Need help with selecting CPU and RAM!!

reaper1

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This is my second time writing this thread so bear:pt1cable: with me

I am gonna build a new PC .I am thinking of using Gigabyte b85m-D3H for the motherboard.It doesn't support haswell-refresh CPU's out of box.I am thinking of buying i5 4590 it is gonna need a bios update before it can use the 4590.I am on a very tight budget i can't afford to buy a haswell just for updating the bios.I have found a method here on Gigabyte forums whichI would like the community to confirm as working.

My second question is about buying a ram I have two choices of which the second is cheaper, almost 10$

1.Corsair Vengeance 8GB.
2.Kingston somthing 8GB or two 4GB in dual channel

My question here is how much of a speed difference will be there between the kingston and corsair? Can it be covered by using two 4 GB in dual channel?

And lastly a while back Gigabyte has launched a non-Z overclocking bios for the motherboard which had 1.2 V limit.Then they launched another update which increased the limit to 1.8 V.
Now should I get i5 4690k (dramatically)DEVIL'S CANYON processor? How much increase in performance will I be noticing by overclocking it a few 100mhz in video(720p) rendering,editing and as well as Gaming both online and offline.

Thanks alot for your time and input.
 
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first of all if you don't plan on overclocking then by any i5 4th gen they all are good for gaming ,


I would suggest i5 4460 if you are on tigh budget .and it wont need a bios update for that mobo ,only i5 4xxx k cpus need bios update ad for z87 or below.

and of ram if you are on budget get Hyper kingston(4x2) as it is cheaper than corsair and good product also.


If you could squeeze budget for a i5 4690k or 4570k get it but you will have to get a better board for it i would recommened at least a z87 mobo with bios update or z97.

userDevilsCanyon

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first of all if you don't plan on overclocking then by any i5 4th gen they all are good for gaming ,


I would suggest i5 4460 if you are on tigh budget .and it wont need a bios update for that mobo ,only i5 4xxx k cpus need bios update ad for z87 or below.

and of ram if you are on budget get Hyper kingston(4x2) as it is cheaper than corsair and good product also.


If you could squeeze budget for a i5 4690k or 4570k get it but you will have to get a better board for it i would recommened at least a z87 mobo with bios update or z97.
 
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reaper1

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That's my problem man either I can squeeze in a K processor or a Z motherboard and and i don't think a
Z-motherboard would be of much use to me if I have a non-K processor and by the way thanks for the advice about ram