Upgrade Assistance Needed

[TradeMarkdKill]

Over the holiday season I am looking to upgrade my computer pretty drastically.

 

I am looking to use this motherboard: (I have this in storage)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131995

 

And apply this processor too it.:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116988&cm_re=i7-_-19-116-988-_-Product

 

And optionally I may use this graphics card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487076

 

Are any of these parts potentially imcompatable. From my research I have not found them to be but I know people here are incredibly insightful so I would like to assure my build will work.

 

I also have this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132337

 

I know the socket type wont work for the new processor with my old mobo but if you have a way to buiild into my currently installed mobo let me know.

 

Ill come back to ask more questions as I have them.

 

[KemoKa]

The first build is certainly very solid, but if you already have that motherboard (nice board, by the way) then I would spend some time looking for a 2600K online somewhere. If you overclock it, it will beat the 4790S handily in whatever you want it to do. Imo it's a better, cheaper way to go, but it depends on what you want to do. I don't see any problems with either option. But there's not a huge performance gain from going from Sandy Bridge to Haswell in the first place. You have the board, and a 2600K will handle the 970 perfectly well, so I would say do that.

 

Source: I have a 2600K. In a Z77 motherboard. It eats through everything I throw at it, even at 5GHz, which it hit with no effort.

[Spirit_Hunter]

Everything looks good to me, just make sure that you are using the right mobo when putting in your cpu. Also, if power consumption isn't an issue i'd go with a regular i7 4790 as opposed to the i7 4790S.

[TradeMarkdKill]

The first build is certainly very solid, but if you already have that motherboard (nice board, by the way) then I would spend some time looking for a 2600K online somewhere. If you overclock it, it will beat the 4790S handily in whatever you want it to do. Imo it's a better, cheaper way to go, but it depends on what you want to do. I don't see any problems with either option. But there's not a huge performance gain from going from Sandy Bridge to Haswell in the first place. You have the board, and a 2600K will handle the 970 perfectly well, so I would say do that.

 

Source: I have a 2600K. In a Z77 motherboard. It eats through everything I throw at it, even at 5GHz, which it hit with no effort.

right now im at a i5 2320 from an old alienware train wreck I made. But thanks for that recommendation. the only issue is the overclocking since ive never done that before and dont know if i can/find a place thats cost effective to do it.

[KemoKa]

right now im at a i5 2320 from an old alienware train wreck I made. But thanks for that recommendation. the only issue is the overclocking since ive never done that before and dont know if i can/find a place thats cost effective to do it.

It's easy enough. All it takes is time and patience.

[TradeMarkdKill]

It's easy enough. All it takes is time and patience.

ill be doing my research since my eta on order is a bit away so ill weight my options. other question is if you had to pick, which board of the two is stronger?

[KemoKa]

ill be doing my research since my eta on order is a bit away so ill weight my options. other question is if you had to pick, which board of the two is stronger?

The Z68 board certainly has much a much more robust power stage (because it's made for overclocking, but even without, it's a nice thing to have) and in my opinion, it has the H87 board beat in terms of IO. Tons of USB 2.0 connectivity, a few USB 3.0 ports, not more than you'd ever realistically need, and eSata just in case, which is nice.

The H87 does have PS/2 ports, but those aren't really that necessary anymore, especially because USB can emulate PS/2 with no problem. Other than that, I can't think of any point in which the H87 board wins other than PCIe 3.0, which doesn't matter that much - you're not going to be running SLI with it. If you were, you'd be getting a different system altogether.

[TradeMarkdKill]

The Z68 board certainly has much a much more robust power stage (because it's made for overclocking, but even without, it's a nice thing to have) and in my opinion, it has the H87 board beat in terms of IO. Tons of USB 2.0 connectivity, a few USB 3.0 ports, not more than you'd ever realistically need, and eSata just in case, which is nice.

The H87 does have PS/2 ports, but those aren't really that necessary anymore, especially because USB can emulate PS/2 with no problem. Other than that, I can't think of any point in which the H87 board wins other than PCIe 3.0, which doesn't matter that much - you're not going to be running SLI with it. If you were, you'd be getting a different system altogether.

Awesome. Thank you. ganna look into the other processor.