building a new rig advice needed for motherboard.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Hey Experts I am building a new rig only for gaming.
I am on a very tight budget.After doing some research I ended up with This.
i5 4670 or 4440(Please suggest weather 4670 worth the extra buck?)
R9 270x
Sea-sonic 600w 80+Bronze
and I got short for Mobo.
So I am asking whether a H81 chip-set with PCI 3 with less features will be stable for 900p Maxed out gaming?(will be using a Hyper evo cooler)
I don't want 4memorey slots or any other features like crossfire.
I just want to know whether The motherboard will be OK.
If you guys Have a better Rig config you are more than welcome.Thanks in advance.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

For your specs the 600W Seasonic is way overkill. I will suggest at most a Seasonic 520Watt. You can put the savings towards a H97 chipped motherboard and the i5-4670..

However, if you are adamant about your stated specs then as per your questions... yes the H81 chip-set motherboard will be OK!!!

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

so I am changing the Psu and getting a R9 280.Will that be better?
And Please suggest me if i5 4440 and 4670 will be a huge performance diff. because where i live its quite overpriced the 4670.Thanks For replying and hepling.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

The Intel® Core™ i5-4440 Processor has (6M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz with turbo boost)

whereas,

The Intel® Core™ i5-4670 Processor has (6M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz with turbo boost)

So,

the 4670 is most definitely worth the extra buck.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

Priya Sharma 448 :

Thanks It Cleared my Confusion.And Are you sure that a 500W psu can Handle it?Should i use Amd over Intel?As next gen play stations are using Amd Chips?

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

Comparing console gaming to PC gaming is like comparing a ford mustang (playstation) to a Aston martin (pc)

Stick with Intel. AMD sux.

A 500W is not enough. Get at least a 550W.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

Thanks.so what do you think about this rig?will this be able to play latest games at 900p for about 3-4years?Do you have a better option?

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

3-4 years?? Thats wishful thinking my dear. You will probably have to upgrade your GPU in 2 years' time. Have you thought about the GTX980? It could be best if you plan on not upgrading for next 4 years.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

thanks for your lovely suggestion.i will rather upgrade after 3 years.One Last question? do the 4670 will have a huge impact in games compared to 4440?

Dan425811923 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

You are saying amd sucks. That is true in the 200 dollar gaming cpus but amd fx is very good for video editing and multi threaded workloads.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

games utilize fast cores usually a very fast quad core can run any game. the 4440 is only 3.3 ghz and you cannot overclock it. so imo you should not cheap out and regret later so please buy the 4670 or if you can extend your budget please get a 4690K (this you can OC.)

Dan425811923 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

300 mhz more is not going to help you and mostly games use the gpu expecially tomb raider. A person got the same frame rate in tomb raider with a Q6600 and a 980 compared to a 5960x and a 980. Just showing the importance of the gpu. Overclocking will give you like +10 frames max.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

Priya Sharma 448 :

games utilize fast cores usually a very fast quad core can run any game. the 4440 is only 3.3 ghz and you cannot overclock it. so imo you should not cheap out and regret later so please buy the 4670 or if you can extend your budget please get a 4690K (this you can OC.)

Thanks For every bit of help.I will place the order for 4690 non k as my mobo will not support overclock Right?

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

Mugglensu1984 :

Thanks For every bit of help.I will place the order for 4690 non k as my mobo will not support overclock Right?

Wise decision to go with the 4690. No your mobo with H81 will not support any OC.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

Priya Sharma 448 :

Wise decision to go with the 4690. No your mobo with H81 will not support any OC.

one more thing i need to know is .Although Its a locked processor.but some videos say that we can overclock it a bit around 400Mhz.will it be safe and worth a try?

Dan425811923 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

Mugglensu1984 :

Thanks For every bit of help.I will place the order for 4690 non k as my mobo will not support overclock Right?

You will most likely need a bios update so if you already have a cpu in that motherboard go update the bios on the manufactuers website.

I highly recommend a 4460 and a better gpu but if that is what you want go for it.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Dan425811923 :

Priya Sharma 448 :

You will most likely need a bios update so if you already have a cpu in that motherboard go update the bios on the manufactuers website.

I highly recommend a 4460 and a better gpu but if that is what you want go for it.

4460 ?I cant find it at my location..sorry..But thanks for the help...

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

waiting for your reply..

Dan425811923 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

Dan425811923 :

Priya Sharma 448 :

You will most likely need a bios update so if you already have a cpu in that motherboard go update the bios on the manufactuers website.

I highly recommend a 4460 and a better gpu but if that is what you want go for it.

4460 ?I cant find it at my location..sorry..But thanks for the help...

A 4440 is just as good.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

Priya Sharma 448 :

replied above.

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

one more thing i need to know is .Although Its a locked processor.but some videos say that we can overclock it a bit around 400Mhz.will it be safe and worth a try? just want your opinion.

Mugglensu1984 · May 26, 2015

if the processor has a locked multiplier then the only way to OC it is to raise the bus speed. but in that case you need expensive overclockable RAM becasue the bus speed and ram are linked. so to increase the bus speed it automatically increases the RAM speed and you must have OC ram otherwise your OC will crash.. So bottom line is I'd personally rather fork out the cash and get an unlocked processor than buy expensive RAM only to find out my motherboard cant OC and regret my purchase. Its very easy to OC an unlocked processor. Can you get a H97 chipped mobo?

Priya Sharma 448 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

No but will buy the 4690.And thanks for your valuable advice..I found my solution..Thanks a lot..so the bottom line is i cant overclock the non by a tiny bit.By the way I have Kingston Hyper x 1800Mhz.will that Help?

Dan425811923 · May 26, 2015

Mugglensu1984 :

You need z97/z87 to overclock.

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