I am wanting to do an upgrade from my z68 mobo (poor thing i know) and my i5 2500k, i will be upgrading in about february, how much do you think I should get for the upgrade? I want one of the best mobos with an i5, i have no need for the i7. I will be gaming on it. Thanks in advance
mobo and cpu upgrade, what should I get?
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Remmy
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What do you mean by "how much do you think I should get for the upgrade?"
Do you mean how much should you sell your current MoBo and CPU for? Or how much you should spend on an upgrade? Or what you should upgrade it to?
If I were upgrading I'd get an i5 4670K for the CPU, and the motherboard depends quite a lot on the colour scheme of your rig, so it's a much more personal decision.
Do you mean how much should you sell your current MoBo and CPU for? Or how much you should spend on an upgrade? Or what you should upgrade it to?
If I were upgrading I'd get an i5 4670K for the CPU, and the motherboard depends quite a lot on the colour scheme of your rig, so it's a much more personal decision.
my mobo is a z68, it isnt letting me do much overclocking and it doesnt always pickup my GPU, it is xfire compatable but i dont think it could handle it. I just want a fully stable 4.8Ghz OC and good graphics and i will be happy with its performance. seems the mobo is holding it back.
Remmy
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I see what you mean, but I'm still not sure if upgrading just the motherboard sticking to socket 1155 will be that worthwhile in the longer term. The difference you will see from the overclock won't justify the price of the new motherboard in my opinion. What makes you think the motherboard won't be able to handle XFire if it is supposed to be compatible?
it struggles with just one, sometimes i have to disconnect the gpu and restart the pc for it to be recognised an i know the gpu is working perfectly, and its an ugly as sin mobo http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu67/dj_doogle/Corsair%20600T/SAM_1323_zpscd9462bc.jpg
thats a pic of my pc. is there much of a performance upgrade from the 2500k to the current gen?
thats a pic of my pc. is there much of a performance upgrade from the 2500k to the current gen?
Remmy
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That sounds like the motherboard is just slightly faulty then and not by design haha xD
To be honest, there isn't a massive difference, there has been a thread on here that linked to a comparison, and it didn't make a very big difference, but that being said I still wouldn't buy a new motherboard that won't support future CPUs like a socket 1150 would.
I'd personally wait till I wanted to upgrade my motherboard and CPU together, but if the motherboard is really bugging you and you can't wait, maybe get a not too expensive 1155 board for the mean time which will allow you to go XFire and get a better overclock.
To be honest, there isn't a massive difference, there has been a thread on here that linked to a comparison, and it didn't make a very big difference, but that being said I still wouldn't buy a new motherboard that won't support future CPUs like a socket 1150 would.
I'd personally wait till I wanted to upgrade my motherboard and CPU together, but if the motherboard is really bugging you and you can't wait, maybe get a not too expensive 1155 board for the mean time which will allow you to go XFire and get a better overclock.
I was considering waiting for the next gen cpus but I have read that they might not be coming out until 2015. I have been looking about and the Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/Gen3 is only about £80 now so thats not too bad, i know there is a full black board but I dont know what model it is. So im thinking of a new mobo and another club3d 7950 for xfire until the next gen but im not 100%
it was on here, http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=58305
1st post, i dont know if hes correct though.
i found a brand new Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 on ebay for £150, thats soo cheap!
1st post, i dont know if hes correct though.
i found a brand new Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 on ebay for £150, thats soo cheap!
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Xrqute
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Next series should be LGA2011-3 X99 Haswell-E and apparently that's due late 2014.
My advice. If you're going to to upgrade put the money away and do it properly. If your not prepared to spend a decent amount either run it till it stops or until your crying because you just can't put up with it anymore.
Gamepro105
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You say you want one of the best mobo's it depends on the features you want, and the colour scheme you are going for to be honest right now upgrading from a Z68 and 2500k wouldn't make to much of a noticeable difference for gaming performance. i can see where you are coming from with the colour scheme though. so i guess if you were to say some sort of a budget and what colours and features you want it might be easier to pick out
Remmy
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I am willing to spend more on upgrades but I dont want to have to wait until 2015 to do it, so I hope intel will release a new chip soon!
Yeah you and me both mate
I'm looking forward to upgrading in a generation or two On a side note, try not to double post, use the edit button at the bottom of your last post instead.
I dont know how much, maby about £300 max on mobo. pc colour scheme is black and white, most boards are black and red or black and blue. i would love an all black board with maby white writing or just all black. I just want a good solid stable overclock, be able to take xfire for future.
Yeah you and me both mate
On a side note, try not to double post, use the edit button at the bottom of your last post instead.
sorry i didnt realize I double post
Xrqute
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As I said^
I am willing to spend more on upgrades but I dont want to have to wait until 2015 to do it, so I hope intel will release a new chip soon!
Broadwell and Skylake no one knows at this point.
