Help needed forced upgrade!

[falconswrath]

First my old specs
CPU
I72600k
Motherboard
Ashe p8p67-pro Rev3
RAM
8gb ripjaw 1600mhz
GPU
Hd6950 2gb
Psu
850w evga

Problem is my mobo and chip have died, so I want to upgrade to the
i7 4790k think this is a good replacement for the 2600k but can't decide which mobo would be best, I want to be able to oc fairly simpily so was looking at another Asus but would also like to have room to upgrade my gpu into some sort of sli/crossfire setup later on, could someone please tell me which is the cheapest asus mobo I should be looking for? I use ebuyer so if you could find the board on there then post the link to it I would be very greatfull.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

A lot of guys say the i5 is good for gaming also, so if you want to save some money, might be worth a look. How do you know the 2600k died? I worked on a system a while back where the board died but cpu lived, so you might be able to get a board and get that chip to run again if you wanted to save money.

 

[geofelt]

Most any Z97 based motherboard with two pcie x16 slots will do the job.
One from asus might be the Asus Z97-PRO GAMER
http://www.ebuyer.com/696301-asus-z97-pro-gamer-socket-1150-vga-dvi-hdmi-8-channel-hd-audio-atx-z97-pro-gamer

I think this is the least expensive from asus.
The key for you to look for is a Z97 chipset and two X16 slots capable of x8/x8 to enable sli.

My upgrade plan is to use a single strong card so you could save some there with a lesser motherboard.
'A GTX980 is capable of superior gaming on any single monitor short of a 4k monitor

 

[falconswrath]

Chip is definitely dead ( tried it in a clone of the same system I built a while back) and as for the i5 that's only a slight improvement over the 2600k where as the newer i7 will have a longer life and give a higher performance boost not that that's important right now but later on when I up the gpu I will c a better gain- just can't decide which board has the best bang for its buck.

A lot of guys say the i5 is good for gaming also, so if you want to save some money, might be worth a look. How do you know the 2600k died? I worked on a system a while back where the board died but cpu lived, so you might be able to get a board and get that chip to run again if you wanted to save money.