How much of an influence does a decent motherboard have on performance? There are plenty of motherboards available that are cheaper and more expensive, I just have no idea how much to spend.
This is what i'm looking at:
ASUS P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 DDR3 PCI-E3.0 LGA1155
Intel Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.40Ghz 6MB 77W LGA1155
8GB DDR3 1600MHz
OCZ AGILITY 4 128GB SATA III 2.5" SSD with a mounting tray
ASUS XONAR D1 7.1 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD
I'm going to hang on to my 4850 for the time being as it can still play games pretty well, and i'm not too worried about gaming anymore. This is more to make editing photos much easier. Do you guys think it'd be better to go cheap and get an mATX mobo and a higher spec CPU, or stick with what i've got? Or should I go AMD?
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