Planned Upgrades (I have compatabilty conserns)

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

First off here my rig as it currently is:
CPU: i5 - 4670K 3.40GHZ (Overclocked to 4.2GHZ)
Ram: 16GB Cosiar Vegeneance
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 970 SC
PSU: Cosair CX750
Sound card: onboard + X-Fi soundblaster exteme
Motherboard: Asus Z-87-K
Boot drive: 500GB SDD - 850EVO
Second drive: 3TB 7200rpm
Third drive: 2TB 7200rpm
*-Adding a 1TB fast storage SSD as I had a old 256GB SSD I was using that died and I planned to increase to 500GB or 1TB anyway-
Optical drive 1: Pioneer - Blu-Ray DVD/RW+
Optical drive 2: Samsung super writemaster - DVD/RW+
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus

'Yes in a way I'm basically overhauling my once(or twice ;p) upgraded system' [If you're interested I'll post the specs of the machine when I originally bought it] it cost around £1200 as pre-built but customised system from scan about a year or 2 ago. I think 1 year and a half to be precise.

My planned upgrades:http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/v8H9cc

On pc part picker under 'Compatibility Notes' it says "-(?) Some Intel Z87 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs."
So before I go ahead and buy does the bios need updating for this CPU? http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz

This is very important as, if the bios needs updating to use this processor and I bought the motherboard and cpu I'd have to try to borrow(or buy) a cpu to work with it to update the bios to use the Motherboard CPU combo.
I guess an easier alternative might be picking a different mobo But I'm not quite sure, I don't quite know what to pick, especially that meets my needs. Also Hopefully choosing a different Motherboard that work wont give me and unwanted price hike.

[Murtaz]

Ok... first of would you want to stick with your processor?
 

[Murtaz]

If not you should buy a new motherboard allowing skylake cpu as the INtel core i5-6600k IS way better than the i7-4820k... and its cheaper

[Guest]

Your pcpartpicker link shows an x79 motherboard and cpu.

[Murtaz]

Yeah....

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

Just now, lee32uk said:

Your pcpartpicker link shows an x79 motherboard and cpu.

Yeah sorry I didn't Update/Save my pc part picker list properly fixed the link now, thanks.

[Guest]

Just now, gamingbuildenthusiast4651 said:

Yeah sorry I didn't Update/Save my pc part picker list properly fixed the link now, thanks.

Right ok. Anyhow you can update the bios on your current Asus Z87-K to whatever the latest version is, and then stick the i7 4790K in there.

[Evil E.]

First check your mobo's official website to see if there are any BIOS/UEFI updates available or not. Check the BIOS update notes to see if it supports the new CPU or not. (it is possible that your current BIOS/UEFI already supports the CPU, but that depends on the BIOS/UEFI version and when it was developed)

 

Installing the latest BIOS/UEFI will guarantee that the new CPU is supported (if the mobo is compatible with it, of course), but updating BIOS/UEFI can brick your system, so BIOS/UEFI updating is done at your own risk...

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

Right ok. Anyhow you can update the bios on your current Asus Z87-K to whatever the latest version is, and then stick the i7 4790K in there.

I know my current mobo is compatible but it's 'old' now and I had plans to recycle it into a build for a friend using my current cpu. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, gamingbuildenthusiast4651 said:

I know my current mobo is compatible but it's 'old' now and I had plans to recycle it into a build for a friend using my current cpu. 

In that case buy a Z97 board as they support the i7 4790K out of the box (Or buy Skylake)

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

7 minutes ago, Murtaz said:

If not you should buy a new motherboard allowing skylake cpu as the INtel core i5-6600k IS way better than the i7-4820k... and its cheaper

I don't want skylake or DRR4 ram, not yet anyway.

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

In that case buy a Z97 board as they support the i7 4790K out of the box.

Any recommendations?

[Guest]

Just now, gamingbuildenthusiast4651 said:

I don't want skylake or DRR4 ram, not yet anyway.

If you are buying a new board and cpu why not ? The price is more or less the same.

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

The are some caveats to Skylake I'd rather avoid and DDR4 for ram is more expensive. If and when I get a build with DDR4 Ram It will be 32GB-64GB at 2400mhz-3200mhz+ (I'm not sure how high it goes) That sort of money for 32GB of DDR4 at 2400mhz or higher I'd rather not pay for yet.

[Guest]

What are you doing that needs that much ram ?

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

What are you doing that needs that much ram ?

I have no idea but sometimes even at idle I can use 30% of my 16GB of Ram so 32GB is a worthy upgrade. (Ram usage is around 20% atm https://gyazo.com/9d0e24ce3d73287d87f8a5ea3f42560b) But all jokes aside other than gaming and multitasking I shall definitely benefit when Video editing/Rendering, VFX work and Photo Editing.

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

Anyway as I asked before any Z97 board recommendations?

[Guest]

You can only go with a max of 32GB Ram on Z97

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£317.35 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£28.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£101.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £566.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-07 23:59 BST+0100

 

 

Skylake with the same amount of Ram:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£28.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£102.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£142.76 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £567.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-08 00:01 BST+0100

[Guest]

X99 would be a better option if you are doing lots of video editing/rendering, but it will be more expensive. I guess it depends on your budget.

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

4 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

You can only go with a max of 32GB Ram on Z97

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£317.35 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£28.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£101.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £566.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-07 23:59 BST+0100

 

I need a Motherboard with at least 6 sata connections for drives.
I chose a AIO Liquid cooler for CPU so that is preferable.
Otherwise great job.

Also you recommend getting a new full set of 32GB rather than add another 16GB kit to my current? Well okay then. I guess I'll recycle my current 16GB.

[gamingbuildenthusiast4651]

I made a new revised list based on your suggestions.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QwfrvV
Any thoughts?

It's a little foreboding for me choosing  a Gigabyte motherboard as I had a bad experience a while back when CSGO was in beta and I was on the AMD platform.
It kept crashing and blue screening every time I tried to play the game after 2-3 Day or trying and troubleshooting the computer gave up the ghost and would not boot again, it even stopped posting. To this day it remains dead and drive-less in my shed.