If I buy a locked cpu am I severly limiting myself?

Valkyrieneos · Oct 8, 2014

I dont plan on overclocking so I am not sure

MeteorsRaining · Oct 8, 2014

If we're talking about locked i5 or i7 or a Xeon, nope, their base clocks are plenty for any GPU or game.

Valkyrieneos · Oct 8, 2014

Thanks

bsod1 · Oct 8, 2014

No, you are not. I have been using a locked CPU for the past 2 years. Serving me just fine.

MeteorsRaining · Oct 8, 2014

Glad to help

Valkyrieneos · Oct 8, 2014

reason I asked is because It seems like all the good mobo's are in the z97 range

tiny voices · Oct 8, 2014

No, there are PLENTY of great h97 boards that will do everything you want.

MeteorsRaining · Oct 8, 2014

^Yep, except SLI