Replace LGA 1155 mobo or "upgrade"

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Dear community,

I've recently borked a P67A-GD55 that was part of an i5-2500k setup. I'm pretty sure all the components in the rig are fine, with the exception of the mobo. I started looking for a replacement and wondered if I should instead move up instead of spending ~150 on an older board. What do you think?

-I have a GTX Titan and thoroughly enjoy gaming.
-I have a second GTX Titan that I am pondering either putting in this rig or building another rig around.
-The main reason behind the Titan setup is CUDA simulations for work, so I'm interested in the possibility of a mobo/CPU combo that could maximize the two Titans DP crunching power.
-I have a Samsung 830 SSD.
-I really want Wake-On-LAN.

I'm going to keep looking around, but it seems like the latest processors are not the way to go, but perhaps a move to Ivy-Bridge is in order to take advantage of the dual Titans.

Anyway, let me know!
 
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Agree I would just get a good 1155 board. Really even the Titans do not saturate the PCI-E 2. bus. While PCI-E 3 is nice it really will not make a great deal of difference in the overall graphics performance. And if at a later date you want to move up to IB that option would be there. There is still enough life left in the 1155 socket. And by that time a IB i7 might come done in price that it would be a great buy then.
 
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Thanks for the responses so far...quick question : do you guys know anything about the application to GPU computing? Specifically how having the extra x16 lanes would improve compute performance? I'm having a surprisingly hard time tracking down the answer to this specific question and I feel like I'm just not wording it correctly. As much as I am interested in graphical performance, right now I'm also trying to see whether I can get the proper hardware to speed up my calculations as well.

On a whim, I'm looking at http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.aspx?sku=607929 and http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.aspx?sku=718304, but no one's really mentioned LGA 2011. That Extreme 4 does look nice however.
 
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Yep! I work on protein aggregation simulations. Well...I used to before I screwed up my first mobo. Thank you for the explanation, though! It sounds like I do want a system with PCI-E 3.0. In fact, I got the GA-X79-UD3 mobo and an i7-4820k that I linked above! And guess what happens?! Nothing! No POST. I'm reading now that, like the EVGA Classified X79 mobo I wanted to buy at the store, this mobo needs its BIOS flashed before being able to handle the CPU. Is this indeed the case?
 
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Gah, I knew I shouldn't have rushed into this. My prof was putting pressure on me to get back into it, so now I'm stuck with all this hardware and the store is inconveniently far away. Which mobos are Ivy-E ready out of the box? I see Asus X79 Deluxe ($400), EVGA x79 Dark ($400)...anything cheaper? Or did I happen to slip and fall on the bleeding edge with thie 4820k purchase?
 
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Sandy Bridge-E? No :( I'm coming from a i5 2500k, regular ol' Sandy Bridge. I called around and it seems a computer repair store will flash it for me for $49. Seems to be my most inexpensive alternative...
 
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Agree i'd simply get an honest 1155 board. extremely even the Titans don't saturate the PCI-E two. bus. whereas PCI-E three is sweet it extremely won't build an excellent deal of distinction within the overall graphics performance. And if at a later date you would like to maneuver up to IB that choice would be there. there's still enough life left within the 1155 socket. And by http://www.fifacoins2buy.com/Fifa13coins/ that point a IB i7 may come back drained value that it'd be an excellent get then.
 
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Now I feel completely ashamed for playing Rome II Total War. Indeed, my primary use for this rig is to simulate about 15,000 coupled differential equations. My first project. I do look forward to running my code on this LGA 2011 rig, however. To satisfy what must be an unquenchable curiosity for the people helping me with this problem, I brought it in today to get it flashed. The guy's a computer engineer and he's done some decent work before, so I am reasonably sure that he'll get the job done and done right.

The thing that really makes me angry at myself, having flashed BIOS's before, is that I simply missed the little "Only recommended for Ivy Bridge -E processors" asterisk on the BIOS file I downloaded from MSI's site. What a painful and expensive mistake.
 
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