Need a replacement for my motherboard

[nfbourg]

I have been using an i5 4690k with a gigabyte z97 gaming 5 mobo. Today I believe my mobo blew, (took everything apart and tested components individually). That being said, do you think that it would be worth it to buy a replacement 1150 socket mobo, since it is already ~3 years old? Or should I sell the cpu and get a newer mobo socket? I can't really wait a long time to decide (or to try for an RMA request, from what I have read gigabyte does not have the cross sending and can take up to 45 days) since I also use the computer for school work, and was planning to try order something this weekend. Any recommendations?

Edit: I realize that if I were to upgrade to 1151 socket I would also need to purchase ddr4 ram, is the upgrade to the 2011 socket worth it or similar performance to what I have?

Edit 2: I use this computer for gaming primarily.

 

[CountMike]

Depends on which 6th generation processor you would choose, you could end up with less performance than now. i5 4690k is still very respectable processor.

 

[nfbourg]

Probably a 6600k, unless I could find an i7 for a good value.

 

[CountMike]

That should be somewhat better then, at least it would bring you to a platform with more of a future expendability.

 

[nfbourg]

Do you think that the upgrade would justify the cost of getting the ddr4 RAM? I currently have 16 GB of ddr3.

 

[CountMike]

If you want all new platform then yes, it's worth it. It's likely that support for DDR3 will fade with new processors and DDR4 also runs at lower voltage.