z77 Chipset on a i2400K ? or stick with a z68

[xenoscion]

I have a question for you all, I have a Intel i5 2500K. Its a great chip but, my motherboard is dying a slow death. I want to replace it but don't have the money to replace both and I don't see much benefit as far as performance unless I spent allot of money on a new chip. So to help in the future when I do get a chip that can support a z77 I'll be good to go.

I am not sure exactly what I will loose or gain but, my other option is to pick up a z68 mobo and then switch down the road to a 1150 or a 2011 Motherboard and CPU ?

Any help would be appreciated as am looking to do this quickly.

Brandon

 

[AkumaX]

do you o/c?

just get another z68 (unless you can get a z77 at the same price)

most likely you wouldn't change your cpu to a 3xxx (Ivy) CPU, you'd be better off going to Haswell or Broadwell (?) or wait for 5xxx CPU

btw its 2500k

 

[Jimzz]

If you can get the Z77 for the same price or not much more then do that. But if the z68 is a lot cheaper then that will work.

 

[xenoscion]

Sorry it is the 2500K So this thing is doing some weird stuff, I found out that one sata port is bad, Which sucks that took out a drives data.

My Setup is this:

Corsair HX750

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100351VXSR Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB

4xG.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3

Carbide-series-500r-white-mid-tower-case

Hydro-series-h60

GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (rev. 1.0)

1x Xfi Fatality first gen Sound card.

4 3tb Drives
1 Raptor
1 Intel SSD

6 Fans counting the one on the cooler.

The PSU I assume is good its new and I think overkill. So far I have lost my front USB 3.0 Connections as well.

The Rear USB connections are odd I plug in my razer naga and logitech G510 and if there in a 2.0 port they wont power it. The keyboard flashed on and off. However it does work in the bios so its a software issue.

Am sitting at idle 32-34c in a cold room. Overclocked to 3.8 GHZ. GPU is stock at the moment.

I updated to the UEFI BIOS / then downgraded however forgot to flash my secondary bios so it reverted. Its doesn't matter as either one I have issues with. So this is what am looking at, I have a lot of issues with ASUS in the past so am staying away from them. MSI I have never used. These are all in the same price range as a z68. I like the MSI for the reason I can pull the xfi out and fit another Vapor-X in the case. What do you all think ? I really appreciate the help.

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

or
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H

 

[xenoscion]

Oh one more thing is I would like to hit at least 4 Ghz with my CPU.

 

[schmuckley]

idk..maybe you could use the 125 strap on z77? I'm not certain, though.
I'd get some used motherboard that will run your chip..anything, really.p67-z77
and save for 2011 setup
Even the AsRock Pros.. (which i hate cuz i blew one up) are OK for up to 4.4-5Ghz

 

[AkumaX]

Sorry it is the 2500K So this thing is doing some weird stuff, I found out that one sata port is bad, Which sucks that took out a drives data.

My Setup is this:

Corsair HX750

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100351VXSR Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB

4xG.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3

Carbide-series-500r-white-mid-tower-case

Hydro-series-h60

GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (rev. 1.0)

1x Xfi Fatality first gen Sound card.

4 3tb Drives
1 Raptor
1 Intel SSD

6 Fans counting the one on the cooler.

The PSU I assume is good its new and I think overkill. So far I have lost my front USB 3.0 Connections as well.

The Rear USB connections are odd I plug in my razer naga and logitech G510 and if there in a 2.0 port they wont power it. The keyboard flashed on and off. However it does work in the bios so its a software issue.

Am sitting at idle 32-34c in a cold room. Overclocked to 3.8 GHZ. GPU is stock at the moment.

I updated to the UEFI BIOS / then downgraded however forgot to flash my secondary bios so it reverted. Its doesn't matter as either one I have issues with. So this is what am looking at, I have a lot of issues with ASUS in the past so am staying away from them. MSI I have never used. These are all in the same price range as a z68. I like the MSI for the reason I can pull the xfi out and fit another Vapor-X in the case. What do you all think ? I really appreciate the help.

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

or
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H

Z87 = LGA1150, you plug your 2500K (1156) in and everything goes BOOM!

 

[xenoscion]

Z87 = LGA1150, you plug your 2500K (1156) in and everything goes BOOM!

Am a tard the 1155 version:

MSI Z77A-G43 Gaming LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI

Also whats a strap ?

 

[xenoscion]

One thing thats odd about this psu is the fans don't spin tell it needs it. Is that good for over clocking ? I wonder if thats why my temps seem high I just ran 3DMark Adv 11 on the default performance settings and 3.8 core clock/default gnu clock and scored a P7967. Is that even good ? Am surprised it didn't crash am gonna run PCMark next so we will see....

 

[xenoscion]

One thing thats odd about this psu is the fans don't spin tell it needs it. Is that good for over clocking ? I wonder if thats why my temps seem high I just ran 3DMark Adv 11 on the default performance settings and 3.8 core clock/default gnu clock and scored a P7967. Is that even good ? Am surprised it didn't crash am gonna run PCMark next so we will see....

Sorry for so many posts, so am able to over clock this thing to 4.2, and GPU at 1100 so my score is now P9383. Is that a good sign or is it dangerous to OC a chip on a mobo i think is giving up the ghost ?

 

[AkumaX]

Am a tard the 1155 version:

MSI Z77A-G43 Gaming LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI

Also whats a strap ?

The Z77 G45 is on sale for $60 AR, get that one!