Is upgrading my 78LMT-USB3 (Gigabyte) motherboard worth it?

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SenorTaco4747

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Specs:
FX-6300 (stock speed)
ASUS GTX 950 Strix 2GB
12 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair
Hyper 212 EVO Cooler
SanDisk SSD (SDSSDA-240G-G25)
1440x900 @ 75Hz

I already know my SSD runs substantially slower due to a lack of SATA 3.0 on the board, but would this impact gaming performance? I mostly play things like League of Legends, 7 Days to Die, and occasionally Skyrim & Just Cause 3.

If it would impact my performance, please tag along a few choices of motherboards (preferably not MSI) that are $120 at the absolute max.

**Note: I may hold off on upgrading until AMD Zen comes out so I can save a few bucks.
 
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You mean buy a different better AM3+ motherboard??? No that's a terrible idea.

Getting a 4th gen i5 that still supports DDR3 is not a terrible idea. Much more performance and would still last a few years.
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Your ssd will not affect gaming performance. It will only affect large file transfers.

If you want to upgrade your motherboard, I recommend either waiting for Zen or switching to Intel. I would not spend any more money on the AM3 platform.
 
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If I felt like overclocking to maybe 4.3 GHz, would you consider it worthwhile? I'm looking to prolong this build's lifespan, as I'm mostly satisfied with the performance, it's just starting to show its age a little bit by now.
 
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My bad for communicating that poorly, I meant if I were to upgrade my motherboard and overclock to 4.3/4.4 would it be worth it or should I upgrade my computer as a whole? I also may go for a slightly older Intel processor and motherboard that supports DDR3 so I can avoid that extra cost (on a bit of a tight budget).

 
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Don't replace your board, it's not worth it, you can overclock it, but don't expect a huge performance boost, 6300s can go up to 4950 MHz but only with liquid cooling, I wouldn't go over 4400 with an air cooler, core temps will skyrocket while gaming or stress testing.
There are 2 main ways to overclock

-Multiplier: increasing only the CPU Multiplier/Voltage, this is the easiest way to overclock
-FSB: increasing CPU Multiplier/Voltage plus front side bus, HT, and RAM speeds thus having better overall performance since you're not only increasing CPU speed, this is kinda the hardcore way to overclock and you shouldn't do it unless you know perfectly how everything works and how to configure it, you can't follow guides or tutorials here since your components are unique and have their unique characteristics, not all CPUs can be overclocked at the same speed or using the same voltage, same with memory and northbridges.

cheers
 
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Don't replace your board, it's not worth it, you can overclock it, but don't expect a huge performance boost, 6300s can go up to 4950 MHz but only with liquid cooling, I wouldn't go over 4400 with an air cooler, core temps will skyrocket while gaming or stress testing.
There are 2 main ways to overclock

-Multiplier: increasing only the CPU Multiplier/Voltage, this is the easiest way to overclock
-FSB: increasing CPU Multiplier/Voltage plus front side bus, HT, and RAM speeds thus having better overall performance since you're not only increasing CPU speed, this is kinda the hardcore way to overclock and you shouldn't do it unless you know perfectly how everything works and how to configure it, you can't follow guides or tutorials here since your components are unique and have their unique characteristics, not all CPUs can be overclocked at the same speed or using the same voltage, same with memory and northbridges.
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Yeah there is no way that motherboard is going to support any kind of overclock higher than the 4.1ghz turbo speed.
 
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Elysian890

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come on, the board is not that bad, at least it has a VRM heatsink on it, 6300 is 95w and the board supports up to 125w, with a good LLC it could reach 4400, the evo helps a lot, northbridge could resist a 10% boost, 20% with luck, good config and a fan to keep it cool, yeah, I know, that's kinda too much for the regular or mildly enthusiast user, I just like to imagine the better scenario
by the way the worst possible scenario would be VRMs blowing because of overheating, that's why calibration is important :)
 
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