Considering an upgrade

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

Hi i'm looking to upgrade my PC. I looked into DDR4 and I decided that its not worth it for reasons of release price and I didn't find any information on compatibility with socket 1150. There is no need for a new CPU. Mine is less then a year old. I have been looking at the Asus Maximus VII Hero. I was in a computer store and the sales guy cringed at me when I told him I still had a Z87-A. If I go with the Maximus VII Hero will my G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 be fine or should I get better RAM too? I'll upgrade my GPU after Christmas when the sales are on. My HD7950's are still holding out strong.If you need here are my specs.

i7 4770k @ 4.5
Corsair H80i
Asus Z87-A
Gigabyte HD 7950 crossfire
Corsair AX1200i
Sunbeam Rheosmart 6 fan controller
LG 24X DVD rewriter
16GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz CL9
Samsung 840
Samsung 840 EVO
Seagate Barracuda 3TB
BitFenix Shinobi Window Mid Tower

skit75 · Oct 13, 2014

Nothing there to upgrade except your GPU or maybe a monitor? I wonder what the computer store sales guy would say to my x58 board.

jbrown156 · Oct 13, 2014

the only sensible upgrade i see in this system would be the gpu .. i would buy a gtx 970 or 980 to destroy those two gpu and finish off a superb setup

NightAntilli · Oct 13, 2014

May I ask why you want to upgrade in the first place?

justaguywithagun · Oct 13, 2014

no point in upgrading the mobo unless you are dissatisfied with the features of your current mobo. i agree with everything above me, maybe an upgrade to a gtx980 and perhaps a new monitor

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

NightAntilli :

I keep looking at the Maximus VII Hero over and over and the thought of buying it sticks in the back of my mind but I am really not anxious to remove all my components. Mostly because of the performance of the board and the features. I know I need better GPU's but im holding out on it for now.

smalls103179 · Oct 13, 2014

Just to answer, DDR4 is not compatible with socket 1150, only 2011-3

Jdogz427 · Oct 13, 2014

That is an awesome setup. your psu would be overkill for even a 3-way sli 980 setup. If you wanted to up anything, I would say get 2 980s asus strix are nice, or the gigabyte g1 gaming, both come with a backplate and a nice overclock from the factory. don't bother getting 3 , the performance increase does not scale that well from 2->3 gpus. with 2 of them, you could run a 4K monitor with decent not sure about >60fps constantly in newer games, but if not 4k. massdrop has currently an insane ultrawide LG 3440x1440 monitor for like $200 off MSRP https://www.massdrop.com/buy/lg-34um94-ultrawide-monitor it is amazing. The 2 980s would be more than capable at maxing games out at this resolution and giving very nice playable framerates

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

skit75 :

My monitor is an ASUS VE278 27"

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

smalls103179 :

Im aware its not compatible that's why I said I didn't find any information on compatibility with socket 1150.

Shane501 · Oct 13, 2014

Why do you need to upgrade?

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

I appreciate all your feedback but spending $700.00 or 1400.00 on new GPU is not an option til after christmas. My cards will still give me good, playable FPS for a couple months. I'm gonna keep thinking about it for now.

skit75 · Oct 13, 2014

Then, there is nothing to upgrade. Upgrade has been considered and delayed.

Guest · Oct 13, 2014

skit75 :

There is actually an upgrade coming but im going to do it without coming to forums for advice. Thanks anyways.

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