Salvage or Upgrade? (z77 MOBO fried for my i5-3570k build)

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babycakes

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Hello friends. 5 years ago, this wonderful community help me put together my machine-
MOBO: Asrock z77 extreme4 [1.5 yrs old, just died]
CPU: Intel i5 - 3570k [5 yrs old]
GPU: GTX 970 – MSI 4GB [2 yrs old]
STORAGE: Intel 520 series SSD [3 yrs old]
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz [5 yrs old]
AUDIO: 1st gen Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 [ 1.5 yrs old]

Purposes of my build-
45% music production: Very CPU intense, single core speeds of high importance. The i5 gets by with an OC of at least 4.0 GHz, but 4.2 GHz is ideal. When it dies, I'll probably get an i7 for the multithreaded 8 core goodness.
35% gaming: GPU / CPU intense – haven’t had much trouble even at the default 3.4 GHz. I want to be able to play shiny new games on reasonably high settings at 50-60 fps for as long as possible while throwing the least amount of money at my machine as possible.
20% home entertainment: Not intense. Also, I don't much care for benchmarking, and I do love a good low-maintenance CPU like the 3750k.


My SECOND z77 Asrock extreme4 is crapping out on me. I am posed with a few tough options-
[75$ option] Try to queeze more life out of my 5-yr-old i5 – 3570k with a modest OC by
purchasing a cheap intel board like the http://

[200$ option] Buy another z77 board and OC the 3570k straight into hell. I'm finding that it's gotten hard to come by well-priced z77’s.

[600$ option] All-in, future proof upgrade. Ditch the i5 for an i7-7700k, z270 mobo, and 16 gb of DDR 4 ram.

With all this in mind, is it more economical in the long term to get a new MOBO, CPU, and RAM or stick with my 3750k and try to get my hands on an older MOBO via amazon/newegg? If you made it this far, thank you very much for reading!
 
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Well, Depends on how much you want to spend, for things that you like to do, an i5 6600k or 6700k would be an ideal upgrade for your music production, and is great for gaming, and well anything will do entertainment these days. But a new Z170 for the 6600K (wont work for the 6700K) or a Z270 board (most work with both i5's) will set you back about $120 - 150 USD or more. CPU will set you back around $240 - 280 and more if you want an i7 7600k or the 7700K, and DDR4 ram, 8GB is around $60 - 80 16Gb can be about $100 USD, It gets higher than that with capacity and speed.

Depends on where you shop, or features you want which will vary in price. But you can reuse everything else like video card HDD/SSD, PSU Case.

Or you can find a cheap...
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the nerd 389

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The issue is not long term vs short term. It's high risk vs low risk.

When a motherboard goes out, it can take other components with it. You could buy a new board just to find that your CPU is dead. Regarding mild vs intense OC, just be aware that aggressive overclocks will kill the CPU in short order. In the long term, this is money down the drain.

The $600 option is the most reliable, if you have the money available. Otherwise, go with the $75 option.
 
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babycakes

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I'll happily drop the $600 now if it's ideal in terms of minimizing average cost per year I'm dumping into my build while still meeting my needs. My mind was more or less leaning toward the $600 option, but it's nice to get other opinions. Thanks for the swift response!
 
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Well, Depends on how much you want to spend, for things that you like to do, an i5 6600k or 6700k would be an ideal upgrade for your music production, and is great for gaming, and well anything will do entertainment these days. But a new Z170 for the 6600K (wont work for the 6700K) or a Z270 board (most work with both i5's) will set you back about $120 - 150 USD or more. CPU will set you back around $240 - 280 and more if you want an i7 7600k or the 7700K, and DDR4 ram, 8GB is around $60 - 80 16Gb can be about $100 USD, It gets higher than that with capacity and speed.

Depends on where you shop, or features you want which will vary in price. But you can reuse everything else like video card HDD/SSD, PSU Case.

Or you can find a cheap z77 board, I'd personally look around on some of the local sites like Craigslist for a cheaper z77 board, it will be the cheaper route, but is it wroth it? Idk, for gaming the 3570k is good enough for most games, but there are a few games where it will sorta struggle, like BF1 which hates i5's for some reason and older lower clocked i7's GTA5 does well, but often maxing out i5's if you plan to play at max settings. But I personally wouldn't spend more than $100 USD on a z77 board.

If you have no problem spending around $600 or so like above, then its worth it for productivity standpoint and power draw.
 
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