Whats the generic "best board" for a 4670k

[bob4933]

Looking for intel's equivolent for the 990fx Sabertooth. Around the 150$ mark. This WILL be for moderate overclocking purposes, on air cooling. Nothing extreme, but something reliable and stout for the CPU.


Will have a single GPU.

 

[dtrunk]

look at something like this, then post one or two ideas and we'll yea/neh them. in the $150 range you can't really go wrong.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...600438202 600491547&IsNodeId=1&name=Intel Z97

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Z97 Extreme4 or Extreme6
I push my 4770K to the limit of what the chip and Kraken X60 are capable of and the board doesn't even flinch.

 

[bob4933]

Cool, thanks guys. My brother wants me to build him a computer, so I wanna go as reliable as possible. Figured intel would be the best bet for that.

 

[Witchdoctor]

Z97 Extreme4 or Extreme6

Agree, stout boards for ambient

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Cool, thanks guys. My brother wants me to build him a computer, so I wanna go as reliable as possible. Figured intel would be the best bet for that.

I'm assuming gaming?
What's the budget for him, I can throw together a suggestion real quick.

 

[bob4933]

I'm assuming gaming?
What's the budget for him, I can throw together a suggestion real quick.

Ah I haven't decided. I'll probably just get on sale parts as they show up.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Ah I haven't decided. I'll probably just get on sale parts as they show up.

Go ahead and set a rough budget, that way you have a general plan and don't end up spending WAY too much

 

[bob4933]

Haha, if you've noticed, I'm a cheap ******* for the most part. I was thinking 800+ peripherals, but I won't give him the computer until november, so I can get "must haves" that I find on sale.

 

[bob4933]

Here's what I had in mind.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hvw3gs

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Could I suggest a decent sized SSD (128GB or larger for OS) to utilize the SATA III bandwidth??

 

[bob4933]

Could I suggest a decent sized SSD (128GB or larger for OS) to utilize the SATA III bandwidth??

Absolutely not hahaha . If he wants an SSD, he can save up for one He's doing something really ... "good" for himself, and this is supposed to be a combo present/reward for his birthday in November.

I wont be getting him :
SSD(s), SLI/X-fire, anything supporting above 1080p, anything more than an r9 280x, no more than 400$ on cpu/mobo.

The computer would perform very well, just may load things in 30 seconds instead of 16


edit: If you find a ridiculous bargain for a ~250gb SSD, then by all means I'd love to see it. I just want the market to stabilize a bit on them first before I get even remotely interested in these things.

 

[dtrunk]

save a few $ on the mobo, an extreme6 is overkill; put it towards a higher class rated PSU. the ram looks expensive for only 1866 8gb. what about the case?

 

[bob4933]

Ram was cheapest 1866 I could find. They had 1333 ram on parts picker for like 8$ less....

Extreme 4 solid for moderate oc potential? I want this to last a long time.

He will get my lian li case.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

The Extreme4 should do just fine for this build

 

[bob4933]

Cool. I don't know my % €£ from my elbow with Intel right now. I'm still stuck in the ivy bridge era.

 

[Woomack]

IB are like haswell if you check performance achieved at average daily OC. Just count clock like IB = haswell - 200MHz. Still average haswell is overclocking worse by these 200MHz at similar voltage so it's generally the same if we look at performance after OC.

 

[dtrunk]

i've taken my extreme4 z77 up to 4.8ghz on an i5 chip. boards are good.

 

[Woomack]

Most boards are overclocking the same at least up to 5-5.2GHz . The main difference is memory overclocking and additional options like memory timings or vrm frequency. However most users don't need that.
It's much harder to find good overclocking CPU than a good board.

 

[Theocnoob]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hvw3gs

This is fine but I suggest a 4690K (newer CPU) and a WD Caviar Blue HDD.