Good Motherboard for OC and General work.

[Kezotar]

So I'm buying a new computer. And the things that is holding me from doing so is what motherboard I am going to choose.. I'm going to run 1150. I'm going to overclock but I'm not going to SLI/CF. I'll just upgrade the GPU as SLI/OC is not the thing for me, I'd rather sell my old card and buy a new and stronger one.

So my question would actually be what board can you recommend for me? As cheap as possible would be the key. I mean I'm not sure what I would be needing on a motherboard. I'm not in need of a hundred USB 3,0. Or anything super fancy. I'd like to have one that can manage to OC my CPU / GPU without burning up. I'm not running more than 1 SSD / 2 HDD.

Thanks

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OT -

I7 or I5 for streaming?

SSD is that required for steaming? Any performance increase?

My internett connection is fine.. In fact actually good

[chazus]

Do you have budget limitations?

[Kezotar]

Do you have budget limitations?

Not really, but how much of a performance increase can a motherboard do? I'm planing to use a cooler the Noctua. Most likely OC the CPU to the maximum, same goes for the GPU. I mean if I can get some good performance increase I could pay a bit more, but if it's just for the fancy stuff I'd rather go for a cheaper one.

[chazus]

The $110-$140 Z87 boards are usually your best bet. With haswell's its a bit bigger chip lottery then SB or IB. Even a great board won't do much good if you get a meh chip. The Asus Z87-A is usually a common go-to.

It would help if you actually listed out the parts you're getting.

[Kezotar]

The $110-$140 Z87 boards are usually your best bet. With haswell's its a bit bigger chip lottery then SB or IB. Even a great board won't do much good if you get a meh chip. The Asus Z87-A is usually a common go-to.

It would help if you actually listed out the parts you're getting.

Okey, could you find it on the page I used?

So I can get it i7 2700k - 1790 KR, while I get the i7 4770k for 2500. Think it's worth the increase? I mean almost 800 KR for the 4770k over the 2700k? It's about 133 dollars..

[chazus]

The 2700K isn't compatible with Z87 boards, as it's Socket 1155. Haswell stuff is Socket 1150. The i7-4770K is really your only option.

How often are you actually going to be streaming/recording?

[Kezotar]

The 2700K isn't compatible with Z87 boards, as it's Socket 1155. Haswell stuff is Socket 1150. The i7-4770K is really your only option.

How often are you actually going to be streaming/recording?

Yeah that I know, but I meant like is it worth paying 133 dollars to get the Haswell instead of the sandy bridge? I mean of course I would have to go back to the 1155 boards and would restrict me to future upgrades that can pop on the 1150 boards but for the time being...? I mean do you think the Haswell one outperforms the Sandy one with 133 Dollars. Which is about a price difference of 39%.. A increase of course. I doubt the haswell performs 39% better than the sandy. At most a 10% but again it is said that the Sandy can clock better, so it'll probably end up even or a bit worse than the haswell.. Or am I wrong?

[chazus]

I don't even see the 2700K on the website, just the 4770K.

That said, is an overclocked 4770K (at say 4.2ghz) better than a 2700K (at say 4.7ghz)? Yes. Definitely. Not by a huge amount. I would say 10% better. Is that worth a 40% price increase? Not in my opinion, but if you can afford it without problem, why not?

I'd never recommend a Sandy Bridge CPU at this point, though. I'd either go with a 3770K or 4770K, and they're almost the same price so 4770K.

[Kezotar]

I don't even see the 2700K on the website, just the 4770K.

That said, is an overclocked 4770K (at say 4.2ghz) better than a 2700K (at say 4.7ghz)? Yes. Definitely. Not by a huge amount. I would say 10% better. Is that worth a 40% price increase? Not in my opinion, but if you can afford it without problem, why not?

I'd never recommend a Sandy Bridge CPU at this point, though. I'd either go with a 3770K or 4770K, and they're almost the same price so 4770K.

Here's the page for that CPU - http://cdon.no/elektronikk/intel_cor...5_box-16991205

Oh I see. I might aswell just go with the haswell. Heard it has some hot ISSUEs but I guess I can play around with a knife and reapply some good paste. But for the MOBO for a haswell, could you find a good one on the first page?

[Faithh]

Yes go with haswell, next year we'll have Broadwell coming up who knows if Intel fixes the temp issues and your motherboard would support it.

[Kezotar]

Yes go with haswell, next year we'll have Broadwell coming up who knows if Intel fixes the temp issues and your motherboard would support it.

Have a MB that would support OC? No sli/CF needed. Just a plain good one.

[chazus]

MSI - Z87-G43, Z87-G45
Asus - Z87-A