Posted January 5, 2017 I am getting a gtx 1070 soon and wondering if i should get a new motherboard at the same time. Would it increase my preformance? Im getting this 1070: http://www.frys.com/product/8941533 Should i get this motherboard?: http://www.frys.com/product/8363957 My specs Cpu: Intel Core I5 4430 MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro Cpu: Intel Core I5 4430 MotherBoard: Gigabyte Micro ATX Ram: Kingston HyperX 8GB Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB Gpu: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Super Clocked Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Power Supply: Corsair 500w 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Mosular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 No, motherboards have no impact on performance. Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. PSU Tier List My specs Spoiler PC: CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2 Peripherals Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns Mouse: Logitech G502 Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 a new motherboard won't improve performance at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 No, motherboards don't impact performance. But you should look at upgrading your CPU, it'll bottleneck that 1070 quite badly. Personal build > New-ish AMD main gaming setup PLEASE QUOTE OR @ ME FOR A RESPONSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 if you can try to get a 4770k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said: if you can try to get a 4770k. why not a 4790k Personal build > New-ish AMD main gaming setup PLEASE QUOTE OR @ ME FOR A RESPONSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said: No, motherboards don't impact performance. But you should look at upgrading your CPU, it'll bottleneck that 1070 quite badly. No it won't bottleneck that cpu quite badly, it really depends on which he plays. In most case it won't. You might want to get SSD. Magical Pineapples
