z77 or z78?

[leekirlew]

ive started planning my ivy bridge upgrade but information on z78 chipsets seems scarce unless im not looking at the right places. ive pretty much decided on the msi z77-g55, but then i seen something about z78, anyone know what the difference is? thanks

[prudhomb]

Was discussing this yesterday, if I am recalling right the z78 only works for 1555-E, but z77 will work with all 1155, and both should be forward compatible to IB,

but i admit my knowledge is very limited at this point, Im probably going to upgrade this summer or fall, so I haven't really started my research yet. take what I say with a grain of salt

[Krystm]

This is the first I have heard of Z78 and I have been researching since December waiting for IB to come out. But the general consensus is that if there is a IB-E chip it would be 2011 Socket on X79 at least that's the rumor.

[hostage67]

I've seen mention of a Z78 but no details on it. I assume this is going to be a socket 2011 chipset.

[sysigy]

Originally Posted by hostage67

I've seen mention of a Z78 but no details on it. I assume this is going to be a socket 2011 chipset.

Never heard of the Z78 before but I doubt it'll be a 2011 chipset as this is reserved for the flagship chipset which from Intel's recent history are prefixed 'X', eg: X48, X58, X79 etc.

IB-E will use socket 2011 and will be compatible with the X79 chipset.

So far I've found nothing to indicate that Intel are launching a newer 'X' chipset any time soon though I would love for them to replace the X79 in which case I would be going IB-E X88 2011 (for example) and not IB Z77 1155.

The more I think about it the more I am tempted to now stick with my 920 @ 4.2GHz and wait to see what Intel do with the IB-E's.