Intel i5-4670k New System Upgrade

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So I'm running a 7 year old Q6600 system that is finally seeing it's age....I weep for my little soldier but it's time to move on. I looked at AMD and I'm not impressed with the 8350 on the price ratio so I decided to go i5-4670k. Here are the parts I'm going to buy...all will be at newegg just so I get it at the same time. Also note that newegg has the i5-4670k at $220.

*updated list below* Total cost about $415 after rebate. I will be using a 7850 2GB @ 1200mhz/2000mhz with this system, goal is only for gaming.

I'm just curious if anything looks "off" to you guys? The board is cheap but it looks like a solid board with a good chipset. I'm curious if the EVO will cause problems with the ram I chose but it should fit my Antec 900 case. I will overclock to 4.0ghz but I wont go much higher until the CPU starts to lag behind. Please note my room can get up to 90F during the summer as I live in the south.

Any advice/thoughts are greatly welcome and appreciated. Thank you.
 
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the system is good though one thing is "off"

You have an unlocked "k" processor designed for overclocking, and you have a H87 motherboard, which is not designed for overclocking limiting it's potential by a long shot.

You have two options;

1) Overclocking

Keep your 4670k but get a Z87 motherboard

2) Not Overclocking

Keep your current motherboard but get a 4670

You mentioned overclocking so you'll need a Z87 board.
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the system is good though one thing is "off"

You have an unlocked "k" processor designed for overclocking, and you have a H87 motherboard, which is not designed for overclocking limiting it's potential by a long shot.

You have two options;

1) Overclocking

Keep your 4670k but get a Z87 motherboard

2) Not Overclocking

Keep your current motherboard but get a 4670

You mentioned overclocking so you'll need a Z87 board.
 
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One very important this you haven't put on the list is the PSU, for your needs I would recommend a good 600+ Watts to leave room for future upgrades for video cards e.t.c
Have a look at the corsair TX range as they have very good efficiency.
Also just a little something, I would use a SSD as the boot drive and for some games and a hard drive for storage as then windows will boot faster and so will games.
Hope this helps!
 
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@Hjgrove
Oh I know...going to reuse my current systems PSU...Corsair TX 750w .

Thanks for catching that guys.....totally missed that. This is why I always like to double check with people smarter than myself lol.
 
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I was aiming for $450, while it's not the best budget I don't need as many fancy features as some. After tweaking my original list I have dropped the price to about $460.

So far the list includes this
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128677
Memory 2x4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231544

I changed motherboards again as I don't need 2x GPU slots and that really cuts the price down lol. I might change motherboard again depending on the response I get from Gigabyte, they don't seem to have them on the memory support list.
 
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Great choice of components, that board runs in dual channel memory (which you have 2x4GB stick which is best) and a very good choice of motherboard.
 
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Yeah and I was reading a review from Amazon (love me some reviews lol) and he said the new BETA bios allows all 4 channels to work without issue. So once the F3 is released that problem will be gone. I don't think the memory will be an issue (never seen a board not accept memory unless it was two different brands) but I figured better safe than sorry.

 
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Oh I know, what I meant was I have never seen a board have issues with ram except when mixing different brands. It was in response of my verification that Gigabyte supported my ram (wasn't on the "supported" list but they also said they can't verify them all)
 
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I agree with everything that unknownofprob and Hjgrove have said but would add one (very important IMHO) thing.

You mentioned that your room gets up to +/- 90F during the summer. You will want to get a more "extreme" CPU Cooler if you are going to run a 24/7 OC (as in always have your rig OC'd, not necessarily PC on 24/7). Don't get me wrong the 212 EVO is a good Cooler but it's not going to handle the amount of heat that is often generated by Oc'ing Haswell CPUs in a high ambient heat environment.

Depending on your budget there are some decent and reliable closed loop liquid coolers out there. If you go Corsair like I did make sure you aren't running Win 8.x, their software doesn't work well with that OS for some reason.
Those closed loop systems are pricey compared to the EVO but they are a good option without going full custom loop. You could also go with High end air (Noctua has a GREAT one) in a push/pull config as long as your case is well ventilated.
If price is the main/only concern I would actually recommend going high end air as the performance is the same/ a little better on the Noctua than the low/mid-range closed loops.
 
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Simple solution that always works is adding 5c to the max total to compensate those warmer days. Also water (self contained units I mean) are not always the best solution since they will also be at least 90F during those days.

In the frostyTech lineup the Cooler Master shows 15.9 on 150 compared to 12.8 to the H80 for example. Course they don't tell me what the room temps were for these tests but is 3c worth 2x the price? Would it lead to that massive of a difference to warrant it?
 
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Well I did some reading around and they said high-end air is only replaced by the high-end closed loop coolers such as the H100 which I cannot place in my computer.

I noticed the "Dark Knight" S1283 is rated highly on the frostytech website....it looks like a prettier version of the stock S1283, anyone know if it's the same cooler with new bells/whistles? If so where could I purchase a bolt kit for the 1150 socket? I own the HDT-S1283 and if it's the same (just uglier) and rated as highly then I have no need to upgrade up front (can test/buy a better one later when I have more cash)


My thoughts were if my S1283 can't handle these haswell chips (ends up not being the same) I would purchase one of the below.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709002
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018
 
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