Help Hobo building a rig. plox - ADDED POLL FOR CPU!!!!

[pogosan]

[Molly]

Neither of the CPUs in the poll!

Buy a E3 1231V3 - you basically get a i7 4770 for the price of the i5...

...main difference is just the integrated gpu but as a gamer that is of no interest anyway.

[Senni__Ti]

Unless you are using 3DS max or video editing a lot, it's not worth sacrificing the OC potential and boost to single core performance it brings.

4690k for a gaming/all-round rig
1231V3 for a workrig/gaming
4790k for zero compromise

Not sure why no one is talking about mobos, getting right one is pretty crucial.
(onboard sound chip, m.2 support, reliability!, ocing potential, RMA service).

Most brands are decent, I prefer ASUS/Gigabyte (I own a MSI GD-65, solid board, but ASUS/Gigabyte mid-tier boards are better price/performance.)

[Molly]

Is cpu overclocking even still a thing?
With my e3 1231v3 I expect easily a life time of 3-5 years w/o any overclocking.

[Senni__Ti]

Is cpu overclocking even still a thing?
With my e3 1231v3 I expect easily a life time of 3-5 years w/o any overclocking.

All about that 4.20GHz, go high or go home.

[pogosan]

[Patoson]

Yes. Stock coolers are quite bad. A lot of people like the Hyper 212 Evo. It's cheap and good. I've never tried it though.

I got a Noctua air cooler a long time ago and I didn't really notice a difference, so I went for a Corsair H60 and I'm happy with the results. I've had it for some years now and the temperatures are much better than with the stock cooler. My 3570K is at 4GHz and it never goes higher than 60ºC.

[Senni__Ti]

You can stick with the intel stock cooler, but I wouldn't recommend it. (Loud, hot, nasty)

CM Hyper 212 evo or Zalman CNPSX10 PERFORMA is good.
Or if you want to go up a step, Corsair H55 is a good AIO watercooler.

I use the CNPSX10, chunky, restricts RAM height, but it's good at what it does (was cheap too).
I also have a H55, very quiet, keeps my GPU nice and cool. (OC'd 780, got a conversion bracket)

You could run 4GHz quite happily on the stock cooler, but I'd expect 70-80C.
Not great, but workable.

[Nightmare798]

why in the hell would you need an i7

Still better choice than FX-8300...

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[Patoson]

I had a case like that and I didn't like it much. If you can get it, check out the Corsair 400R Carbide Black. It's beautiful, simple and big enough.

About the RAM, 1600 should be enough, and, the lower the timings, the faster the memory, I think, so CL7 should be the best, I guess.

[pogosan]

[darmaster]

Still better choice than FX-8300...

Even the i5 is, but they're much more expensive and both could be overkill unless you sli/xfire or use dual gpus. As long as you stick with 980 or lower cards 8350 is enough, if needed just a bit of overclocking

[Kafein]

I absolutely recommend the CL watercooler. You won't even hear your CPU working ever again.

About RAM, determining which frequency and timings will be better for you is an extremely complicated matter, but in general branded kits won't screw you over. 1600 CAS 7 is good, so is 1866 CAS 8 and 2133 CAS 9 and so on. All that considering XMP is activated (because why wouldn't you?).

[Tore]

If you get such a high tier cpu your gpu is going to be a bottleneck. You don't need anything other than a little more ram, get decent cooling and overclock your cpu.