Upgrade

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 10:57

If I change my motherboard and CPU to an Intel 1150 based platform, will I need to change any thing else in my system? I'm going to purchase a Z97 board and the Intel Pentium G3258. I will upgrade the CPU to an i5 4690K at some point in the future. I have listed my current system below.

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition @ 3.7GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 12GB @ 1600MHz
GPU: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB OC Edition
HDD: 500GB Seagate Pipeline
PSU: Cooler Master GM 650w

I know the Intel Pentium G3258 only supports 1333MHz memory and my current stuff is 1600MHz. That can be changed to run at 1333MHz in the BIOS, if I'm correct?

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 10:58

The board/chipset determines the RAM more so.

So Z97 you should be bale to get RAM running at 1600Mhz.

You havent had this system for that long if memory serves me right? whats wrong with it as I know you were on a budget at the time.

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 11:14

stulid said:
The board/chipset determines the RAM more so.

So Z97 you should be bale to get RAM running at 1600Mhz.

You havent had this system for that long if memory serves me right? whats wrong with it as I know you were on a budget at the time.

I should have listened to you in the first place when you recommend the G3258 for my budget build. That's life and we must all learn from our mistakes

I've got no upgrade path on the FM2+ socket. I can upgrade to an i5 or i7 in the future with an 1150 socket.

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 11:18

Yes with *9 chipset (H97 or Z97) you can also put Broadwell into it but not Skylake which comes soon after as thats a new chipset and socket.

So you are thinking about the PentiumK and a Z97P-D3 (cheapest Z97 in stock)?

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 11:26

stulid said:
Yes with *9 chipset (H97 or Z97) you can also put Broadwell into it but not Skylake which comes soon after as thats a new chipset and socket.

So you are thinking about the PentiumK and a Z97P-D3 (cheapest Z97 in stock)?

No. I've thought about the ASUS Z97-K and the ASUS Z97 Pro Gamer.

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 11:27

The Pro gamer is the one ASUS board i've always admired. looks right with the black and red touches, does SLI/Crossfire (so 8X/8X).

I see your Athlon is overclocked, so I guess you have a aftermarket heatsink?

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 12:30

stulid said:
The Pro gamer is the one ASUS board i've always admired. looks right with the black and red touches, does SLI/Crossfire (so 8X/8X).

I see your Athlon is overclocked, so I guess you have a aftermarket heatsink?

My Athlon isn't overclocked. That is just the speed it reads in system info.

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 12:35

Didnt even look at the specs for the chips, looked like a high Mhz so just assumed

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 12:38

stulid said:
Didnt even look at the specs for the chips, looked like a high Mhz so just assumed

I still don't know how to overclock. Is it the same process for AMD and Intel?

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 12:45

It has an unlocked multiplier, so you just increase that till it fails, then maybe start adding Vcore and setting the load line calibration to max/turbo/extreme.

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 13:16

stulid said:
It has an unlocked multiplier, so you just increase that till it fails, then maybe start adding Vcore and setting the load line calibration to max/turbo/extreme.

I'm going to find an online tutorial because all of that just went right over my head lol

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 13:30

http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/amd-trinity-overclocking-guide-on.html

Same principle for your chip.

passey89 · 9 May 2015 at 14:24

ive got the Asus Z97 Pro Gamer after a stulid recomendation and I do have to save its bloody amazing. Higher overclocks than my old Z87 and cooler plus the red light around the sound card parts looks ace.

nice spacing between cards as well for crossfire 3 gap instead of 2

Doogles · 9 May 2015 at 14:55

For now wouldn't you be best just buying a FX-6 or 8 series and putting in for £100? You'd get more power than a pentium + higher resale value.

stulid · 9 May 2015 at 14:58

But that means a change of board, Athlon and APUs use FM2 and FX 6300 etc are AM3+

BennettWHU · 9 May 2015 at 15:24

Doogles said:
For now wouldn't you be best just buying a FX-6 or 8 series and putting in for £100? You'd get more power than a pentium + higher resale value.

That would mean buying an AM3+ motherboard. I want to switch to Intel so there isn't much point using an FX chip.