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Originally Posted by mikeroephonics
This is part of why I ended up hunting down a mainboard compatible with DDR3 and my i7 2600K CPU. It's a Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3, and a friend/fellow REAPER forum member recommended it to me for DAW work. It was $155. If it works (still shipping), I'm going to purchase another one for a backup.
A new DDR4 mainboard, new CPU and 16GB DDR4 RAM is going to cost WAY more than a measly $155, or even $310 for an additional backup mainboard.
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That sounds very expensive. Do you really need all its features?
Are you a hardcore gamer with 2x graphics cards?
Do you know that you can use Micro ATX in an ATX case? - I tell you this to broaden your options. Performance wise there is no difference, only feature count.
Gaming boards come with useless expensive features that will not help you.
I have found brand new 1155 motherboards going for under £40 today (look on Amazon for a start). No need to pay for bells and whistles.
Do not dismiss micro ATX motherboards unless you really need specific features of full length ATX boards.