New motherboard/ & Processor

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

Hi.
I have been wanting to upgrade my computer, to make it perform better when gaming.
My motherboard is an Intel DX58SO, and my processor is an, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz.

Now I'm not very familiar with what is good and what to look for. If it makes any difference as to what type of motherboard I am looking for, my Graphic Card is an AMD Radeon 270x.

I have been told that I should maybe look for a AMD chip, but if there are any specific suggestions, it would be great.
Thank you very much in advance

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

what is your budget?

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

I would put the budget at around 300-400$

Nightman · May 19, 2014

At that price, I'd get an ASUS Z87-a motherboard and an i5 4670k processor.

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($112.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $407.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-19 14:38 EDT-0400)

this is the most future proof you could go, it has a z97 board which will last through broadwell and likely skylake. or, if you wont need to upgrade for a while, then this will be just about as fast for a bit cheaper

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $319.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-19 14:46 EDT-0400)

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

Okay, but if i were to only upgrade the processor, would that make my gaming smoother? And in the case where it's only the processor needed to be upgraded, what processor should I look at, same budget.

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

eh, i would not go down to an i5, as it wont really even be an upgrade because you will loose hyperthreading.

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

and you will have to upgrade the motherboard with the cpu.

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

Danbuscus25 :

Okay, thank you so much for your help and answers!

Nightman · May 19, 2014

Danbuscus25 :

Hyperthreading won't do anything for gaming. The i7 4770k is maybe 5% better than the i5 4670k for gaming. It's not worth the extra cost.

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

games are starting to use hyperthreading, so within a couple years the i7 will be significantly faster.

Nightman · May 19, 2014

Another good option would be to wait for the devil's canyon processors which are coming out in mid june if you can live with your current processor for another month.

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

actually, live with it till Q3 or Q4 2014 and get broadwell, save up some more money too, broadwell will be significantly faster than haswell as it shrinks the die to 14nm

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

Do you have any information as to what the pricing for this Devils canyon processor? And what motherboard would suit this processor?
And what about this Broadwell?

Danbuscus25 · May 19, 2014

well, all this devils canyon and broadwell stuff will only woth on 9 series chipsets, such as z97. the prices of broadwell will be a bit high when they first come out, but then they will drop a lot after a month or 2.

Tikeraaq · May 19, 2014

To bump this thread and ask a new question rather than making a new thread, I fell over the Asus MSI Z97 motherboards, espeacially the Z97M.
What sort of processor would fit that motherboard? And is it any good?

Nightman · May 19, 2014

Tikeraaq :

I believe you could use any 1150 Intel processor, but they are specifically made for the new devil's canyon and broadwell CPUs. I'd say they are very good, ASUS makes great boards (arguably the best on the market, and last I checked they had the lowest failure rate too, but that may have changed.) If I were in your position, I'd probably get one of those and a devil's canyon chip when it comes out. I don't think it's worth it to wait for broadwell, because they won't be here until late this year or early next, and from what I've seen they're going for more efficiency and better integrated graphics over pure performance, plus they'll be way more expensive.

Tikeraaq · May 20, 2014

Nightman :

Tikeraaq :

I believe you could use any 1150 Intel processor, but they are specifically made for the new devil's canyon and broadwell CPUs. I'd say they are very good, ASUS makes great boards (arguably the best on the market, and last I checked they had the lowest failure rate too, but that may have changed.) If I were in your position, I'd probably get one of those and a devil's canyon chip when it comes out. I don't think it's worth it to wait for broadwell, because they won't be here until late this year or early next, and from what I've seen they're going for more efficiency and better integrated graphics over pure performance, plus they'll be way more expensive.

Okay, thank you very much

unknownofprob · May 20, 2014

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