate Occasionally these things do become availalbe - i noticed that ecs drone z97 (mini itx 1150) became available months after no itx z97 board was available.
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ebay is always a route i guess. I have an old msi 1155 (for the 2500k i moved to the above board as i shrink all my atx to itx); but it is not a great board - has no video out and it has a hacked bios (well msi beta bios that was never officially release to solve pcie problems - it solves the pcie problem with newer gpu but has an incomplete interface).

 

[pauldun170]

I built myself and my friend a computer in I believe 2011 using the i3-2100 processor... He's had worse luck than me, his SSD froze up about 2 years ago, and now his computer won't turn on at all, just BSOD's randomly.

I went to newegg.ca looking for replacement motherboard prices only to find none available??

Well, 2 available (both huge $$$ fancy mobo's) in LGA1155, 188 choices in LGA1150 and 465 choices in LGA1151.

Obviously 1151 is the most recent CPU socket, I guess I'm just surprised at how they've phased out LGA1155 completely in just a few short years...

Upgrading to LGA1151 would mean replacing the CPU and Ram, I thought the i3-2100 and 8GB DDR3 would last a lot longer than this.......

Did you verify the ram is good?
PSU? OS?
What troubleshooting have you performed? What components were used in the build?
How do you know it's not software related?

I currently run an i3-2100 and a i7-2700.

 

[lenjack]

My 1155 works great. 2500k oc'd to 4.2, with ssd. Not a gamer. Does everything I need.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

My 1155 works great. 2500k oc'd to 4.2, with ssd. Not a gamer. Does everything I need.

And I think these Gen2/3 systems will take us through at least a few more years for a range of applications. I'm keeping one and selling one. They're both stellar.

I'm building the new Skylake out of curiosity. It's certainly a lot snappier than the Sandy and Z68. The new Pascal graphics also adds something. But the performance differences or functionality aren't enough that I'd want to get rid of the remaining Sandy system for what I intend it for.