Upgrading Motherboard

[vaso.]

Hello everyone.
I got an Intel i5-14400F, planning to upgrade the motherboard which is a gigabyte h610 v2, any recommendations for what i can use?
planning one from ASUS preferably, thanks

[leclod]

May I ask why you want to upgrade ?

The 14400 ain't a difficult cpu, you won't see any improvement

Edited January 17 by leclod

[Dedayog]

6 minutes ago, vaso. said:

Hello everyone.
I got an Intel i5-14400F, planning to upgrade the motherboard which is a gigabyte h610 v2, any recommendations for what i can use?
planning one from ASUS preferably, thanks

In order to recommend an "upgrade" we need to know what you either find lacking on your current machine, or want more of on the new one.

 

[vaso.]

2 minutes ago, leclod said:

May I ask why you want to upgrade ?

The 14400 isn't a difficult

I definitely agree that it isn't, mentioned it just in case
About the motherboard upgrade, i am not sure what to get exactly, i got my PC two months ago so yeah i don't know much about upgrades 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, vaso. said:

I definitely agree that it isn't, mentioned it just in case
About the motherboard upgrade, i am not sure what to get exactly, i got my PC two months ago so yeah i don't know much about upgrades 

So you can't say why you need an upgrade, but just want one... for no reason?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-14400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($215.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z790 GAMING WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $374.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-17 14:38 EST-0500

[vaso.]

18 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

So you can't say why you need an upgrade, but just want one... for no reason?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-14400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($215.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z790 GAMING WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $374.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-17 14:38 EST-0500

`So you can't say why you need an upgrade, but just want one... for no reason?`

I was just about to reply to you about your post lacking the upgrade but i'll do it here 

I've seen the features on ASUS motherboards and it looks to me better, BIOS look is easier to understand since i used to have a laptop with an ASUS motherboard, also XMP doesn't work on my motherboard, my ram is at 4800 while its a 6000
EDIT: my bad for saying “doesn’t work”, its actually clocked at 4800 

[jaslion]

22 minutes ago, vaso. said:

ve seen the features on ASUS motherboards and it looks to me better, BIOS look is easier to understand since i used to have a laptop with an ASUS motherboard, also XMP doesn't work on m

A bios is basically a one time use thing. Just srt it and forget it. Swapping a board is just rebuilding a pc basically again.

 

Also asus laptop bioses and desktops are VERY different. 

 

Sounds like just taking 10m to look up how to set xmp properly would help.

[vaso.]

9 minutes ago, jaslion said:

A bios is basically a one time use thing. Just srt it and forget it. Swapping a board is just rebuilding a pc basically again.

 

Also asus laptop bioses and desktops are VERY different. 

 

Sounds like just taking 10m to look up how to set xmp properly would help.

Thanks for the response.

 

i see then, thanks for clarifying about the BIOS part!

also about the XMP part, the motherboard im using even with xmp its max is 4800 still

[leclod]

56 minutes ago, vaso. said:

also about the XMP part, the motherboard im using even with xmp its max is 4800 still

As far as I know when XMP is set, if it doesn't work then the system doesn't boot or is unstable,

You saying "max is 4800" makes me think you did something wrong,

Try to update the bios

Or is the chipset H610 limited to 4800 ? similar boards from other manuf seem to show otherwise...

Edited January 17 by leclod

[vaso.]

24 minutes ago, leclod said:

As far as I know when XMP is set, if it doesn't work then the system doesn't boot or is unstable,

You saying "max is 4800" makes me think you did something wrong,

Try to update the bios

Or is the chipset H610 limited to 4800 ? similar boards from other manuf seem to show otherwise...

Yeah after checking max is 4800 for the H610

[Blue4130]

3 hours ago, vaso. said:

Hello everyone.
I got an Intel i5-14400F, planning to upgrade the motherboard which is a gigabyte h610 v2, any recommendations for what i can use?
planning one from ASUS preferably, thanks

I assume that you are talking about the K version with DDR5 and not the H version with DDR4?

