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re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:40 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:40 am to ILikeLSUToo
How would I go about upgrading my CPU in the future? Would I have to get a completely new motherboard or would I be able to just switch the old one out with the new?
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Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:43 am to Henry Jones Jr
You can switch the old with the new as long as the mb supports it
Posted on 8/4/14 at 1:25 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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How would I go about upgrading my CPU in the future? Would I have to get a completely new motherboard or would I be able to just switch the old one out with the new?
If you're going with the i5-4690K, by the time any upgrade would be worthwhile/noticeable, socket 1150 will have long been EOL. Intel switches sockets on its mainstream platform every 2 years, and 1150 has been around for a year. The next CPU we'll see on that socket is Broadwell. At that point, you could spend $300-350 on the i7 and flash your mobo bios to support it if necessary, but you won't see a worthwhile performance boost in gaming. It would just be an upgrade for the hell of it. My upgrade pattern has generally been to upgrade with the succession of each socket, which is still far too often but obviously I'm not doing it out of necessity (unless you count crippling addiction as justification).
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