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Damn that's a pretty steep dip in price!  

Is there a Noctua air cooler that's compatible with that processor by the way?

 

All Noctuas are compatible with the 6700 because it's the same mounting bracket. (Only LGA 2011 needed a special bracket) 

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Hey, could anyone give me some shopping advice?

So I can build a PC, but I'm not completely familiar with just motherboards in general.

Right now I have an ASUS P8Z68V-LX motherboard with an i5-2500k, I want to upgrade to an i7-4790k but I have no idea what a good ATX motherboard for it would be, all I know is the socket type (1150).

 

Can anyone recommend a good 1150 ATX motherboard to go with an i7-4790k?  

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

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CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

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CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

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Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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Hey, could anyone give me some shopping advice?

So I can build a PC, but I'm not completely familiar with just motherboards in general.

Right now I have an ASUS P8Z68V-LX motherboard with an i5-2500k, I want to upgrade to an i7-4790k but I have no idea what a good ATX motherboard for it would be, all I know is the socket type (1150).

 

Can anyone recommend a good 1150 ATX motherboard to go with an i7-4790k?  

 

Depends on Budget.

 

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Budget? Any specific colour scheme? Also @Baeger, please follow your own threads.

Right, my bad

 

No specific budget, but ideally nothing over $300 (£220 because I'm from the UK)

Colour scheme isn't a massive deal but It would be nice to have something black and orange to match my case, LTT Style ;D

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

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CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

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Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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Right, my bad

 

No specific budget, but ideally nothing over $300 (£220 because I'm from the UK)

Colour scheme isn't a massive deal but It would be nice to have something black and orange to match my case, LTT Style ;D

How about this? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xsoc

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Wow, that's perfect!  the colours seem a little neon-y in the photos but otherwise that seems brilliant!

Now I need a good air cooler

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

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CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

Spoiler

Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/xN8bqs


 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£91.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £361.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-30 13:40 GMT+0000


 

On skylake you can overclock non K CPUs wth a Z170 motherboard. So skip the old Haswell CPU and get a brand new Skylake CPU instead. 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/xN8bqs
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£91.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £361.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-30 13:40 GMT+0000
 
On skylake you can overclock non K CPUs wth a Z170 motherboard. So skip the old Haswell CPU and get a brand new Skylake CPU instead. 

 

You forgot to include any RAM + a cooler though, For me, it's still cheaper to go Haswell since I already have RAM and a cooler.

I'll look into it though.

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

Spoiler

CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

Spoiler

Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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You forgot to include any RAM + a cooler though, For me, it's still cheaper to go Haswell since I already have RAM and a cooler.

I'll look into it though.

 

Ram is like $65-90 (2133 vs 3000) for 16GB DDR4. Remember you can reuse DDR4 ram in the future on a next build so that's something to take into consideration.

CPU coolers are interchangeable between Sandy Bridge, Haswell, Skylake. 

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Ram is like $65-90 (2133 vs 3000) for 16GB DDR4. Remember you can reuse DDR4 ram in the future on a next build so that's something to take into consideration.

CPU coolers are interchangeable between Sandy Bridge, Haswell, Skylake. 

Well I just looked into RAM, since I thought DDR4 was still pretty expensive but you're definitely right, it's certainly come down a lot in price. This might be a good alternative so thanks!

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

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CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

Spoiler

Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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Well I just looked into RAM, since I thought DDR4 was still pretty expensive but you're definitely right, it's certainly come down a lot in price. This might be a good alternative so thanks!

 

Yep. I paid $240 for 4x4GB back when Haswell-E launched. Now that same kit is down to $90.

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Yep. I paid $240 for 4x4GB back when Haswell-E launched. Now that same kit is down to $90.

Damn that's a pretty steep dip in price!  

Is there a Noctua air cooler that's compatible with that processor by the way?

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

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CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

Spoiler

Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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Damn that's a pretty steep dip in price!  

Is there a Noctua air cooler that's compatible with that processor by the way?

 

All Noctuas are compatible with the 6700 because it's the same mounting bracket. (Only LGA 2011 needed a special bracket) 

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All Noctuas are compatible with the 6700 because it's the same mounting bracket. (Only LGA 2011 needed a special bracket) 

Oh awesome.  Well, I went ahead and bought what you suggested along with 16gb hyperX DDR4 ram and a Noctua NH-D14 air cooler!

thanks!

Much better value for money going Skylake :D

About me:  23 Year old Software Developer from Wales, UK.  PC gamer and occasional Xbox Series X gamer (fanboy in recovery lol).  I stream occasionally as a hobby. 

The Rigs/Specs

 

KONAN (Main Rig): 
 

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel Core I7-10700K

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

RAM: Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 48GB (2x8GB & 2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX850i

Storage: M.2, SATA SSD, Array of 6TB HDDs, etc etc. 

 

CASWYN (Old Main Rig - Retired):

Spoiler

CASWYN (Main Rig):  i7 6700k @4.4Ghz, AsRock Z170 Pro4 Motherboard, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series (2133MHz, DDR4) Array of several Hard Drives totaling to 9TB, Samsung 840 120Gb SSD (Boot drive)  Ask for other stuff where relevant

 

CLESEK (Laptop):

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Dell Inspiron 7559 Gaming Laptop - i7-6700HQ, 12GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce GTX 960m, ADATA 128GB SSD, 1TB Standard HDD

 

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