i5 3550 low budget motherboard

felkine · May 21, 2013

Hey guys I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help me with.
First i decided to buy an i5 3550 to replace my old cpu,but now I also have to buy a new motherboard that supports it. Can you recommend me some cheap mobo's (or at least tell me how to recognize them among so many) that will run that cpu right out of the box without the need for flashing it and all that.
Second, when changing the cpu and motherboard do I need to format my hdd and reinstall windows?
And lastly, will my ddr3 1333mhz ram work with the i5 that supports 1600mhz ram? I know ram is cheap but being a student with no income it was already hard enough to spare money for the cpu.
Thanks

Sakkura · May 21, 2013

Something like an MSI B75MA-P45 would work.

You will need to reinstall Windows.

The 1333 RAM will work fine, it's just a bit slower. It won't make a major difference in practice (if you were buying new RAM I'd definitely recommend 1600, but the difference is too small to merit replacing your current RAM).

GhislainG · May 21, 2013

Sakkura :

Windows doesn't necessarily needs to be reinstalled. We can't answer that question unless the OP provides more info about the old motherboard.

Sakkura · May 21, 2013

Well, okay, a fresh install isn't technically required, but I'd highly recommend it. Otherwise you have to do a lot of fiddling with drivers.

Kindredsouls · May 21, 2013

GhislainG is technically correct, Windows doesn't Have to be reinstalled but I would highly recommend it. It will be a lot more stable with a reinstall after changing to a different model motherboard. I experimented twice with changing motherboards but not reinstalling Windows 7 and it worked for the most part on one occasion. It would sometimes Blue Screen on a few games. On my other instance it worked perfectly for a month or so the it would crash after running for a few hours. Even after updating drivers for everything. After doing clean installs of Windows, in both cases, all the problems went away.

Fulgurant · May 21, 2013

Kindredsouls :

Yeah, better to do it now, when you've planned to spend the time, than to feel suddenly that you have to do it later, when you may or may not have time to spare.

felkine · May 21, 2013

Thanks for the info guys, I will go with this motherboard http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4149#ov , I suppose it will run the cpu without flashing and about Windows I will reinstall it just to be sure.

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