Motherboard + Cooler

[Scratchy1215]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CfK23

cant go over 190 MAX i own all of these besides the cpu im buying 

 

going for a 4.5+ ghz OC

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Something like this should do it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n3cQf7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n3cQf7/by_merchant/

 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 113.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $139.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Getting a locked i5, with a H81/H87/B85/H97 motherboard, will be cheaper, and perform better overall.

[Scratchy1215]

 

Something like this should do it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n3cQf7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n3cQf7/by_merchant/

 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 113.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $139.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Getting a locked i5, with a H81/H87/B85/H97 motherboard, will be cheaper, and perform better overall.

 

for pure gaming, doubt it.

[ForsakenLive]

for pure gaming, doubt it.

On the large majority of games, GPU is the deciding factor, you could spend your money on a i3 and a cheap motherboard and have only 1-3 fps difference with a more expensive and overclocked CPU.

If the game does benefit from the CPU, it's all about how optimized it is. If the game can make 4 cores work, then the locked i5 will perform better than the OC'ed pentium K. More gigahertz doesn't mean more performance.

On other games, that are CPU bound and poorly optmized (only use one core), like MMOs, and games like Starcraft II, the Pentium chip, if well OC'ed, can overcome other CPUs. Either way you go, with your system you are still getting 60fps+ on those games anyways.

 

I still prefer a processor that will allow me to do other stuff, computing wise the i5 is better, and even for multitasking it is. I like having 2 monitors, and while gaming still do plenty of stuff at the same time. Having the extra cores can make a difference, specially if you are streaming.

[Scratchy1215]

id love a i5 4690k but i cant afford it and its not needed. my monitor only supports 60 fps for 1080 and i have a 280 with a anthlon that bottlenecks it by 40% for this pentium will only maybe 10%