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Anonymous
June 17, 2014 7:31:02 PM

Is it worth to buy a gaming motherboard if you're not planning to crossfire/sli?

I have a h61 mobo and the only reason I want to upgrade is to be able to overclock my processor a bit. how much increase in gaming performance will there be?

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June 17, 2014 7:32:47 PM

Anonymous said:
Is it worth to buy a gaming motherboard if you're not planning to crossfire/sli?

I have a h61 mobo and the only reason I want to upgrade is to be able to overclock my processor a bit. how much increase in gaming performance will there be?


Depends? What cpu + Are you being bottle necked by it?
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June 17, 2014 7:37:20 PM

do you mean a mobo that's specifically marketed as for gaming, or just a Z67/77/87 mobo?

I got a Asrock Z77 Extreme3, one of the cheapest and had no issues. I ad O/c I5-3570k to 4.8GHz and memory at 2400, with o/c 7950 crossfire.
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June 17, 2014 7:39:38 PM

You can only overclock CPU models ending with 'K' like the i5-2500k.

On Sandy Bridge, you can expect around 20% extra performance out of overclocking. Personally, 20% is not going to make or break anything I do on my PC so I prefer forgoing overclocking and save the money for a bigger upgrade elsewhere or further down the line.
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Anonymous
June 17, 2014 7:48:49 PM

Its_Byte_00 said:
Anonymous said:
Is it worth to buy a gaming motherboard if you're not planning to crossfire/sli?

I have a h61 mobo and the only reason I want to upgrade is to be able to overclock my processor a bit. how much increase in gaming performance will there be?


Depends? What cpu + Are you being bottle necked by it?


leeb2013 said:
do you mean a mobo that's specifically marketed as for gaming, or just a Z67/77/87 mobo?

I got a Asrock Z77 Extreme3, one of the cheapest and had no issues. I ad O/c I5-3570k to 4.8GHz and memory at 2400, with o/c 7950 crossfire.


No bottlenecking whatsoever, I just wanted to increase fps.

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Anonymous
June 17, 2014 7:51:10 PM

InvalidError said:
You can only overclock CPU models ending with 'K' like the i5-2500k.

On Sandy Bridge, you can expect around 20% extra performance out of overclocking. Personally, 20% is not going to make or break anything I do on my PC so I prefer forgoing overclocking and save the money for a bigger upgrade elsewhere or further down the line.


I have an 3rd gen i5 non K, I have no problems with my pc's gaming performance as of now. I'm just wondering if there is a significant increase in fps, more smoother gameplay.
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June 17, 2014 7:51:21 PM

It depends dude. Overclocking as in how high u want and also which processor you are having now. You dont need to buy extreme gaming motherboard for it. You need to consider alot of aspects in this way. Here, i provide you a page. REad it.. Hopefully it helps. http://lifehacker.com/a-beginners-introduction-to-overc...
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Anonymous
June 17, 2014 7:52:34 PM

leeb2013 said:
do you mean a mobo that's specifically marketed as for gaming, or just a Z67/77/87 mobo?

I got a Asrock Z77 Extreme3, one of the cheapest and had no issues. I ad O/c I5-3570k to 4.8GHz and memory at 2400, with o/c 7950 crossfire.


yup. this one http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77AGD65_GAMING.html#hero...
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June 17, 2014 8:02:23 PM

Anonymous said:
Is it worth to buy a gaming motherboard if you're not planning to crossfire/sli?

I have a h61 mobo and the only reason I want to upgrade is to be able to overclock my processor a bit. how much increase in gaming performance will there be?


Anonymous said:
leeb2013 said:
do you mean a mobo that's specifically marketed as for gaming, or just a Z67/77/87 mobo?

I got a Asrock Z77 Extreme3, one of the cheapest and had no issues. I ad O/c I5-3570k to 4.8GHz and memory at 2400, with o/c 7950 crossfire.


yup. this one http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77AGD65_GAMING.html#hero...


The increase is game and application specific...

