A Gaming Build around 550Euros and a Z97 Future upgrade

Kristiyan Petroff

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Hello fellas, its me again :D

I Will be building a
Intel i3-4130 (Second hand with warranty)
With the new Nvidia GTX960
2x4GB DDR3 RAM 1600mhz
HDD 1 TB WD 7200
Case Zalman Z11 Plus

I still havent decided which mobo i should take

I was thinking the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI, ATX
Cuz of two reasons (I read that the new intel 5th Gen CPUs Broadwell will run on a Z97 or higher
And Later on i could combine with another GTX960 for the SLI function..

Do you think that will be a good plan? I want to make a decent Entry Lvl Build with upgrading capabilities (Broadwell + SLI for example)
Can you recommend me a mid range z97 MoBo?
Also if i go with a i5 5000 and a SLI of GTX960 How much Power i will be needing? And what PSU

Thanks!



 
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The ASRock H97(M) Pro4 is a good board.

Kristiyan Petroff

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Hmm i read there and there but i think will be better to stay with a Single GPU
But i will still want to upgrade to 5th Gen, Read also that H97 Supports it (can you recommend me one ?) for about 90 Euros
One more thing i saw that the upcoming GTX960 will be good for overclocking do i need a Z version on the MoBo to overclock? Or it is not requierd Thanks!
 

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So no overclocking for you? Also It's a bit weird because you mentioned you might SLI GTX 960 in the future and then you pick a H97 and not wish to buy an SLI board lol.
 

RCFProd

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The ASRock H97(M) Pro4 is a good board.
 
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