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buying a z97 motherboard in 2015, is it worth it?

Depends. If you already have your CPU and RAM, yeah, it is.

 

If you don't, however, getting a z170 + i5 6400 / 6500 + ddr4 will cost roughly the same, but will offer more performance and a better upgrade path.

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buying a z97 motherboard in 2015, is it worth it?

 

My Build:
 CPU - i7-4790k @ 4.7ghz (overclocked) at 1.328v
 Ram - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (overclocked)
 Motherboard - Asus Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Maximus VII Hero
 Cpu Cooler - Corsair H100i GTX Liquid cooler, Noctua NH-D15 Air cooler
 Case - Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5
 PSU - Corsair Rm1000 Gold Certified
 SSD - Samsung 850pro 256GB SSD
 HDD - 1x WD Black 4TB/256mb cache, 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
 GPU - Zotac Gtx 1080Ti Amp! Extreme! edition
 Keyboard - HyperX Alloy mechanical_Cherry-MX RED (main) , Asus Cerberus (secondary)
 Mouse - Logitech G403 Prodigy (Main) , Razer Deathadder 2013(secondary), Logitech m235 wireless mouse (secondary)
 Mouse pad - Razer Gigantus (Main) CM-Storm Swift-RX (secondary), Steelseries Qck (secondary)
 Mic - Blue Snowball ICE
 Headphones - HyperX Cloud Core
 Monitor - Acer Predator XB271HU 2560x1440 144hz Gsync (Main), Dell S2216H 1920x1080 60hz (secondary)

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If you plan to overclock, yes.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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I mean they came out in 2014... yeah. you're fine. Haswell is here for the long haul... 

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Sure, why not? (Even though if you're buying it now, consider it 2016)

 

I still consider Haswell being better for the money performance-wise than Broadwell or Skylake.

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Absolutely, now is the perfect time to buy Haswell as the prices are lower than they have been and supply hasn't driven the price up yet.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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will it be upgradable in future??

My Build:
 CPU - i7-4790k @ 4.7ghz (overclocked) at 1.328v
 Ram - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (overclocked)
 Motherboard - Asus Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Maximus VII Hero
 Cpu Cooler - Corsair H100i GTX Liquid cooler, Noctua NH-D15 Air cooler
 Case - Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5
 PSU - Corsair Rm1000 Gold Certified
 SSD - Samsung 850pro 256GB SSD
 HDD - 1x WD Black 4TB/256mb cache, 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
 GPU - Zotac Gtx 1080Ti Amp! Extreme! edition
 Keyboard - HyperX Alloy mechanical_Cherry-MX RED (main) , Asus Cerberus (secondary)
 Mouse - Logitech G403 Prodigy (Main) , Razer Deathadder 2013(secondary), Logitech m235 wireless mouse (secondary)
 Mouse pad - Razer Gigantus (Main) CM-Storm Swift-RX (secondary), Steelseries Qck (secondary)
 Mic - Blue Snowball ICE
 Headphones - HyperX Cloud Core
 Monitor - Acer Predator XB271HU 2560x1440 144hz Gsync (Main), Dell S2216H 1920x1080 60hz (secondary)

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will it be upgradable in future??

 

Well if broadwell chips are more avaliable, yes. However, I don't see that happening. And performance, a 4790k is better than a 5775c. 

Only when thermals are an issue (TINY itx case) is when a 5775c may be better (ie my hadron air).

 

If you get an i5 or lower you can absolutely upgrade to a 4790k 

Silverstone FT-05: 8 Broadwell Xeon (6900k soon), Asus X99 A, Asus GTX 1070, 1tb Samsung 850 pro, NH-D15

 

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buying a z97 motherboard in 2015, is it worth it?

Depends. If you already have your CPU and RAM, yeah, it is.

 

If you don't, however, getting a z170 + i5 6400 / 6500 + ddr4 will cost roughly the same, but will offer more performance and a better upgrade path.

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