 

Their naming scheme is an absolute mess, you will need to be more specific with which board you have.

[Poinkachu]

4 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

I assume that you are talking about the K version with DDR5 and not the H version with DDR4?

 

Their naming scheme is an absolute mess, you will need to be more specific with which board you have.

Probably : 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/H610M-H-V2-rev-10/sp 

 

 

Memory limit same with K ver.

 

@vaso.

I agree with what others have said, BIOS is rarely accessed for most users.
In fact I daresay that the one accessing it often is people doing troubleshooting, or extreme overclocking.

 

I'd say just pick the cheapest motherboard that supports your other parts (CPU, RAM, Drives), unless there is some features that you need / want for some reason.

Example : Minimum 6x USB Type-A rear I/O, etc.

Unless it's a "budget doesnt really matter I want the flair" thing.

But yeah, no matter which, we still need a budget to find you one, so let people know your budget.

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Also, its good to also give people your ram details.

Like which model and model number, so people can actually check some stuffs related to it.

[Blue4130]

16 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Probably : 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/H610M-H-V2-rev-10/sp 

 

 

Memory limit same with K ver.

 

@vaso.

I agree with what others have said, BIOS is rarely accessed for most users.
In fact I daresay that the one accessing it often is people doing troubleshooting, or extreme overclocking.

 

I'd say just pick the cheapest motherboard that supports your other parts (CPU, RAM, Drives), unless there is some features that you need / want for some reason.

Example : Minimum 6x USB Type-A rear I/O, etc.

Unless it's a "budget doesnt really matter I want the flair" thing.

But yeah, no matter which, we still need a budget to find you one, so let people know your budget.

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Also, its good to also give people your ram details.

Like which model and model number, so people can actually check some stuffs related to it.

The thing that got me was that he said that he was limited to 4800. The board that you posted goes to 5600. 

[Poinkachu]

11 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

The thing that got me was that he said that he was limited to 4800. The board that you posted goes to 5600. 

Ikr.

 

Hence why I asked OP to give his memory model number, just in case.
 

[vaso.]

5 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

I assume that you are talking about the K version with DDR5 and not the H version with DDR4?

 

Their naming scheme is an absolute mess, you will need to be more specific with which board you have.

What?, im pretty sure it’s a Gigabyte H610 V2, i’ll check again when im able to and give response to this, and im using DDR5

[vaso.]

1 hour ago, Poinkachu said:

Probably : 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/H610M-H-V2-rev-10/sp 

 

 

Memory limit same with K ver.

 

@vaso.

I agree with what others have said, BIOS is rarely accessed for most users.
In fact I daresay that the one accessing it often is people doing troubleshooting, or extreme overclocking.

 

I'd say just pick the cheapest motherboard that supports your other parts (CPU, RAM, Drives), unless there is some features that you need / want for some reason.

Example : Minimum 6x USB Type-A rear I/O, etc.

Unless it's a "budget doesnt really matter I want the flair" thing.

But yeah, no matter which, we still need a budget to find you one, so let people know your budget.

-------

Also, its good to also give people your ram details.

Like which model and model number, so people can actually check some stuffs related to it.

As you said, i got no budget.

[leclod]

4 hours ago, vaso. said:

As you said, i got no budget.

You don't understand, your motherboard is fine,

It should at least push your Ram to 5600,

Update your bios, get smarter

(and even if you can't do it, changing motherboard won't change performance much)

Edited January 18 by leclod

[vaso.]

47 minutes ago, leclod said:

You don't understand, your motherboard is fine,

It should at least push your Ram to 5600,

Update your bios, get smarter

(and even if you can't do it, changing motherboard won't change performance much)

“And even if you can’t do it”

man wth

 

anyways on a serious note, thanks everyone for the help!, i appreciate it deeply

[Blue4130]

10 minutes ago, vaso. said:

“And even if you can’t do it”

man wth

 

anyways on a serious note, thanks everyone for the help!, i appreciate it deeply

The help isn't finished. I am sure we can help you get your ram to proper speeds. What ram is it specifically?