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2500k - upgrade or not

Morg

Morg

Morg

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Hello,

I'm not sure if all the PCI lanes are working on my motherboard. In this case would it be just replacing the motherboard and keeping the 2500k or is Haswell a leap worth taking, here's current specs:

i2500k at 4.3
16 gb ram
GA-Z68-XP-UD4
7950 (and another 7950 which makes me wonder if the lane isn't working properly)

Which motherboard would you suggest? or motherboard cpu in the case of Haswell?

Thanks
 
I still have a 2500k @ 4.5, I've heard haswell don't clock so great I'm not going to bother upgrading unless Skylake has something to offer. (DDR4 Ram sounds tasty though)
 
Wouldn't it be better to actually diagnose what the problem is first before buying new components?

For all we know, it could be a driver issue or hardware fault with the graphics cards and nothing to do with the motherboard.
 
Hey, thanks for the suggestions, fixed everything by installing 8.1 so think it was driver related. Did manage the crossfire bridge and bios, would have been embarrassing to confirm that was the problem. I'd tested both gpus separately which I should have mentioned. Anyway clicked the cpu to 4.5 and everything is fine, so will be going with cybercrow's suggestion. Probably hang on until there's the same leap as there was from the q6600 to the 2500k
 
Hold the 2500K for a year at least, and maybe try to overclock it a bit by spending some money on a H100.

Next year going to be a whole new socket with new CPUs that aren't compatible with the current stuff.

Only if you plan to buy a 4930K, overclock it and hold to it for 3-5 years will make sense. And still only if you plan to use that kind of CPU.
 
Morg said:
Hey, thanks for the suggestions, fixed everything by installing 8.1 so think it was driver related. Did manage the crossfire bridge and bios, would have been embarrassing to confirm that was the problem. I'd tested both gpus separately which I should have mentioned. Anyway clicked the cpu to 4.5 and everything is fine, so will be going with cybercrow's suggestion. Probably hang on until there's the same leap as there was from the q6600 to the 2500k
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You know it makes sense :D

Could all ways push your 2500K abit further aswell i knocked mine up 4ghz today every thing running sweet as a nut ;)
 
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