You might need to upgrade your power supply & Heat sink for optimal results.
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June 17, 2014 8:56:12 PM

i have an old 2500k, this is the longest time i have kept a cpu (i usually upgrade every 2nd year) because it is overclocked, i don't see the need to upgrade because if 4ghz is no longer enough, i can bump it up some more.

personally i don't buy those super expensive boards (unless you have the money and willing to pay)
why? because i end up not using half the features, i always had xfire/sli boards but ended up buying 1 good gpu.
pick a decent mobo, no need to buy those (ROG for example) unless you have the budget and/or love having good looking rig (with good performance of course)
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Anonymous
June 18, 2014 4:09:27 AM

Cons29 said:
i have an old 2500k, this is the longest time i have kept a cpu (i usually upgrade every 2nd year) because it is overclocked, i don't see the need to upgrade because if 4ghz is no longer enough, i can bump it up some more.

personally i don't buy those super expensive boards (unless you have the money and willing to pay)
why? because i end up not using half the features, i always had xfire/sli boards but ended up buying 1 good gpu.
pick a decent mobo, no need to buy those (ROG for example) unless you have the budget and/or love having good looking rig (with good performance of course)


Those ROG are too expensive and a waste of money imo. A good mobo that can overclock well would be enough and I won't even going to crossfire/sli to buy something expensive like ROG. Not a fan of aesthetics, I just want to play games as smoothly as possible. People here are telling me it isn't necessary so I might just keep the money or spend it on something else.

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June 18, 2014 4:44:48 AM

Anonymous said:
I have an 3rd gen i5 non K, I have no problems with my pc's gaming performance as of now. I'm just wondering if there is a significant increase in fps, more smoother gameplay.

Non-K = cannot overclock. The End.

You can mess around with BCLK setting but that will also overclock RAM, USB, PCIE, SATA and other stuff that may not like getting OC'd by more than 3-5%. Practically useless.
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June 18, 2014 6:08:44 AM

InvalidError said:
Anonymous said:
I have an 3rd gen i5 non K, I have no problems with my pc's gaming performance as of now. I'm just wondering if there is a significant increase in fps, more smoother gameplay.

Non-K = cannot overclock. The End.

You can mess around with BCLK setting but that will also overclock RAM, USB, PCIE, SATA and other stuff that may not like getting OC'd by more than 3-5%. Practically useless.


It was late and I didn't notice the op said "non K "

The main benefit will be pci express 3.0 and the extra features on the motherboard.
It might give you a couple extra fps...

I wouldn't mess around with the BCLK.
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Anonymous
June 18, 2014 6:19:32 AM

I forgot that non K is not overclockable, well anyways I already have it and I have no choice but to stick with it for awhile and sell it.
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June 18, 2014 6:38:36 AM

mr91 said:
It was late and I didn't notice the op said "non K "

The main benefit will be pci express 3.0 and the extra features on the motherboard.
It might give you a couple extra fps...

No can do either since the PCIE 3.0 lanes are hosted by the CPU and Sandy Bridge only does PCIE 2.0. He would need to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge i5/i7 for PCIE 3.0 assuming his current motherboard has the BIOS upgrade and good enough PCB routing between the CPU and x16 slot to support it.

So at this point, OP's best option if he really wants to OC would be to start over with Haswell-Refresh.
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June 18, 2014 8:24:22 AM

InvalidError said:
mr91 said:
It was late and I didn't notice the op said "non K "

The main benefit will be pci express 3.0 and the extra features on the motherboard.
It might give you a couple extra fps...

No can do either since the PCIE 3.0 lanes are hosted by the CPU and Sandy Bridge only does PCIE 2.0. He would need to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge i5/i7 for PCIE 3.0 assuming his current motherboard has the BIOS upgrade and good enough PCB routing between the CPU and x16 slot to support it.

So at this point, OP's best option if he really wants to OC would be to start over with Haswell-Refresh.


PLEASE READ THE THREAD HE HAS A 3570.

BELOW WAS POSTED BY THE OP


I have an 3rd gen i5 non K, I have no problems with my pc's gaming performance as of now. I'm just wondering if there is a significant increase in fps, more smoother gameplay.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 18, 2014 9:18:55 AM

mr91 said:
InvalidError said:
mr91 said:
It was late and I didn't notice the op said "non K "

The main benefit will be pci express 3.0 and the extra features on the motherboard.
It might give you a couple extra fps...

No can do either since the PCIE 3.0 lanes are hosted by the CPU and Sandy Bridge only does PCIE 2.0. He would need to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge i5/i7 for PCIE 3.0 assuming his current motherboard has the BIOS upgrade and good enough PCB routing between the CPU and x16 slot to support it.

So at this point, OP's best option if he really wants to OC would be to start over with Haswell-Refresh.


PLEASE READ THE THREAD HE HAS A 3570.

BELOW WAS POSTED BY THE OP


I have an 3rd gen i5 non K, I have no problems with my pc's gaming performance as of now. I'm just wondering if there is a significant increase in fps, more smoother gameplay.


if your not CPU Bound, no you wont.

You can OC 2/3 gen on alot of mobos if they arnt K series by changing the BASE CLOCK not the MULTIPLIER
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