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Ive asked before, and read alot of forums. But...

Is upgrading from fx8350 and asus 99 pro board TO i7 4770k and maximus/formula worth $500? Answer, typically NO.

But i cant stop thinking about it.

Does anyone know from experience, what typical 'real world' (not bench or synthetics) the difference would mean?
I use pc for video ripping, rendering, converting, shrinking, copying, burning ect. Picture editing, music converting. And some borderlands mostly, dont know why but im addicted, rarely play bf4 cod ghosts and black flag.

I have a gtx 770 and will upgrade to sli when games require the boost. Also have custom liquid, 360mm rad, 280mm rad, d5 pump, 6 120mm, 4 140mm fans, 1 140mm rear exhaust. Cpu and gpu blocks.

I really like the bells and whistles on the top end asus mobo, all of them. But the amd formula doesnt seem to have as many, and dont think upgrading my pro to a formula would be worth it, as it wont support any new amd chips, and ill be going i7 as soon as this chip either bites it or no longer keeps up.
 
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i find some features on a board to be more gimmicky than useful, particularly those pertaining to SATA, LAN, USB, or PCIE over it's standard iteration. for example, from my personal experience, i currently have this:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4MVP/

i really don't see any sort of RAM/USB/LAN performance improvement with it's so called "XFast 555 Technology" over the Gigbyte P61 i had previous. and if there's any gain at all, it's negligible to the point of being unnoticeable. if the H77 Pro4/MVP had costs $150+, i'd ignored it if it's XFast 555 Tech was it's main selling point.

i will however give the Maximus credit on it's OCing potential/features, memory tweaking features & more lanes for SLI/CF. maybe the mPCIE if you...
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i have to agree with them. you may see an improvement in SOME tasks/games, but not big enough to warrant spending $500 on it, at least for me. but if you feel $500 is not a problem to you, for just a little bit more, no point telling you how to spend your money if you're going to be really obsessed with it.
 
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yea,, I really understand with the performance being minimal. But all the small things, like faster sata speeds, better overclocking speeds, faster performance all around, better graphics lanes, better sli performance, ram speeds, monitoring software, mobo cooling. I mean, like yes the i7 difference compared to amd is small, but the motherboard difference is really why I keep leaning towards this. The formula or even the sabertooth intel boards put the similar amd boards to shame. Price wise almost identical, but features on them like ten fold better on intel.

would it really be worth upgrading to the amd formula board even though I have a pro which does most, but does add some of the features intel does. It would add another 4 pin power, plus 2 sata power plugs, better sata, and mobo cooling as well as mobo chipset water blocks?
 
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i find some features on a board to be more gimmicky than useful, particularly those pertaining to SATA, LAN, USB, or PCIE over it's standard iteration. for example, from my personal experience, i currently have this:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4MVP/

i really don't see any sort of RAM/USB/LAN performance improvement with it's so called "XFast 555 Technology" over the Gigbyte P61 i had previous. and if there's any gain at all, it's negligible to the point of being unnoticeable. if the H77 Pro4/MVP had costs $150+, i'd ignored it if it's XFast 555 Tech was it's main selling point.

i will however give the Maximus credit on it's OCing potential/features, memory tweaking features & more lanes for SLI/CF. maybe the mPCIE if you have a use for it. not at all convinced with some of the other feature especially ones relating to Audio and LAN.

but that's all me. you clearly sound like a hardcore enthusiast, or at least transitioning to one. & the thing about enthusiast that i've learned over the years is not to reason with them. not because they won't listen, but clearly because they enjoy running high end gear, or do enjoy the features, despite most people not seeing it. i'm no party-pooper, so if you really, REALLY want it and you can afford it, go for it. just be mentally prepare for some possible disappointment.

otherwise, if you don't think of yourself as an enthusiast, a risk taker, and more a reasonable spender, i still can't highly recommend you an i7+Maximus board. $500 for features that you may or may not see or gains that are negligible at best just isn't worth it if you want something worth your money. at the very least your M5A99FX PRO can run 2 cards in SLI @ 16x/16x as oppose to the Maximus' 8x/8x.
 
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