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Will/should I ever need to upgrade my motherboard?

I've recently built a custom PC (my first). When choosing/buying parts I opted to buy a cheaper motherboard than I originally intended. The one I went for is a "MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970A". The rest of my build is as follows:

CPU: AMD (piledriver) FX-6300

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X

RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz

PSU: EVGA 500W 80 plus

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda

DVD: Samsung DVD drive

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 (red LEDs)

Cooling is as follows:

1x stock corsair case fan (front intake)

1x Coolermaster JetFlo 120 (rear exhaust)

1x stock CPU cooler

1x stock GPU cooler

In the future I will most likely upgrade some parts, namely the GPU,RAM,coolers (both case and component) and possibly others. But will a motherboard upgrade be necessary within in the next year? (Preferably before I go to university this time next year. )

Thanks to everyone in advance,

Milo.

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I wouldn't upgrade unless it lacks compatibility for anything you need/ plan to use.

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you dont need to upgrade your motherboard, if it does what you want it to do then you're fine.

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