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Deadkity
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Hello,

 

What motherboard do you suggest I should pair with a 4670k and a GTX 970

 

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Just make sure to buy a Z97 motherboard (or Z87) that you are able to make use of the unlocked CPU in terms of OCing. And if you want to SLI that GTX970 later down the road please make sure to buy a mainboard that supports SLI :) .

 

Other than that have fun with the awesome performance :) .

 

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Hello,

 

What motherboard do you suggest I should pair with a 4670k and a GTX 970

 

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I, personally, like the ASUS Hero VII Ranger/Hero Z97 boards. They're around $175, they offer a ton of specs, and have superb SLI support. If you can't go that high, I'd recommend a Gigabyte or ASUS Z97 or Z87 board. This being because the Z97/87 boards allow for the overclocking of your K-series CPU and Gigabyte/ASUS are the only manufacturers that I use for boards (b/c of customer service, quality, etc.).

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Buy any cheap Z97 board. All does the same thing! But not all! (eh!)

Asus/Gigabyte/MSI motherboards are very good!

 

Buy a mobo with SLI support, because you may add sli with your current GPU!

 

MSI Z97S SLI PLUS - $129 USD

 

GigaByte Z97X SLI - $116 USD

 

ASRock Z97 Extreme4 - $124 USD

 

All prices shown here from PCPP.

 

I just listed some of budget kinda Z97 boards. They really does the job :)

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Cheers for the help so far, probably gonna go for the Gigabyte Z97X SLI. PCPP says the total wattage is 328W. Is this the max or what? Would a 450W PSU do the trick?

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Cheers for the help so far, probably gonna go for the Gigabyte Z97X SLI. PCPP says the total wattage is 328W. Is this the max or what? Would a 450W PSU do the trick?

450W PSU would be pushing it since PSU's are not 100% efficient. Go with a decent 500W PSU. That will give you room for overclocking and will run cooler, quiter and will be more efficient. I recently bought the Thermaltake Smart SE 530W for around $55. Depending on your budget choose a PSU around 500W, and if it has a 80+ certification that's even better.

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The Thermaltake isn't available on UK Part Picker so how about the Corsair CX500, Linus seems to like Corsair PSU's

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