- Oct 15, 2013
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My current PC is a train on fire headed for a cliff. I could go into details, but suffice to say, I am running (and *have* been running) a 140W CPU on a board that supports upto 45W processors. And despite that I've managed incredibly.
So before my motherboard kills itself at some point, I'm hoping to move up from to something new. My plan is this:
Intel i5-4430 [I considered the 4670K at first, but I do not overclock at all, and most FPS differences between 4430 and 4670K were too small to bother me]
1x8GB RAM
1TB WD Caviar Black [should I get Blue?]
And finally, it comes down to the motherboard. As I am not overclocking, I'm considering an H87 motherboard. Should I fall back down to a B-motherboard? Which brand should I be looking at? From opinions gathered, I see that Asus and ASRock are reliable, while MSi is cheap but unreliable. What about Intel boards? I like their cool blue colour scheme.
I've had a lot of mobo grief the past few years, so for my own sanity, I'd like something that will just leave me in peace for 3 years. I will be recycling all my other components: an HD 5670, the DVD drive, the works. I plan to continue using my Antec 450W PSU. Will this be enough? The GPU requires a minimum of 400W, and the 4430 should consume less power than my monster CPU. I don't plan on upgrading my GPU just yet, so I'm sticking to a very modest 1366x768 resolution.
tl;dr is 450w good for i5-4430 and which is good motherboard brand kthxbai
So before my motherboard kills itself at some point, I'm hoping to move up from to something new. My plan is this:
Intel i5-4430 [I considered the 4670K at first, but I do not overclock at all, and most FPS differences between 4430 and 4670K were too small to bother me]
1x8GB RAM
1TB WD Caviar Black [should I get Blue?]
And finally, it comes down to the motherboard. As I am not overclocking, I'm considering an H87 motherboard. Should I fall back down to a B-motherboard? Which brand should I be looking at? From opinions gathered, I see that Asus and ASRock are reliable, while MSi is cheap but unreliable. What about Intel boards? I like their cool blue colour scheme.
I've had a lot of mobo grief the past few years, so for my own sanity, I'd like something that will just leave me in peace for 3 years. I will be recycling all my other components: an HD 5670, the DVD drive, the works. I plan to continue using my Antec 450W PSU. Will this be enough? The GPU requires a minimum of 400W, and the 4430 should consume less power than my monster CPU. I don't plan on upgrading my GPU just yet, so I'm sticking to a very modest 1366x768 resolution.
tl;dr is 450w good for i5-4430 and which is good motherboard brand kthxbai
With very little actual performance difference between between 4430, 4570 and 4670, I'm leaning towards the 4430 again.
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