Compatible Motherboard/GPU/CPU Question

Ryan616 · Jun 17, 2014

Ok so I'm planning on upgrading the CPU/Motherboard in future and was wondering if anyone could tell me if what I've picked is compatible together.

Current Config: I7-4770 on a H81M-H Gigabyte Motherboard with Nvidia GTX 780 and 16GB DDR3 Hyper-x Beast 2400mHZ Ram (Vantage Blue Case)

Chosen Config: I7-4930k on an Asus Rampage IV Gene X79 LGA 2011 with Nvidia GTX 780 and 16GB DDR3 Hyper-x Beast 2400mHZ Ram (Vantage Blue Case)

Are these bits and pieces for the chosen all compatible with each other when combined like so? Individually I've seen no incompatibilities when comparing 2 together etc but I'm not an expert on the hardware.

Many thanks in advance.

Avier · Jun 17, 2014

As far as I can personally tell, those parts should all fit together. The RAM might not be officially supported, but you just need to go into the motherboards' manual and find out what is, and make sure you get one with timing that's compatible with your new one.

But I can't help but ask, why are you doing an 'upgrade' like this? I'm no expert, but most experts I've spoken to have told me that the 4th gen 1150 chipset CPUs will easily match performance to the 2nd gen Extremes in almost every situation.
The one exception being if you're huge on rendering 3D models or doing lots of graphic design or something.

But to answer your question, yes, they should all be compatible but the RAM, and even if the RAM isn't compatible, it'll probably still run (just sluggishly I hear) until you can get replacements.

Ryan616 · Jun 17, 2014

Avier :

I was looking at the CPU benchmarks for may and june and the I7 4930k came out near the top, I also thought It was part of the 4th gen series? it came out Q3 13 (the others came out Q2 13) but I'm mainly doing it for gaming (e.g loading speeds on games etc) so also open to suggestions when it comes to that.

Avier · Jun 17, 2014

I'm unsure myself, as I haven't checked since I was in the same position as you (around the same time last year) when I was looking at the new LGA 2011 CPU's, but if you're going for gaming, I do think that you'd be better off saving the 100-200£ and going for a smaller processor and a beefier GPU.

I'm not saying downsize to an 1155 or something, but my experience with the current generation 1150's has been great so far; if not overkill.
And keep in mind that the new Broadwell (Z97) chipset is supposedly coming out soon, which doesn't mean the current gen 1150's are going to be EOL just yet, but it's something to consider.

Now obviously, if you're more than willing to splurge on state-of-the-art tech, I wouldn't be able to say no to getting a shiny new Extreme. But to put things into perspective, my latest i5-4670K is less than half the price of that i7-4930K, and without going into too much detail, they even have the same base clock.
Now of course the Extreme has some things that others don't; hex-core technology, hyper threading (which the newest-gen i7's also have), support for quad-channel RAM, support for up to 64 gigs of RAM, and apparently a heck of a lot of cache, but I haven't delved that deep.
But lots of these things just aren't necessary for gaming. Of course, someday they will/might be.

tl;dr, the Extreme processors are still freaking awesome and if you feel like splurging money on them, then I can't argue with that.
But they're way overkill if you want to play games.
My personal suggestion would be to get a new Z97 motherboard, then either get one of the new 5th generation CPUs when they come out, or get a 4th generation and use it until you can get a 5th gen. (both the Z97 and Z87 use the 1150 socket and are supposed to be backwards compatible)

Ryan616 · Jun 17, 2014

Avier :

I'm unsure myself, as I haven't checked since I was in the same position as you (around the same time last year) when I was looking at the new LGA 2011 CPU's, but if you're going for gaming, I do think that you'd be better off saving the 100-200£ and going for a smaller processor and a beefier GPU.

I'm not saying downsize to an 1155 or something, but my experience with the current generation 1150's has been great so far; if not overkill.
And keep in mind that the new Broadwell (Z97) chipset is supposedly coming out soon, which doesn't mean the current gen 1150's are going to be EOL just yet, but it's something to consider.

Now obviously, if you're more than willing to splurge on state-of-the-art tech, I wouldn't be able to say no to getting a shiny new Extreme. But to put things into perspective, my latest i5-4670K is less than half the price of that i7-4930K, and without going into too much detail, they even have the same base clock.
Now of course the Extreme has some things that others don't; hex-core technology, hyper threading (which the newest-gen i7's also have), support for quad-channel RAM, support for up to 64 gigs of RAM, and apparently a heck of a lot of cache, but I haven't delved that deep.
But lots of these things just aren't necessary for gaming. Of course, someday they will/might be.

tl;dr, the Extreme processors are still freaking awesome and if you feel like splurging money on them, then I can't argue with that.
But they're way overkill if you want to play games.
My personal suggestion would be to get a new Z97 motherboard, then either get one of the new 5th generation CPUs when they come out, or get a 4th generation and use it until you can get a 5th gen. (both the Z97 and Z87 use the 1150 socket and are supposed to be backwards compatible)

ah yes I think I did see something about the gigabyte motherboards supporting 4th and 5th gen. In that case I'll probably do that and wait till they release the new chips and 5th gen

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