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I have an Asus P7P55D Pro motherboard with an i5 2.67ghz processor. I'm more than happy with the performance of my system but I think I may need to replace the mobo in the near future. The question is, is it worth it to just buy a replacement LGA 1156 board (surprisingly expensive), and are there inexpensive alternatives? Or do I make the leap and move up to the next level of processors.

Yea, I realize there's no good answer here. Just hoping some ideas might pop up.
 
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You could drop back to an i5 and a somewhat high-end board:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132121
If you wanted to save even more, you could go with an i3 for now and upgrade to a faster processor at a later date if you even feel it is needed. The i3 is Hyper Threaded and can execute 4 threads even though it is a dual core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946

Or you could swing over to AMD...
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007671%20600213784%2050001028
MB...
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I figured that was the case. I'm just not looking forward to spending the money on new guts for the box.

Yea, I'm not into games as much as I once was, but I still want the ability to play. Ironically, with that setup I have yet to load a game that doesn't run well.

Thanks for the reply.
 
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As I said, the motherboard is getting wonky. I think it's getting ready to go (lots of restarts, usb spotty). Did a full reinstall of Windows and still problems. So just getting ready for the inevitable.
 
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OK. I assume you ruled out a failing PSU?
If you want a recommendation, let me know your budget for a CPU and Motherboard.
 
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Yep, changed it out for a spare. No joy.

And I'd greatly appreciate any recommendations. I'm guessing around $500? Hell, it's been so long since I shopped for components, I don't even know what things cost anymore. But I'll take any ideas.

Once again, thanks.
 
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You could drop back to an i5 and a somewhat high-end board:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132121
If you wanted to save even more, you could go with an i3 for now and upgrade to a faster processor at a later date if you even feel it is needed. The i3 is Hyper Threaded and can execute 4 threads even though it is a dual core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946

Or you could swing over to AMD...
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007671%20600213784%2050001028
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007625%20600007977%20600138080%20600165296%20600166242%204814
 
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$200-250 you could drop in a second hand 15 3570k on a new (still suprisingly expensive) socket 1155 board. You could try a second board for your existing or the 1155 system too (got 30 days to return on ebay i believe). i5 3570k can be had with a fair bit of depreciation knocked out.

Look to replace when Skylake comes out but your performance will be on a par with Haswell chip costing a lot more now.

 
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Thanks for all the help. clutchc, you were, um, clutch. Thunderballs, thanks.

Like I said it's been a while since I built a system, so I have a lot of shopping to do.

Thanks again all.
 
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