Do I need a new motherboard if I buy a i5-2500k?

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Dioxideh

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I currently have a Asus M2N78-LA (Violet) And I'm planning on buying a i5-2500k processor (mainly for gw2)

Now I read on plenty of sites that only certain mobo's support overclocking.... Oh if you want to know I have a GTX 560 Ti.


Thanks in advance,
Dioxideh
 
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You'll need new RAM too, your old motherboard uses DDR2 RAM while your new one will require DDR3.

So you'll probably need to stay reasonably value-oriented. Something like an Asrock Z77 Extreme4 comes to mind.

Dioxideh

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That mobo's sounds great. its already reasonably lower than my original budget!

1 thing tho... what is the difference between the Asrock Z77 Extreme4 and the Asrock Z77 Extreme4-m
The -m one is cheaper from where looking(tweakers.net)
 
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