Should i upgrade my motherboard from HP MS-7826?

CorroFront

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I am upgrading my PC which i store bought in 2013, it's a HP ENVY 700-060ea, with an i7 4770, GTX 660 1.5GB and 16GB 1600Mhz of ram.

I am keeping the CPU, GPU and RAM and am upgrading the case to an NZXT s340, adding a Cooler Master TX3 EVO, and changing the PSU to a Corsiar VS650. I can't decide if i should change my motherboard to something like a B85 motherboard as I am on a tight budget or stick with the MS-7826 Z87 mobo in the computer now and buy an SSD.

Thank you.
 
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The build quality is fine. It's a lot better than that bad vs psu. It can run a 660 so it'll run the newer cards. So the only issue is fan headers and a cheap fan controller or splitter is easier than a new mobo.

CorroFront

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It is 3 years old and i don't know how good the build quality of it and the capacitors is and it also only has one 3 pin system fan header so i can only run 2 fans without buying something like the NZXT Grid.

Otherwise i dont know, I cant find much information about it online and I also don't know how up to date the BIOS is and if it will support the new graphics cards like rx 480 and the new Nvidia linup.
 

CorroFront

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Thank you. I just wanted some clarification about the motherboard, I guess I'll be going for the SSD.