i7 4970k on z87 mini itx motherboard

[Finair14]

Hello Guys
I am upgrading my graphics card and was looking to upgrading my cpu. I have an Asus z87i Pro the mini itx motherboard paired with an i5 4670k. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to upgrade my i5 to a i7 4790k or would it be better to upgrade the motherboard with the cpu.
Thanks guys
Regards
Finair14

 

[nikoli707]

Hello Guys
I am upgrading my graphics card and was looking to upgrading my cpu. I have an Asus z87i Pro the mini itx motherboard paired with an i5 4670k. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to upgrade my i5 to a i7 4790k or would it be better to upgrade the motherboard with the cpu.
Thanks guys
Regards
Finair14

4xxxk is 1150 socket. your z87 supports 1155 socket ivy or sandy bridge. so no your cant. and there wouldn't be any point anyways, just get a 3570k/3770k. no point in ditching a perfectly fine z87 board.

 

[Finair14]

Hello Guys
I am upgrading my graphics card and was looking to upgrading my cpu. I have an Asus z87i Pro the mini itx motherboard paired with an i5 4670k. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to upgrade my i5 to a i7 4790k or would it be better to upgrade the motherboard with the cpu.
Thanks guys
Regards
Finair14

4xxxk is 1150 socket. your z87 supports 1155 socket ivy or sandy bridge. so no your cant. and there wouldn't be any point anyways, just get a 3570k/3770k. no point in ditching a perfectly fine z87 board.

Hello Nikoli707
thanks for the quick response
the Z87i is actually a socket 1150

 

[geofelt]

Love those ITX builds.

I see little advantage in changing out your motherboard. Z87 with a current bios update should let you run the i7-4790K just fine.
I did just that when they first came out.
You should be able to overclock, but the higher stock clock speeds make that not much worthwhile.
Cooling in a ITX case is always a problem.

If your usage is for gaming, a 4690K should be plenty.
The graphics card is the key component for that.

OTOH, if your usage is rendering or other cpu bound multithreaded tasks, a i7-4790K is as good as it gets.

If the price differential is not a bother, go ahead.
I did that too, but since I had a market for the old build, I did get a new Z97 motherboard.

 

[nikoli707]

oh yeah ha, im a dummy. for gaming only there is no reason to upgrade your cpu. if you have other non gaming app speed needs that are highly threaded, the upgrade might be worth it.

 

[Finair14]

Thanks everyone for your answers