Will this work together?

[Cerberusbeast]

I am upgrading my PC with a new graphics card and cpu but I was wondering if my motherboard would support them.

I'm getting a Gigabyte GTX 970 Superclocked edition and i7 4790K CPU

My current motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77-HD3

 

[Darkbreeze]

No. The 4790K is an LGA 1150 socket CPU and you have a socket 1155 board. You would need a Z87 or Z97 motherboard to use that CPU AND be able to overclock it. If you went with a non-K CPU, you could use a cheaper H97 board, but I'd recommend the K chip since the price difference between it and the non-K is very small for the overclocking ability plus the extra 400mhz base clock.

 

[Cerberusbeast]

Thanks.

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

Your Motherboard doesn't support the 4790K. You'll need a Z97 or similar board to use such CPU.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Edited the above post.

 

[Cerberusbeast]

No. The 4790K is an LGA 1150 socket CPU and you have a socket 1155 board. You would need a Z87 or Z97 motherboard to use that CPU AND be able to overclock it. If you went with a non-K CPU, you could use a cheaper H97 board, but I'd recommend the K chip since the price difference between it and the non-K is very small for the overclocking ability plus the extra 400mhz base clock.

Do you know any good motherboards I could get for cheap that would get the job done because if I also have to get an expensive motherboard it goes over my budget :/

 

[Darkbreeze]

What's your budget for the board? The ASUS Z97-A and Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3 or 5 are about your best budget options without dropping down to iffy power phases. You can use this as somewhat of a guide to determine quality:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383187/motherboard-tier-list-z97-chipset.html