I would think most 1155 boards support XP. That's Sandy/Ivy Bridge. My ASUS P8Z68-V Pro sure does.

Yes I just noticed my P8Z68-V mobo does. It's on my 17 windows 10 pc.

The i3 I have at the workshop doesn't which made me think perhaps they didn't

Typically there is official INF and SATA driver support for 6-series and 7-series chipsets (both LGA1155 only) provided by Intel for WinXP. Audio/LAN/other onboard peripheral drivers may or may not be available depending on the vendor. Certainly Gigabyte provides downloadable WinXP drivers for everything (except the USB 3.0) on my GA-B75M-D3H motherboard. If the motherboard maker doesn't provide downloads directly, you could try the generic Chipset INF and Rapid Storage driver packages from the Intel site, and whatever Realtek audio/etc drivers from their respective sites.

What may catch you is that Sandy Bridge integrated graphics have official WinXP support & drivers while the Ivy Bridge IGPs don't, but that won't matter if you're planning to use discrete graphics.

EDIT: turns out the USB 3.0 controller built into 7-series chipsets doesn't have WinXP support, either, but according to this they can be repurposed as standard USB 2.0 ports.

Yes I was planning on using discrete graphics and sound. Gigabyte did specifically come up when I googled... So are there any recommendations that support SLI or Crossfire properly?

The P8Z68-V says it supports crossfire and SLI but so does my p5B deluxe but that cobbles it with the second PCI-e running at 4x

The Asus Sabertooth Z77 seems to have quite complete XP support, including drivers for the integrated NIC, USB 3.0, and audio chipset. Checked before, planning to use my current main rig as an XP monster once I replace it. Haven't tested it myself yet though.

Dunno about SLI, but since it was marketed as a gaming/overclocking board, the chances should be good.

Z390 Dark does support WinXP.

The Z390 DARK features 8 SATA Ports. 2 are supplied by the ASMedia ASM1061, which provides limited Windows XP support* for ultimate benching OS flexibility.

Source : https://www.evga.com/articles/01296/evga-z390 … rk-motherboard/
Fastest CPU it supports at the moment is Core i7 9900k 😉

IIRC my ASRock Extreme4 Z77 mobo had XP drivers.

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Z390 Dark does support WinXP.

The Z390 DARK features 8 SATA Ports. 2 are supplied by the ASMedia ASM1061, which provides limited Windows XP support* for ultimate benching OS flexibility.

Source : https://www.evga.com/articles/01296/evga-z390 … rk-motherboard/
Fastest CPU it supports at the moment is Core i7 9900k 😉

See how it has an asterisk after "Windows XP support"? Then it says the asterisk means "Coming soon". I think they are talking only about those 2 non intel sata ports having a WinXP driver. It is a bit misleading.

I think Z77 is a good choice.

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See how it has an asterisk after "Windows XP support"? Then it says the asterisk means "Coming soon". I think they are talking only about those 2 non intel sata ports having a WinXP driver. It is a bit misleading.

WinXP installation on Z390 Dark (guide by k|ngp|n) : LINK

Wow, I stand corrected. Is that an official bios they are using?