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Motherboard and CPU Upgrade

Nkjones
By Nkjones
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So I'm thinking of upgrading my PC to the Z97-G55 and i7 4790k, I'm trying to have a blue colour scheme so that board is perfect. All of my other hardware doesn't need changing, so just the Motherboard and CPU are changing.

My current specs:

Intel Core i5 2320 (3.0 GHZ)

AsRock H61M-U3S3 Motherboard

8GB Corsair Ram

Intel 520 Series 180GB SSD

Seagate 500GB Hard Drive

Samsung Blu-Ray Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti ACX FTW

500W Power Supply

2x Corsair AF140 Blue Led Fans

Corsair AF120 Blue Led Fan

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I'd rather get an i5 and get a better gpu

SuperNova: CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k @4.6 GPU: Sapphire R290 Tri-x @1200, @1350, MOBO: MSI Z87 G45 Gaming, RAM: 16Gb HyperX Fury White @1866, PSU: CORSAIR TX750M, CASE: Arc Midi R2, SSD: Kingston 120gb SSD, 
COOLING: H100i w/ 2x Nb eLoop 800rpm
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Yup, a i5 4690k will be better for you if are just going to games and some other works on this PC>

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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I recently upgraded to that GPU, so I'm definitely not going to change. I wanted to get the i7 purely for the 4Ghz stock speed.

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I recently upgraded to that GPU, so I'm definitely not going to change. I wanted to get the i7 purely for the 4Ghz stock speed.

That's I bet you wont really be able to utilized fully :P trust me, it's not worth it. If you have spare money just save it up for the next big update.

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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If you wnat it for the stock speed, buy a non k one, and a H97 board, if you are not overclocking of course

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I'll probably go for an i5 4690k then, but there is no H97 G55

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