Does my Motherboard AsRock Z77 Pro 3 Slow down my new hardware ?

[yassine-beloud]

Bought my pc in 2013 and im looking for an upgrade from :
-Gtx 760 2gb to GTX 1060 6gb
-I5 3570K to I7 7700K
-8gb to 16 gb
- + 120 SSD
I did not look for a new mobo since i have no idea if the current motherboad (AsRock Z77 Pro 3 ) which I bought for around 80 Euros back then in 2013 will go with the new Hardware or rather slow it down / not work with it.
Thanks

 

[nitinvaid20]

1st of all you cant use the New 7th Gen CPU to your Old Board
New Motherboard for New CPU
You need to buy the New Motherboard and DDR4 Ram Also

 

[IInuyasha74]

Right, you will need a new motherboard. Your current motherboard uses DDR3 and LGA1155 socket CPUs. If you attempt to put the i7-7700K on that motherboard, the best you could hope for is nothing happens. It could fry the CPU and motherboard if you try.

You will need to buy a new motherboard and new RAM if you want to upgrade to the i7-7700K.

 

[yassine-beloud]

Right, you will need a new motherboard. Your current motherboard uses DDR3 and LGA1155 socket CPUs. If you attempt to put the i7-7700K on that motherboard, the best you could hope for is nothing happens. It could fry the CPU and motherboard if you try.

You will need to buy a new motherboard and new RAM if you want to upgrade to the i7-7700K.

Thanks dude, I read more about all this and just realized how Things changed since my first pc... damn Need to sell my kidney I guess.

 

[IInuyasha74]

No problem, glad to help.

If money is tight, you may want to stagger your upgrades. The CPU, motherboard and RAM all have to go together. If your current PSU is decent, you could upgrade all of those and continue to use your current storage devices and the GPU. I wouldn't recommend going for the i7-7700K though. Intel just released its Coffee Lake CPUs. Which means you could get a quad-core Core i3 for around $150 now, or a hexa-core Core i5 for around $200. The Core i3 wouldn't be faster than the i7-7700K, but the Core i5 should be in most scenarios. Either would be less expensive. You may have to wait a couple of weeks though, they are in short supply at the moment. Not sure they are out in Europe quite yet, but if not they are certainly worth waiting for.

Or you could go to AMD. The Ryzen CPUs are quite capable. Hyper-Threaded hexa-cores are around $220.

You could also start by upgrading everything else and just upgrade the CPU, motherboard and RAM later. Like the GPU and SSD wouldn't be bad upgrades.

 

[yassine-beloud]

No problem, glad to help.

If money is tight, you may want to stagger your upgrades. The CPU, motherboard and RAM all have to go together. If your current PSU is decent, you could upgrade all of those and continue to use your current storage devices and the GPU. I wouldn't recommend going for the i7-7700K though. Intel just released its Coffee Lake CPUs. Which means you could get a quad-core Core i3 for around $150 now, or a hexa-core Core i5 for around $200. The Core i3 wouldn't be faster than the i7-7700K, but the Core i5 should be in most scenarios. Either would be less expensive. You may have to wait a couple of weeks though, they are in short supply at the moment. Not sure they are out in Europe quite yet, but if not they are certainly worth waiting for.

Or you could go to AMD. The Ryzen CPUs are quite capable. Hyper-Threaded hexa-cores are around $220.

You could also start by upgrading everything else and just upgrade the CPU, motherboard and RAM later. Like the GPU and SSD wouldn't be bad upgrades.

Im actually going to buy a new pc ( used on eBay tho ), around 1400 Euro, and I hope with this huge Budget ( for me pesonally LUL ) will hold strong for the next 4-5 gaming years.
it has an I7 4790K
GTX 1080 Palit jetstream
2 TB HDD
500 SSD
Z97 Msi
16GB ram ( DDR3 tho.. but i dont think that bottleneck any of the cpu/gpu Performance )
750 Watt corsair and Bequiet CPU cooler.
What do you think

 

[IInuyasha74]

that PC on eBay is already outdated

Sure it has an i7, but it is from 2014. And yea it has a GTX 1080, but it is used. I'm not great with pricing in Europe, but $1400USD would be above new retail price for that hardware too. And Euros are worth more than USDs. By using your current storage, PSU, and case and buying a CPU, Mobo, RAM and GPU, you would get a better PC. It would be new, last longer, and probably less expensive. I'm sure where exactly you are in Europe, but if you are in Germany, this will work for you:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (€449.99 @ ARLT)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€144.84 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€143.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€165.70 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card (€531.84 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1435.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-13 04:36 CEST+0200


Just checked PCP in your area. It may not include a PSU, HDD, or case, but it is basically better in every way. The GPU is the same. The RAM is faster, and leaves you two open slots to upgrade the RAM better. The motherboard is newer and more feature rich. The CPU has 50% more cores, uses less power, runs cooler, and operates at higher speeds. The SSD is an NVMe SSD, which means it also operates much faster. You just will have to take the case and PSU from your old system.

Or if you want to cut costs a bit, you could go AMD, which would also be faster and newer than the used system linked above. Or you could go down to a Core i5, which will also have 50% more cores than the i7-4790K, and perform better.