Looking to upgrade e7300 to 4th gen PC compaitible with 5th ?

Gupta Anirudha

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My main purpose to use PC is running visual studio. I want to upgrade my e7300 PC to a Motherboard that will work with 5th generation processor also.

http://ark.intel.com/products/36463/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E7300-3M-Cache-2_66-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB

I have look at this one http://ark.intel.com/products/80810/Intel-Core-i5-4690-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

What do you thing, Is i5 money wasting or I3 is enough for Visual studio. I hear quad core also improve compiler speed.

I read on Toms-hardware that 9 Series (H97 or Z97) will work with 5th gen. I read this http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97K/overview/

Do someone have guideline for me to upgrade. I read online that Visual studio 2014 is coming. Someone please check and let me know about both processor 4690 and z97k.

Thanks
Anirudha Gupta
 
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Not without higher shipping costs.

I5 then with H97 would be fine. you only need the Z97 and "k" cpu if you want to overclock.

RobCrezz

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Not without higher shipping costs.

I5 then with H97 would be fine. you only need the Z97 and "k" cpu if you want to overclock.

 
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