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I have been running a i5-2500k for the last 2 years and it has been a great processor. However recently the motherboard (MSI Z68S-G43) has starting whining and acting odd with disconnecting drives. I was going to replace it with an Asrock Extreme4 Z77 motherboard and still might but I thought, would it be worth while upgrading to haswell (i5-4690k) instead of replacing an old motherboard?. What performance increase would there be if any? Is it worth spending the ~£260 instead of £90 for a new old Z77 motherboard?
Undying89
October 17, 2014 7:33:53 AM
IamTimTech said:
I assume Asus boards are available in the UK? I have always been of the opinion that Asus is better than Asrock, but I am sure many would disagree as Asrock has a large following as well.Long ago ASRock was the bargain brand of ASUS. They split off and still make budget parts, but of good quality. They also have their extreme series which is competitive with all the major brands.
IamTimTech
October 16, 2014 12:40:48 PM
haroldj97
October 16, 2014 12:19:43 PM
nick779
October 16, 2014 11:55:19 AM
IamTimTech
October 16, 2014 11:38:05 AM
LookItsRain said:
IamTimTech said:
Ok, that was my bad missing that. I would say given your setup, and your current 8GB just replace the motherboard, and the motherboard only. If he just replaces his mobo with a new one, the i5 2500k would not work...just keep what you have unless the problem is the hardware, ram speed does not affect gaming performance by very much at all.
His motherboard is failing. He wants to replace it with another board of the same chipset.....
He is asking if he should make the move to Haswell which would involve replacing his motherboard and the CPU. I recommended he simply replace his existing motherboard and leave it at that.
IamTimTech said:
Ok, that was my bad missing that. I would say given your setup, and your current 8GB just replace the motherboard, and the motherboard only. If he just replaces his mobo with a new one, the i5 2500k would not work...just keep what you have unless the problem is the hardware, ram speed does not affect gaming performance by very much at all.
IamTimTech
October 15, 2014 1:09:21 PM
haroldj97
October 15, 2014 12:53:44 PM
IamTimTech
October 15, 2014 12:13:11 PM
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