Motherboard for a i9 9900k, 64GB 3000mhz Ram + RTX3070

[Lundgreen]

Dear Forum

 

I need some help picking a motherboard.
My employer was about to throw out a i9 9900k, unbroken seal and everything. I realized it's better than my ryzen 5 3600. So I decided to upgrade a little.

 

I have Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3000C15 4x16GB [64 GB] RAM 3000 MHz

an RTX 3070 [don't remember the specs, but it's pretty standard in size and air cooling]

I have a large compatible liquid Kraken CPU Cooler and a 850w (silver rated?) power supply.

 

All I need is a motherboard which can fit it all. And I'm completely clueless, as it's an older CPU.

(A plus is if it has more than one m.2 NVMe slot) 

 

Kind regards
Patrick

 

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

You could just resell it, boards are ludicrously overpriced so unless you find a decent z370/390 at <100$ then dont bother and resell

[Lundgreen]

Thank you, but I'm not interested in selling. 
I play a lot of CPU - bound games, and the i9900k is a clear upgrade for me. 

The motherboards I've been looking at aren't expensive, I'm just not sure they fit with the rest of my components. 
 

[Lundgreen]

Would the: Asus TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming, be compatible?
And would I need to be sure which BIOS it's updated for?

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

21 minutes ago, Lundgreen said:

Would the: Asus TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming, be compatible?

Yup.

21 minutes ago, Lundgreen said:

And would I need to be sure which BIOS it's updated for?

Z390 launched with the 9900K. So even the initial BIOS should be compatible.

 

Edit:

That said, it's still probably best to sell the 9900K as new in box. You can get a good price for it. Then you can buy a CPU that's compatible with your existing board that is both better and cheaper than the 9900K, and pocket the difference. Like a 5600X.

[porina]

29 minutes ago, Lundgreen said:

Thank you, but I'm not interested in selling. 
I play a lot of CPU - bound games, and the i9900k is a clear upgrade for me. 

Without looking at pricing, I also think it is probably easier to sell the 9900k and later your 3600, and drop a 5800X into your existing system.

 

13 minutes ago, Lundgreen said:

Would the: Asus TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming, be compatible?
And would I need to be sure which BIOS it's updated for?

Look up the mobo page on Asus' web site. It should list which bios versions support which CPUs. I think Z390 was released the same time as Coffee Lake refresh CPUs (9th gen) so they should work without getting into a mess of needing to upgrade before using it. For that reason, avoid the Z370 which came out earlier and would have more complications in having a new enough bios.

[Lundgreen]

Thank you everyone, I think I know what to do.

 

Kind regards

Patrick

[Mick Naughty]

Asus Maximus XI Hero, they sell pretty cheap lately. 

Great board for me so far. Has all the fancy stuff I prefer in a board.