Motherboard z97 broken. Is a bad day.

[Droghis]

Hello good people,

Yesterday was a bad day. I've tried to to change the CPU thermal paste and I broke some pins on the motherboard chipset.
My CPU is an i5 4670k and it was an Asus z97 pro Gamer mobo.
My question is should I buy a z97 mobo or upgrade to the skylake with an Asus Maximus Hero VIII and i5 6600k and DDR4 G skill 2400 16 gb.
I have to mention that my CPU can't hold 4.4 overclock, only 4.2 and it holds back my 980 ti in games like BF4. I get 95% use of CPU and only 70 use of GPU, while in Witcher I get full use of the GPU.
I can't decide yet what to do, some help from you might be useful for me. Thanks.

 

[CBender]

I don't see a reason of upgrading to skylake instead of buying a new z97 board.

 

[Droghis]

I don't see a reason of upgrading to skylake instead of buying a new z97 board.

The only reason is that my CPU bottlenecks my 980ti in certain games, that's what makes me think of an upgrade to Skylake.

 

[Archaic59]

I don't see a reason of upgrading to skylake instead of buying a new z97 board.

The only reason is that my CPU bottlenecks my 980ti in certain games, that's what makes me think of an upgrade to Skylake.

A 980 ti can run well with any recent generation i5. What makes you think you have a bottleneck?

 

[Droghis]

I have it for over 2 months the 980 ti and with my i5 4670k it is bottlenecking in games like BF4 where I get use of only 70% of my gpu and from 144hz stable fps in certain maps it reduce to 80fps. While it Witcher 3 for example my gpu stays at 99% use permanently.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KwodrY_2Ak&list=FL4H1IhJdIUud1AoMOqIK53Q&index=7

 

[CBender]

As the IPC is almost the same i don't think that you will see any difference between an 4670 and a 6600 (k or non k ). In the linked video someone says that the 5820k solved the problem. If that is the case you need a cpu with hyperthreading. As in games the six core has the same or worse performance than the i7.

So if you do upgrade you should look at a 6700 (k) or the 5820k.

 

[Droghis]

As the IPC is almost the same i don't think that you will see any difference between an 4670 and a 6600 (k or non k ). In the linked video someone says that the 5820k solved the problem. If that is the case you need a cpu with hyperthreading. As in games the six core has the same or worse performance than the i7.

So if you do upgrade you should look at a 6700 (k) or the 5820k.

I will just buy a motherboard and that's it. Windows said I can reuse my manufacturer windows, which means is best for the budget.
One more thing, I had Asus Z97 Pro gamer do you recommend anything better with a price about 200euro. I want a stable 4.4 oc.
Thanks.

 

[CBender]

My personal preference is Gigabyte. If you can go for the SOC. It is geared just for that stuff (oc).