Do i need a new Motherboard + processor

Oddney

Oddney

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Specs first

Motherboard--Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Processor-----Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
Ram----------Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
GPU----------Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC Graphics Card (4GB,)
SSD----------Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive
Moniters------Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED
PSU----------OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
Cooler--------Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Case---------Corsair CC-9011048-WW Carbide Series Air 540



just wondering if its worth upgrading my motherboard ram and processor
i think the motherboard is abit dated as i got it back in 14 Oct, 2011

i have upgraded a few things, not long ago SSD gpu cooler and case

if yes can a few of you help me choose

for the 3 i can go around £500 if needed that is..

thank you
 
What stulid said, just overclock if you need more power maybe grab a 2600k/2700k off the MM, not really worth going Haswell I believe the difference might be 10% which is not worth £500.
 
What Stulid said.

Haswell is slightly quicker for the same clock speed, but it's nothing worthwhile upgrading for. You'd get similar performance increases with a overclock or tweaks elsewhere in your system for far less money.
 
:( ok tryed that and i get this

SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

then my computer goes into auto repair

any ideas ?
 
Is that all you adjusted? did you try all the same other settings such as LLC and Vcore etc?
 
i did yes set them all as stated then got that error had to reset to safe setting to get it back

its set at 40x now...
 
No You don't need to do anything with the memory because you are only changing the CPU clock speed, not the bus speed. Well unless you want to but 1600MHz is fine.

By guess is to check the Turbo boost tech is disabled and up the vcore voltage very slightly in small increments.to 1.3v ~ 1.35v..
 
not 100% i done them all right :P


i wrote it down quickly
shall i try again this time i can get my tablet and follow it to the letter !
 
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