Help with asus P9X79LE board

[zronankrugh]

Hey all. I have acquired a brand new Asus P9 X79 LE motherboard from a boss when he heard I was looking to upgrade.(his build got scrapped) Seems like this is a good board but only thing is its dated since it was released quite a few years ago.

Anyways.. I just want some input on what i7 CPU would be good for video editing(premiere pro) in combination with this motherboard.

I currently have a i5-4690k with a MSI ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1150 Motherboard and it does okay with editing. I will be using my current GPU a 980 acx which is more than enough for my gaming needs.

I appreciate the input, I have no idea what is compatible with this board reason I'm asking. Or even if it's even worth upgrading to this board.

Thanks!

 

[jojesa]

Even though the Asus P9 X79 LE might be dated it does support 6 cores 12 threads i7 CPU like the i7-4930K.
It also supports support 8 cores 16 threads Xeons like the E5-2690, which is very good for heavy threaded apps.
I would only go with the Asus P9 X79 LE if I could get a really good deal on the rest of the components.
If it's going to cost close to what would cost to build a new system, then is not a good deal.

 

[Calvin7]

CPU Support List
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P9X79_LE/HelpDesk_CPU/

(also includes BIOS version required)

 

[zronankrugh]

Even though the Asus P9 X79 LE might be dated it does support 6 cores 12 threads i7 CPU like the i7-4930K.
It also supports support 8 cores 16 threads Xeons like the E5-2690, which is very good for heavy threaded apps.
I would only go with the Asus P9 X79 LE if I could get a really good deal on the rest of the components.
If it's going to cost close to what would cost to build a new system, then is not a good deal.

CPU Support List
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P9X79_LE/HelpDesk_CPU/

(also includes BIOS version required)

Thank you for the insight it really helped. I think I will research from here and see the cost of implementing this with my current parts and do some comparisons on the cost. Appreciate it!