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I don't think it's worth upgrading to a newer generation yet so I would get this motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293&cm_re=lga1155-_-13-157-293-_-Product

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Hello,

 

I bought a second gtx 970 but my motherboard is a micro atx (p8z77m-pro) and the cards too close to each other. I would like to buy a new mobo that has more space, but I have a i7 3770k and there are very few mobos with an lga 1155 socket. I found this one, on newegg, but I am not sure if it supports sli. 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304&cm_re=z75-_-13-157-304-_-Product

 

Also do you think that it is worth upgrading my cpu to haswell or skylake? I mainly game on my pc. I don't do any kind of video editing. At the end of the day, I can afford to upgrade it, but if this cpu is still okay for the next 2-3 years I would rather keep it. 

 

Thank you for your answers. 

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Hello,

 

I bought a second gtx 970 but my motherboard is a micro atx (p8z77m-pro) and the cards too close to each other. I would like to buy a new mobo that has more space, but I have a i7 3770k and there are very few mobos with an lga 1155 socket. I found this one, on newegg, but I am not sure if it supports sli. 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304&cm_re=z75-_-13-157-304-_-Product

 

Also do you think that it is worth upgrading my cpu to haswell or skylake? I mainly game on my pc. I don't do any kind of video editing. At the end of the day, I can afford to upgrade it, but if this cpu is still okay for the next 2-3 years I would rather keep it. 

 

Thank you for your answers. 

1. I don't think the motherboard supports SLI since it is not listed in the supported features.

2.Keep that CPU, it is still good today. My friend has an i7 2600 and it is gaming fine.

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1. I don't think the motherboard supports SLI since it is not listed in the supported features.

2.Keep that CPU, it is still good today. My friend has an i7 2600 and it is gaming fine.

Yes that why I am also asking because it list crossfire but not sli. Thank you for the advice on the cpu. 

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It does not support SLI. Nvidia requires you to use PCIe of x8 or greater.

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kk thanks. I ll try to find another board, but since it is an older cpu socket I can t find many models. The only ones that support sli are around 200$. I find it very expensive for a board that is almost 4 years old.

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Sorry. The board does not support SLI. The top slot is PCIe 3.0 x16, which is fine. However, the second PCIe slot is wired for x4 only. NVIDIA requires that PCIe slots at least be x8 regardless of generation. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z75%20Pro3/?cat=Specifications

 

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So do you guys think that I should pay 200+ for an lga1155 board or should I just upgrade to haswell or skylake? I know that it would cost me another 300-400$ more, but I really feel like its a rip-off to buy such an old board at such a high price. 

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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293&cm_re=lga1155-_-13-157-293-_-Product 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121606&cm_re=lga1155-_-13-121-606-_-Product

 

http://www.amazon.ca/ASRock-Intel-Z77-Motherboard-EXTREME3/dp/B0096WJ27K/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1439163045&sr=8-14&keywords=lga1155

 

These are the only atx mobos that I have found an that have an lga1155 and support sli.

 

Do you think I should buy one of them or just as I stated above upgrade to a newer generation.

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I don't think it's worth upgrading to a newer generation yet so I would get this motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293&cm_re=lga1155-_-13-157-293-_-Product

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