Motherboard and Processor upgrade

[PurpleElephant]

After recently upgrading my gpu and psu, I've decided that I want to upgrade both my processor and my motherboard. My pc is used primarily for gaming, but also recording as well as editing/rendering videos.

I currently have an i5-2320 processor and my motherboard is some variation of the H67 chipset. I think that I have narrowed down the processor that I want to the i7-4770k, however I really have no idea what sort of motherboard to get... I'm trying not to spend a ton, however I want the best bang for my buck.

Also I have been looking towards getting an SSD and was wondering if this one is very good, or if there is any other particular ones that a prefered: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193
Any other suggestions are also greatly apreciated!

 

[animal]

any z87 mobo will compliment the i7 4770K............that is a damn good SSD, although if cost is an issue, look at the EVO series rather than the Pro

 

[sirstinky]

If you want to get the Haswell i7-4770k, you need a socket 1150 motherboard. If you want to be doing things like overclocking, then you'd need the "Z87" chipset, which enables you to change the unlocked CPU multiplier and increase the frequency. If you don't want to overclock, there's really no reason to get the "K" i7 (with the unlocked multiplier) or the Z87 motherboard, which are more expensive than the non-overclockable i7-4770 CPU and motherboard chipsets like the H87, B85. You still get 95% of the functionality on the non-Z series chipsets though (still get PCIe 3.0, multi GPU, USB 3.0, 1600+ MHz RAM in dual-channel up to 32 GB, etc.), the big difference is overclocking). However, Z chipset boards are more popular than the economy boards, better selection.

Best bang for your buck? That depends on how much you want to spend. You can get a good performance board for around $130, and a higher-end board for 175 and up. For the non-enthusiast boards, they will run anywhere from $70-$100. I built 4 PC's with ASRock H77 boards that cost under $90. Never had any issues and they had the same features (minus overclock) as their Z77 Extreme 4 board that cost $130 at the time. Those are all Amazon.com prices, by the way.

For the storage, any SSD is better than a mechanical hard drive. The 840 Pro is one of the best out there. The Crucial M500 and OCZ Vector are pretty good too. In all actuality, for real world performance, they are all going to perform about the same to the naked eye. Windows boots in seconds and your apps will be faster (open faster, work faster). I've installed budget refurbished Corsair 110 GB SSD's in office machines that struggled to keep up with huge Outlook inboxes, databases, and painfully slow boot times, and it's night and day!

 

[PurpleElephant]

Awesome, thanks for the help guys