CPU Upgrade for a older motherboard

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Damien85

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What is the best option for upgrading my CPU and keeping the price under 225 dollars.

This is my current motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502

I was told I can only use second generation intel processors, but the mobo says it supports i3/i5/i7 processors.

Can i buy a Ivy bridge processor such as this and have it be compatible with the current mobo? This is what I was looking at.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CITCmvXGybkCFU1k7AodvyQATA&Item=N82E16819116504&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleKWLess&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleKWLess-_-IntelCPU-_-SKU19-116-504-_-i5-3570K&ef_id=UM-QlQAAS3bda@8n:20130913234415:s

Thanks for the help guys, you were awesome when I put this build together a year ago, now I think its time to upgrade the CPU.
 
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Damien85

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This is what I was told on another forum. Is it correct?

"so that motherboard is for intel 2nd generation processors (2xxx e.g, i5-2500k) and those are not in production anymore. you'll have to find a used sandy bridge i5 to get better performance than your current processor. or replace the motherboard and cpu"
 
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that is correct in the sense that yes, the mobo is for sb cpu's. but if you update your mobo's bios, it can run ivy as well as any ivy boards out there. though i cannot comment on how your success rate will be as i've heard that there is an off-chance that it can fail.
 
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Did you read my post?
 
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the question was if the OP can still use his old mobo for ivy chips. the answer is yes right? i was only answering his question. i didn't know about the oc limitation part but can't you have just kindly tell him to use non k chips and just be done with it instead?
 
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Usually, when someone is looking at buying an unlocked CPU, they want to overclock. I figured that was pretty obvious. But, the answer lies with Damien85.

And yes, the mobo accepts Ivy Bridge chips, but it doesn't allow the processor that Damien wanted to use to reach its full potential like other Z68 brands or Z75/Z77 boards, yet you said, "if you update your mobo's bios, it can run ivy as well as any ivy boards out there."
 
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okay, i'll say it again, i didn't know about gigabytes OC problems okay. i stated it above in my reply. i'm not saying i'm a genius or anything, i'm not trying to compete here, i'm really just trying to help. i hope you can understand that :D - besides it can run ivy just like any other ivy boards - just not OC :p peace be with you man. i know you are also just trying to help.
 
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Damien85

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Sorry guys, bear with me here, I have a few more questions. What is flashing the bios? is that updating my motherboard to accept the new ivy bridge chip? How easy is that to do?

I am not worried about overclocking at the moment, I just want to get a new chip installed and play some of the new games coming out. I am glad that I don't have to replace my motherboard, that sounded kind of fishy.

And will I have to wipe my computer out to do this new chip, or do I just make a backup on my external and reload from that backup when I get the new chip in?

Thanks for the replies guys.
 
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