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Jonathan Sifleet

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What would be the better motherboard for overclocking the i5 3570k? Here are the two that I'm considering Asrock Z77 Pro3, Biostar TZ77A Z77. I'm planning on overclock it to 4.5ghz, and I'm going to use the h110 to cool it. Preferably, I want to use the cheaper one, but it says it only supports 95w max TDP, and when I used a PSU calculator it had an "overclock my CPU" feature, which when I overclocked, it to 4.5ghz it said the requirement was 102w so I don't think I'll be able to use the cheaper one, though again, I do prefer it. I have tried finding the TDP for the pro3, but with no success.
 
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Novuake

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I reeeeeaaaally would not suggest OCing on such a low cost board, neither is really meant for an OC above 4.2GHz, and even that I would not do on a low cost board.

The cheapest OCing board I would suggest is the Z77 Asrock Extreme 4.

EDIT : Those boards are cheap for a reason. Keep that in mind.
 
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Essentially I want to get the cheapest motherboard I can get with a TDP high enough to overclock an i5 3570k to 4.5ghz, and supports 3 or more slots of RAM, I don't want to be spending large amounts of money on a motherboard, because I'm getting a new GPU (7870).
 
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TDP has nothing to do with it. All Z77 boards support a OCd 3570K /3770K. However, reaching 4.5GHz on Ivy is no joke and doing it on either of those board(lower quality VRMs for example) will probably cause the board to give out on you.

Take our advice. TRUST us... We can not help you if you won't let us...
 
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You don't think I trust you, wow if I didn't trust the people on here by the time I get my CPU it'd dead within the hour. So Ksham suggested the GD-Z77X-D3H, I assume the TDP (am I right to believe that it is the maximum power output?) reaches and or exceeds 104w?
 
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Any of the 4 are good choices. There is no reason why you should be anywhere near the TDP of the VRM or CPU with an overclock of 4.5GHz so disregard variable.

In fact, your chip will likely be fried well before you ever fathom reaching the TDP limits :)
 
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Ignore TDP, its about component QUALITY and STABILITY when OCing.
 
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I guess the power requirement, thing lied to me. So, slomo4sho reccomended 4 boards, Ksham recommended a board, Novuake said that the cheapest I could get away with is a extreme 4, I'm thinking I might have to go for the extreme 4, but one of the boards slomo4sho reccomended was the MSI Z77A-G45, would I be able to get away with it?
 
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Technically it didn't lie to you. You misread it. Motherboards do use power, but it is not in direct relation to the CPU. The motherboards suggested are all good ones. I suggested one that is not far from the ones you originally posted in terms of pricing. I was not sure of your budget. Pick the board that appeals to you the most.
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-ivy-bridge-benchmark,3254-34.html

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In terms of overclocking potential, there isn't much difference between either of the boards.
 
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