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underspy101

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Hey, I’m planning on upgrading my CPU from an i7-3770 to an i7-4770k (as I’ve found a really good deal for one), and I’m trying to choose a mobo that will support the LGA 1150 socket. I have an AMD Radion RX 480 8GB, and I don’t know if anything else matters when it comes to mobos??? I’m not planning on changing the RAM, as my current RAM is DDR3 which is (to my knowledge) accepted by every motherboard with an LGA 1500 socket. Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated! Please let me know if you need some more info to help me!

Edit: I have two sticks of DDR3 memory btw :)
 
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I'm sorry underspy I'd prefer to be positive here, but if you aren't planning to overclock this is a pretty meaningless upgrade IMO.

If you're gaming, the i7-3770 can handle anything up to a GTX 1070. If you're doing editing of any kind, Ryzen is a much more valuable bet.
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SInce you're working with the i7-4770K, you will need a Z87/Z97 chipsetted motherboard. Ideally you should look for a Z97 chipet board. You will find that the sweet spot for the overclocking on an i7-4700K is DDR3-2133MHz.

Might want to pass on your current specs and which components you plan to recycle for the pseudo new platform.
 
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A good and reasonably priced Z87/Z97 board is gonna be hard to find nowadays. From a retailer at least.
You'd need to shop around in person, or find something second hand to make it worth your while.

Depending what you find while looking will dramatically change whether this is a viable upgrade path for you or not.

I'd personally be considering something like an R5 2600, but that's just me.
 
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So, I’m not really looking to overclock... would that still be ok as a normal mobo though?

I’ll try to get my computer specs as soon as possible, but I don’t have access to it right now sorry
 
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I'm sorry underspy I'd prefer to be positive here, but if you aren't planning to overclock this is a pretty meaningless upgrade IMO.

If you're gaming, the i7-3770 can handle anything up to a GTX 1070. If you're doing editing of any kind, Ryzen is a much more valuable bet.
 
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Ok, so are there any tutorials on how to overclock? And was there any real difference between the Z87 and the Z97?

Also, it’s around midnight in Australia right now, and I’m working tomorrow, so I’ll be able to get the full computer specs to you by around 5PM AEST
 
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Also (one last thing) you mentioned in your last message that the i7-3770 can handle up to a GTX 1070, does that mean that my GPU is the limiting factor, not the CPU when it comes to gaming?
 
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The CPU will compliment a GTX 1070 quite well, but is pretty much at it's capacity. This means that the CPU is the limiting factor, but only just. It's quite a balanced match.

It would be a comparable setup to a modern CPU such as the i3 8300, which is quite good considering it's age, and only because the i3's now sport 4 true cores. Some games that can utilize the i7's hyper-threading may perform even better so quite a decent result for you.
 
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