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Because of various problems i'm having with my Motherboard (mostly because they Audio jacks aren't working) I want to get a replacement motherboard.

(I live in Germany, so regional sellers preferred. Mindfactory and Amazon have worked well for me in the past)

My Budget for the Mobo is at most 100-150, but hoping to spend less on it.

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K 4x 3.40GHz So.1150
Mobo: Asus Z87-A (C2) Intel Z87 So.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 ATX Retail
RAM: 16gb (4x4) Corsair Vengeance Pro Series rot DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9-9-9-24
GPU: Geforce GTX 970
Geforce GTX 750 Ti (for PhysX when I use it)

It's also been a while since I've upgraded the rest of my system, so I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to get a DDR4 Mobo, and upgrade my RAM along with it, but i'm not sure on the current price range.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions/help with my questions.
 
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Garilia
You can't get a DDR4 mobo with the upgraded RAM without replacing the CPU. That will all be impossible within your budget, especially if you want to go with a newer generation K chip and a Z series mobo.

This is the upgrade path you're looking at if you want it all to be current gen.
PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kwc9Fd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kwc9Fd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (€248.84 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.00 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-K ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€127.23 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400...
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You can't get a DDR4 mobo with the upgraded RAM without replacing the CPU. That will all be impossible within your budget, especially if you want to go with a newer generation K chip and a Z series mobo.

This is the upgrade path you're looking at if you want it all to be current gen.
PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kwc9Fd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kwc9Fd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (€248.84 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.00 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-K ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€127.23 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€122.26 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €531.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-03 13:25 CET+0100
 
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Garilia

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You can upgrade to a Z97 mobo:

PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/XJL44D
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/XJL44D/by_merchant/

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€140.69 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €140.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-03 13:28 CET+0100
 
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ASROCK Z87 Extreme4 @ EUR 130:
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CZXYH8G/?tag=pcp05-21

It's not worth it to upgrade when you already have a Haswell system. Unless you want to get to a M2 NVMe SSD or wanting to have support for Type-C USB, there's little to no reason to move to Sky/Kabylake.

Do note that Windows may decide to invalidate its licence when you replace the MB, so if it's really just the audio jacks, a sound card may be the better choice.
 
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