Buying H97 Motherboard for 50 dollars.]

[Oberon.Smite]

Basically I have an oppurtunity to buy this board: http://www.microcenter.com/product/446620/H97M-Plus_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard?ob=1 for 50 dollars (open box).

 

Should I buy it for my upgrade? I'm planning on buying a 4690k very soon, so I though I might as well buy it now, while I've got the chance?

 

Also, should I wait for Skylake to buy my CPU?

 

[Clyne]

Not really worth it when a new Z87 board is only 20 dollars more......

It can OC a 4690K unlike that H97 board and has more features, plus it has USB flashback so you're set just in case BIOS doesn't detect the 4690K. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Oberon.Smite]

Not really worth it when a new Z87 board is only 20 dollars more......

It can OC a 4690K unlike that H97 board and has more features, plus it has USB flashback so you're set just in case BIOS doesn't detect the 4690K. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Oh ok thanks man.

 

Also, should I wait for Skylake?

[Clyne]

Oh ok thanks man.

 

Also, should I wait for Skylake?

You could get Haswell when Skylake comes out(maybe price drops) if Skylake seems like it hasn't had much of a performance increase over Haswell. 

[vSyNd1c4t3]

Basically I have an oppurtunity to buy this board: http://www.microcenter.com/product/446620/H97M-Plus_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard?ob=1 for 50 dollars (open box).

 

Should I buy it for my upgrade? I'm planning on buying a 4690k very soon, so I though I might as well buy it now, while I've got the chance?

 

Also, should I wait for Skylake to buy my CPU?

 

for $10 more he could get a good z97 board. Which is optimal for K chips like the 4690k.

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming3

 

Microcenter should price match.

[asusfan]

H-series if only you are using a non K cpu.

 

Z-series you can use a non K and a K cpu. invest in a Z series now then you wont have to do a board swap for a long time. 

and there is nothing wrong with getting a Z-series and putting a non K cpu in it, thats what i have and so i get all the features of a Z board and super fast memory speeds, good onboard sound, wifi etc and having a i7-4790 to me is better than a 4690k 

 

4790 = 4 cores, 8 threads

4690k = 4 cores 4 threads

 

4790 is also rated slightly better performance and uses less power. so a win win