best "budget" Z97 mobo with 4690k

AndersB · Aug 27, 2014

Hi!

Right now i'm currently looking at new hardware for a new build...

I have made three builds and gonna choose one of them, one with AMD, one with i5 4960k and one with the Xeon E3-1231 V3...

Right now i'm pretty sure on the Xeon and AMD build with hardware, but i'm not sure if i got the right mobo for my i5 4690k, because i want to overclock it

Right now i'm looking at the MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO, but is that a good enough mobo for the i5 4690k when overclocking?

Here is a quick overview over my three builds

legend001523 · Aug 27, 2014

no, for good oc'ing boards you need to be looking at $120+, like the asus sabertooth, asus maximus VII Hero, asus z97 k, gigabyte g` sniper z97, gigabyte gaming 5

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

What about the Asus Z97-AR?

It's currently on sale here in Denmark

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

That might work

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Oh okay

But why is it that it's not good for OC?
It's made for mining so i was thinking it was good for overclocking

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

Mining boards are just for durability, the boards I listed have military spec components and are able to get more out the cpu, but the board you meantioned should get good oc

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Get any of these 3 z97 motherboards (whichever is cheaper)

Asus Z97-A, Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 5, ASRock Z97 Extreme4

I have 4690k and I went with Asus z97-a because I just liked it the most and asus motherboards and really good quality and very user friendly software/BIOS

you can OC it to 4.8GHz with it but with really good cooler ( i bought noctua nh-d15)

However I don't use it on 4.8GHz because 4.4 is enough for me at the moment

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

I'm really just thinking about getting the AMD, because it's so much cheaper and i got higher clock speed, bigger cache....

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Yes of course AMD is really good too, but i5 4690k is best gaming processor in its class. But you won't regret taking AMD for sure

Just don't forget to buy cooler for amd if you plan to overclock and I definitely would! (hyper 212 evo for up to 1Ghz overclock, noctua nh-d14 or nh-d15 for massive overclock)

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Yeah but you are also paying alot, and as i can see the difference with the two are in single threaded games..

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

Higher clock speed does not necessarily mean betterr, you can get a i5 4670k maybe instead, but if you have to go amd a fx 8350 would be nearly as good

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Indeed and more than 90% games are using no more than 2 cores. Battlefield 4 and Arma utilizes more cores where AMD procesors stick out. We don't know what game industry will bring us in the future but I'm expecting that game will be utilizing more cores

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Yeah

But let's say i'm going to take the AMD build, will the mobo be good enough for overclocking?

I mean as i can see some says this is one of the best and some says the Sabertooth, and then there is some that says the sabertooth and the one i choose is almost the same....?

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

AndersB :

If you get a 8350, there is a sabertooth version, if you can afford the amd sabertooth, get it, most definitely

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Agreed its all about budget... if you can give that much money go for sabertooth. But personally I would save it for an SSD 120/250gb because M5A99FX will do the job

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

legend001523 :

I'm looking at the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 and then for around 200dkk more i can get the Sabertooth but then we are nearly at the price of an i5 build with a good enough mobo?

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Proofy :

And the FX 8350 can get overclocked good enough with the M5A99FX?

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Yes you can OC to 5 GHz, but 4.5 will be enough for you on 1.4125v at the moment definitely

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

AndersB :

legend001523 :

I'm looking at the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 and then for around 200dkk more i can get the Sabertooth but then we are nearly at the price of an i5 build with a good enough mobo?

Yeah, that motherboard should allow for some decent overclocks, if you're on a tight budget, then this is the build to go for

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

legend001523 :

Okay i am kinda on a tight budget, so right now i should just take the AMD build i got in the first post?

I can get that for 3440DKK where the Intel build is 3912dkk ...

Then i can get an 250GB Samsung Evo SSD then get an more powerful computer, and if the FX series is gonna fall in price it's just even more great

legend001523 · Aug 28, 2014

Yes, sounds great,

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Then it's 4276dkk for the AMD build with 250GB SSD...

I'm just thinking if i should wait with the SSD and then next month buy an SSD and a Noctua cooler.. Then just use stock and not overclock the first month...

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

Wise!

AndersB · Aug 28, 2014

Proofy :

To wait a month and get the SSD and Noctua cooler?

Thinking of the Noctua NH-D15 or Noctua NH-D14?

Proofy · Aug 28, 2014

nh-d15 is better for 4-5C so I'd go with nh-d15 but is bigger ( Make sure you buy LOW PROFILE ram so you can mount second fan on the cpu)

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