Should I get a new motherboard? (solved)

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I currently have a msi h61m-p31(g3) with an r9 270 and i5 3470.  Would it be worth getting an upgrade?  Recently started overclocking my gpu and of course no overclocking will be done to the cpu.

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Unless you really want some of the features a newer board has to offer than stick with your current one.

If you were going to upgrade I'd tell you to go to a whole newer platform which would require a new CPU too. You'll be fine with that board. You can OC your GPU all you want. It will be fine.

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Thanks, should just hold out for a bit before I do a proper upgrade

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What do you intend to do with your PC?

For gaming you're set for a while.

 

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Yes just gaming, i thought the board could be holding back the rest of the components

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I can't explain this better: not at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeuJAOVRoA0

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So basically its not worth it if your only gaming and not fussy on all the on board features.

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since you have a locked i5, it totaly does not matter for you which mobo you running basicly. upgrading to a gaming mobo, only bennefits some feutures like better lan chip, and better onboard audio, sli/CF capability´s. But in terms of performance for your cpu, it does not realy makes sense. cause you have a locked i5.

But i disagree, with some of the statements, that Linus is making in his video, cause for an enthusiast overclocker, higherend boards do make sense. full feutured entry level boards, are cheap for a reason, they mostly cheaped out on the power delivery parts.

if you are an overclocker, and want your "Extreme" overclock to be 24/7 stable, safe, and long lasting, then yes a decent board obviously makes sense.

I do agree doe, that extreme expensive boards, are abit overrated. for most users

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Recently i have decided to get an ssd which requires sata III, but my motherboard is sata II, does this matter or should my current motherboard be fine?

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maybe a new board then.

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yes it could be worth it.

offcourse your SSD wil work perfectly fine on sata 2, however, you will miss half the speed, it could run at.

Do you realy feel this in the real world? well its abit depending, if you load large files from the SSD, offcourse the system will bootup a littlebit faster, but if you have games installed, with big maps on that SSD, then yes loading the map will definitely be a littlebit faster on Sata3 then on Sata2

If you only use the SSD as your boot drive, it does not realy matter much.

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Probably only for booting, thanks MisteryAngel