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I actually decided to can the idea lol. i didn't realize that modding the pc version of fallout 4 would disable achievements. Knew about skyrim SE but I thought fallout was excluded from that. so I'm working on my last few achievements before i come back to modding.

I always see it like this. Speaking about the K models, on the i7 you can always disable hyper threading. which will lower temps and power consumption and still get the higher cache and clock speed. That heading from disabled HT means you can possibly get a decent overclock. I use to do that on my 4770k. I would disable HT because i didn't use anything multi-threaded heavy (like video editing) so i benefit from the headroom gained from disabling HT.

Yeah, but that benefit is by how much? and is it actually hyperthreading and not the larger cache or other differences? 
 

Yeah... i just saw your post about the 144hz. As i said before i suggested the 6700k

Q1, I've read January 17th for some things, but rumours and speculation

Yeah, but that benefit is by how much? and is it actually hyperthreading and not the larger cache or other differences? 
 

So, My very old gaming system finally kicked the bucket. My i7-920's motherboard died. but the cpu / ram / everything else works so i've been spending the passed week or so looking for a replacement x58 mobo to sorta salvage it. Couldn't find it and btw, people are insane! 400 USD for an 8 year old mobo is "rickdiculous".... So moving on just earlier today I was cleaning out a closet and found an Asrock z77 Extreme 4 micro-atx mobo still Sealed!...I'm guess it was left over from my transition from the nehalem to ivy...but I received a Haswell and dropped the ivy, i thought i had returned it but not. SO! now! instead of reusing my 920 i'm planning on making a HTPC / big picture gaming computer.
 
So with this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K4pdd6 With the CPU going for 98.00 USD on amazon.
 
Now i can't decide on storage and that's where i'm looking for input. I can do with this setup as having the OS and a few games on the SSD and the HDD's in raid 1 redundant since it'll hold my music, movies, and shows. But I hate relying on mechanical storage. it's old and will inherently fail, I was thinking of 4 of the Crucial SSD's in Raid 5 but that will increase the price. So I need some of your opinions on which method to approach this.
 
And I know parts are missing, i'm reusing some components that are no longer listed, they are:
 
Mobo (obviously)
ULTRA X3 1000W full modular PSU
PNY 8GB DDR3 RAM (probably will add another 8)
 
 
 

A fellow Metalhead! \m/
 
 

Wattage is one thing, if your overclocking you want stable power. reputable brands like corsair, evga, and antec are great but i would pick a few and find some reviews on them where someone monitored voltage drooping under full load. that's what you want to avoid. Then if you want to take the extra step find a surge protector that also conditions power. It might say clean power or power conditioner in its description. Or a UPS will do that as well, but i've seen issues where a power hungry pc will trip a UPS because of its amp pull

I would second this. the 750 watts may cover its needed wattage but its also a Bronze rank, which means the higher you get in usage the less efficient it becomes. I believe passed 70% (don't quote me on that) and once you go past its efficiency it starts to cause under voltage / over voltage and since you want to overclock then thats not good.

If you're serious about overclocking, i would suggest a nice 800-850 Watt 80+ Platinum (or gold really). That should be plenty without breaking the bank. And it should provide more than enough headroom for overclock while staying in the efficiency sweetspot.