Stupid Question about MOBO compatability

[hopesendsirus]

So I have an HP Omen 870-244 

GTX 1070

Intel I7 7700

16gb Ram

Etc.

 

I recently built my first PC (for my wife) and for some reason her computer just feels smoother and looks so much better. I want to upgrade mine, mainly for looks because spec wise it runs good. Not sure if changing Ram to a faster Ram speed and replacing MOBO will have any benefits for the high cost of replacing mobo, ram, case, power supply. Main reason is to make it look like a custom PC.

 

So my actual question can I use newer motherboards for my i7 7700? Something like the 370 or 390 boards. Will there be any performance benefit of replacing mobo and ram from proprietary hp mobo and ram. 

 

Thanks for anyone that may be able to help!

[Crunchy Dragon]

No, 300-series chipsets will only work with 8th and 9th Gen CPUs such as the 8700K and 9700K.

[Admiral Koba]

Z370/Z390 are 8th and 9th gen only (as mentioned - got beat to it!). The RAM may give you a performance benefit if you upgraded it either in capacity or clock speed. The board will likely not change much. 

 

I personally wouldn't invest in it for the looks alone - but if you did it may be worth selling your current system and starting from scratch instead. 

 

[WebPlayz]

20 minutes ago, hopesendsirus said:

So I have an HP Omen 870-244 

GTX 1070

Intel I7 7700

16gb Ram

Etc.

 

I recently built my first PC (for my wife) and for some reason her computer just feels smoother and looks so much better. I want to upgrade mine, mainly for looks because spec wise it runs good. Not sure if changing Ram to a faster Ram speed and replacing MOBO will have any benefits for the high cost of replacing mobo, ram, case, power supply. Main reason is to make it look like a custom PC.

 

So my actual question can I use newer motherboards for my i7 7700? Something like the 370 or 390 boards. Will there be any performance benefit of replacing mobo and ram from proprietary hp mobo and ram. 

 

Thanks for anyone that may be able to help!

If you wanted you could swap the mobo to a z270 and grab a 7700K to overclock but its better of just grabbing a z370 And a 8700K and overclocking everything.