Some assistant with CPU and Motherboard Sockets

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Dan The IT Man

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Hi there,

I am looking at getting a Motherboard with the socket 1150 however I have a Intel i5 2500k which I believe is a 1155 socket. Does this mean to upgrade my Motherboard I'd need to renew my CPU at the same time?

Many thanks to any response.
 
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The MB will have no detrimental effect on that gfx card. Your PCIe X16 slot is ver 2.0. No card available today can saturate the PCIe x16 slot 2.0 @ 16 lanes.
You can use the GTX 780 Ti confidently (w/o changing MBs) as long as you have a good quality 600W PSU or better.
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Dan The IT Man

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What motherboard would you recommend? I was only looking for a new Motherboard because I was after a new Graphics cards and was unsure mine was up to the mark.

Current Spec:
CPU: Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
Mobo: ASUS P8H61
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1300MHz
Graphics: Radeon HD 6950 2GB


I am really interested in the Zotac GeForce GTX 780Ti OC "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for the price at the moment, if this viable with my system?

Appreciate any assistance in advance.
 
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The MB will have no detrimental effect on that gfx card. Your PCIe X16 slot is ver 2.0. No card available today can saturate the PCIe x16 slot 2.0 @ 16 lanes.
You can use the GTX 780 Ti confidently (w/o changing MBs) as long as you have a good quality 600W PSU or better.
 
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