Trying to "future proof" a bit. Think this board will last?

[DJohnson]

I've just got an R9 290 card and 16GB of RAM, and am getting an i5 4460 (no OC).

This ASUS board looked like a good deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132121&cm_re=ASUS_H97-_-13-132-121-_-Product

But will it last me, you think? I'm hoping with the choice of GPU/CPU/RAM I should be good for a long while but I'd like to be able to make an upgrade down the road without having to replace the board AGAIN right away.

Thanks for the help, motherboards are like a foreign language to me!

 

[Wolfshadw]

Impossible to say. The newest chipset has already dumped DDR3 RAM in favor of DDR4 RAM. Who is to say the next CPU refresh won't require a new CPU socket? You'll probably be fine for the next five to six years, so long as you're not expecting to run every game at max settings.

-Wolf sends

 

[Akhil Potukuchi]

I've just got an R9 290 card and 16GB of RAM, and am getting an i5 4460 (no OC).

This ASUS board looked like a good deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132121&cm_re=ASUS_H97-_-13-132-121-_-Product

But will it last me, you think? I'm hoping with the choice of GPU/CPU/RAM I should be good for a long while but I'd like to be able to make an upgrade down the road without having to replace the board AGAIN right away.

Thanks for the help, motherboards are like a foreign language to me!

Well you are good to go with that board and cpu. Because it has been confirmed that the broadwell (Next generation of CPU's) CPU's from intel will be supported by h97 and z97 mobos. So you can buy that mobo and later get yourself a broadwell i7. Though I suppose you will need to update bios to ensure support for the upgraded cpu. Which is a two minute task. Everything said and done, you will not need to upgrad this board for atleast 5 more years, with this i5 lasting 2-3 years, and the next upgrade an i7 or i5 5xxx will last another 3-5 years. So it is totally futureproof. Unless your definition of futureproof is to last you 10-20 years down the road.

 

[Akhil Potukuchi]

Impossible to say. The newest chipset has already dumped DDR3 RAM in favor of DDR4 RAM. Who is to say the next CPU refresh won't require a new CPU socket? You'll probably be fine for the next five to six years, so long as you're not expecting to run every game at max settings.

-Wolf sends

Hey there, the broadwell cpu's will use ddr3 ram. It has been confirmed. The ddr4 RAM is currently supported only by Intel's HEDT cpu's i.e the 5960x and 5930k and 5820. Broadwell will support ddr4 but only at the server end of the cpu market i.e on xeon cpu's. PROOF: http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-supports-ddr4-memory-server-platforms-arriving-consumers-2014/ It is with Sky lake that we will get ddr4 support at the client end of the market.