Motherboard upgrade price and compatibility questions

[ricsaka]

Hello!
I want to upgrade my motherboard, and I'm wondering if the one that I've chosen is fully compatible with my system.

There are the specs:
Case: Thermaltake Urban S31
Video card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 Windforce 4Gb
CPU: Intel Core i5-3550
PSU: Gigabyte Superb 620 80+
RAM: Kingstone HyperX Blu 4gb + Kingstone HyperX Black 8Gb

Motherboard: Asus P8H61 R2.0 - and I want to change this to an Asus Z97-K
The price of the Z97-K is around 139USD in my country (I live in Hungary).
Is this motherboard good for this setup? My current motherboard is not fully compatible with my case, I can't plug in both fans and the USB3.0 ports.

Also, for this price is there a better option maybe?

Thanks for every help! (And sorry for the bad english.)

 

[Y0GI]

Your selected mobo is not compatible with your listed CPU. the i5 3550 is an Ivy Bridge lga 1155 socket and the mobo that you want to upgrade to is a Haswell LGA 1150 chip. You need to change one or the other.

Yogi

 

[spooky2th]

Here's some LGA 1155 motherboards that you can pick from.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%20600093976&IsNodeId=1&name=LGA%201155

EDIT:
If you are dead set on the Z97 board, then here's some CPU's to pick from.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%2050001157%20600436886&IsNodeId=1&name=LGA%201150

 

[ricsaka]

Oh Well, I really want this motherboard, or at least a Z97. But I can't change my COU at the moment, I don't have enough money for that

Thanks for the answers!

 

[Y0GI]

You're quite welcome.

Good luck with the update!

Yogi