Motherboard to go with MSI gtx 970 and I7-4790K

Shaki1994 · Nov 25, 2014

Hello.

8 just recently upgraded my computer parts. Just brought a gpu MSI gtx 970, i7-4790K, 850 watt power supply, 16 GB ram. I currently have an ASROCK Z87 PRO4. I'm not really into overclocking but I will if I can, since it won't hurt anyone right? I was wondering what kind of motherboard would go with these new parts? My budget for motherboard is around $150. Was hoping I can sell the old one on ebay for 60 so i would only be spending 90! Also if the ASROCK z87 PRO4 is fine then I don't think I will upgrade. Any help would be nice.

PS: I'm not really familiar with motherboards, but I do game a bit and I know that I can push my GTX 970 a bit over clocked as well as the processor. Just don't want to fry my board.

Thelps · Nov 25, 2014

Your Motherboard is certainly able to handle the hardware you're thinking of installing. From that perspective you certainly don't need a new Board.

As for overclocking, you should be fine to overclock with that Motherboard also. Your main worries are temperature when overclocking components. If you're worried about 'frying your board' download a program such as HWInfo and watch your hardware temperatures. Of particular importance as far as the Motherboard is concerned is the Northbridge Temperature which can get elevated during overclocking.

Cooling solutions or an overclock that doesn't produce very high temperatures would alleviate the danger of component failure.

The golden rule of overclocking: if your system randomly crashes, reboot and reduce your overclocks until you see stable performance.

MeteorsRaining · Nov 25, 2014

Any Tier 2 or higher board from this list would be good enough for some serious OCing:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383187/motherboard-tier-list-z97-chipset.html

I'd go for Z97X Killer. Superb for OCing and SLI capable as well, incase you want to put another 970 in there.

Also, your current board is fine enough for moderate OCing, but make sure you update BIOS for it to support 4790k.
More info about board quality here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383205/motherboard-tier-list-z87-chipset.html

If you don't want to SLI in future, Pro4 will do, otherwise upgrade. Also, GPU OCing is mainly determined by GPU cooling, which in your case is top notch.

Shaki1994 · Nov 25, 2014

Thank you. Really appreciate the advise. I think I'll stick with this board for now. And I don't plan on doing serious overclocking. Well not on my CPU anyways. Perhaps 4.6-4.8 at most. And GPU only to a stable perhaps 1500 core speed if I really want to. I'm running a 1080P monitor so I don't think I'll need to overclock GPU. Only reason I want to overclock CPU is because honestly of a game (FSX) which still lags and fps is only around 20-25 even with the new hardware.

MeteorsRaining · Nov 25, 2014

Even on 4Ghz stock w/o turbo boost, i7 has more than enough juice to not cause lag in ANY given game. The lag is not because of CPU, it just can't be. Also, 4.6-4.8GHz is kind of serious OCing itself, same with 1.5Ghz clock on GPU :lol:

But your MoBo should contain it well, provided you a good enough cooler.

Shaki1994 · Nov 25, 2014

Perhaps I will upgrade later. The fatal1ty does look really cool.

Can someone explain what M.2 is? I can see that the new MB have this.

MeteorsRaining · Nov 25, 2014

M.2 is basically miniature (and faster) SSD slot, great for installing tiny drives known as M.2 drives which make your boots (or whatever you install on them) faster by having 10GB/s bandwidth over SATA3's 6GB/s.

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