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Upgrading Mobo/processor. Need advice

Corban227

Corban227

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I am looking to upgrade my mobo and processor. The computer will not boot to BIOS at all. The processor and Mobo are about 7 years old.

I used to game a lot but honestly not so much anymore. My computer is mostly used for Photoshop work, ocational video editing and browsing the internet. I would like to keep the potentially for gaming but it is not a priority.

I'm not sure if I should upgrade to an i7 or stay with an i5, but I do live close enough to the Tustin microcenter where I can pick up a Mobo and processor if I need too.

My budget is 300 for the two. I am not including replacing my ram which I also intend to do .
 
The only differences between the i5 and the i7 is the presence of HyperThreading and an additional 2MB of cache. Functionally, the i7 is a tiny bit faster, but the difference is normally pretty minimal.

And lets face it, you're coming from an i5 750 - *anything* you get will be an upgrade.

Get the i5, save your cash.

I've looked up the Tustin Microcenter, looks like you can get a 6600K + H170A-X1/3.1 for $265 after tax. That's decent.

You haven't indicated whether you want to overclock, other than that you didn't on your i5-750. I picked the 6600K CPU, which can overclock, but paired it with the H170 based board which cannot. If you want to overclock, pick a Z170 based board instead. Get the 6600K though either way- at only $10 price difference the 6600K is natively faster by 300MHz than the 6500 and will hold resale value better over time thanks to overclocking capability.
 
Booting and good to go. Thanks. Now I have an issue where the system is not finding the Os. Now previously the drive was in a gsata 2 slot.

So I put in my windows 10 boot flash drive to reinstall and when I go to reinstall it tells me the disk has an MBR partition table and in EFI systems it can only be installed on gpt disks.

Help? Lol. No clue what that means

Update:. Just deleted all partitions and recreated the partition. Working now
 
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This probably needs a new thread, but I find that the BIOS will freeze when browsing advanced options. It's that a flash problem?
 
Uh... BIOS freezing is never a good deal. In fact, BIOS freezing would make me nervous about flashing the BIOS, lest it freeze during the flashing process and nuke the board. I have had that happen twice in my life, sad times both of them. RMA or return for replacement time on the board.
 
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