Mobo died- replace or upgrade i7-4770?

[mjb86]

Hey,

My Mobo recently crapped out. I need to decide between finding a refurbished lga1150 on eBay for my i7-4770 or throwing the baby out with the bath water and fully upgrading.

General uses/budget: big gamer, but only graphic intensive games are VR. No video editing etc... Can spend up to 750 upgrading if I go that route, but if I can get 2+ years if quality performance out of current CPU I'd rather wait.

Would love advice either way- I'm not the kind of person who needs the newest components, but I get salty if I can't run things/have to select medium quality graphics (the horror! Lol... Have gtx 1080 ftw and 16 GB ddr3- which I guess I'd have to upgrade now as well?).

Thanks!

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Your have that decision. Your CPU is basically on par with say a ryzen 1500x I would guess. That said the rest of your system, like your graphics card will play a part. To go current generation, you would need new CPU, new board and new ram.

The other thing you could consider is still the i7 you have and that is money saved toward your upgrade.

I know you seem to be an Intel guy, but I'd look at the newest ryzen chips. Reason I say that is because you seem to like to get the most out of your rig. Intel is slightly faster for gaming but it's close now. You could go ryzen, and since AMD is supposed to support socket am4 until 2020, drop in a better CPU in a couple of years. Whereas Intel seems to require motherboard changes every other generation.

 

[WildCard999]

I'd sell your 4770 and DDR3 RAM and get this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $574.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-28 13:12 EDT-0400

Ryzen could be a good option price to performance and if your willing to overclock but for plug-n-play your better off with Intel.

 

[jaslion]

Hey,

My Mobo recently crapped out. I need to decide between finding a refurbished lga1150 on eBay for my i7-4770 or throwing the baby out with the bath water and fully upgrading.

General uses/budget: big gamer, but only graphic intensive games are VR. No video editing etc... Can spend up to 750 upgrading if I go that route, but if I can get 2+ years if quality performance out of current CPU I'd rather wait.

Would love advice either way- I'm not the kind of person who needs the newest components, but I get salty if I can't run things/have to select medium quality graphics (the horror! Lol... Have gtx 1080 ftw and 16 GB ddr3- which I guess I'd have to upgrade now as well?).

Thanks!

Your 4770 and 16gb of ddr3 (+whatever else you have) can still sell for quite a bit once parted out. Wildcard has a good upgrade but I would step it up to a 8700k + z370 board and leave everything else the same.

 

[norcalsc]

Shame, 4770 is a good chip

 

[jaslion]

Shame, 4770 is a good chip

If you are happy with the 4770 then just get a mid ranged board from ebay.

 

[The Paladin]

find a z80 motherboard on ebay they run 50-75$ and will run what you need for another 2 years at least....

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Yeah if you are that happy with it, grab a different board. Was just suggesting you could resell old gear and move up. But you have decent options at least