Hi there, i've seen a lot of good advice around these forums, so figured i'd join to get some advice on my next upgrade. Over the past few years i've upgrades pieces here and there until my mobo and processor are the only old hardware in it, but from initial looking around, it almost sounds like there's been practically no advancement in processors and mine is better than most new ones I could buy, or at best is only a side-grade. But I am wanting a new mobo because it would be nice to have faster lan, some m.2 slots, and possibly faster ram. I'm not sure if there even are more up to date mobos for this socket, so that's my first major question, or if i'm stuck getting a new processor in order to get a more up to date mobo.
Here's what I'm running right now,
i7-3770k (OCed to 4.1GHZ)
MSI Z77 Extreme 4 Mobo
16 GB corsair vengance 1600 DDR 3
2 samsung 850 evo SSDs (250gb and 500gb)
MSI R9 290x gaming 4gb (OCed to 1080mhz) (will be replaced with a 580 if/when the damn bitcoin miners and price gougers stop destroying the prices on them. Were $219 when i first looked, now $700)
1. is there a newer mobo out there with this cpu socket?
2. RAM. I swore that board and chip could only run ddr 3 1600, but now i'm seeing listed DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066, would this be a wortwhile upgrade. (i'm not very knowledgable on ram being more of a dabbler than a hardcore builder)
3. Is the RAM speed i'd have access to if i upgraded to a newer cpu/mobo worth a newer processor that is going to probably perform about the same as the current
4. If this was your system what would you upgrade? (other than the obvious GPU that i have to wait for prices to normalize on)
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Like I said i'm a dabbler so not nearly as knowledgeable as most of the folks around here, every time i upgrade i feel like I have to relearn everything about hardware.
Here's what I'm running right now,
i7-3770k (OCed to 4.1GHZ)
MSI Z77 Extreme 4 Mobo
16 GB corsair vengance 1600 DDR 3
2 samsung 850 evo SSDs (250gb and 500gb)
MSI R9 290x gaming 4gb (OCed to 1080mhz) (will be replaced with a 580 if/when the damn bitcoin miners and price gougers stop destroying the prices on them. Were $219 when i first looked, now $700)
1. is there a newer mobo out there with this cpu socket?
2. RAM. I swore that board and chip could only run ddr 3 1600, but now i'm seeing listed DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066, would this be a wortwhile upgrade. (i'm not very knowledgable on ram being more of a dabbler than a hardcore builder)
3. Is the RAM speed i'd have access to if i upgraded to a newer cpu/mobo worth a newer processor that is going to probably perform about the same as the current
4. If this was your system what would you upgrade? (other than the obvious GPU that i have to wait for prices to normalize on)
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Like I said i'm a dabbler so not nearly as knowledgeable as most of the folks around here, every time i upgrade i feel like I have to relearn everything about hardware.