1155: H61 or B75?

[JCNiest5]

For low-end boards running 1155 CPUs, why would one pick one over the other? Aren't both just crippled version of their high-end brothers (P67/Z68/Z77)?

 

[trick0502]

h75. it has sata6 port(s?).

 

[SolidBladez]

h75. it has sata6 port(s?).

There's no such thing as H75. H77, on the other hand, has two native 6Gb/s ports with RAID.

@JCNiest5, B75 is the better choice. You get one native 6Gb/s port and four USB 3.0 (via header / rear I/O).

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/business-chipsets/b75-express-chipset.html?wapkw=b75

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us...m-chipsets/h61-express-chipset.html?wapkw=h61

 

[trick0502]

There's no such thing as H75. H77, on the other hand, has two native 6Gb/s ports with RAID.

@JCNiest5, B75 is the better choice. You get one native 6Gb/s port and four USB 3.0 (via header / rear I/O).

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/business-chipsets/b75-express-chipset.html?wapkw=b75

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us...m-chipsets/h61-express-chipset.html?wapkw=h61

I ment b75. I made a system for the in laws for Christmas with a b75 board.

 

[zero2dash]

B75 are newer and typically more feature rich (USB3, SATA6) but the H61's (given their outdatedness) are cheaper.

If you don't need the features, save the money by buying an H61 and put it towards other components.