Which Motherboard?

[b_real90]

Which Motherboard should I get?

 

I wanna run a 3570K and would like to overclock that thing.

My graphics card is a XFX 7870.

 

I thought of the ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Performance.

[Bluejay0]

Asrock have a bad rep here. I'd suggest a board if you give a budget

[b_real90]

My budget is around 150$

[Bluejay0]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544

 

UD3H is an excellent and well built board. Many here recommend it.

[Lord Pantaloons]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544

 

UD3H is an excellent and well built board. Many here recommend it.

^^ that'll do bird, that'll do

[b_real90]

That board looks great, i love dark PCBs

Is it good for overclocking?

[Analog]

That board looks great, i love dark PCBs

Is it good for overclocking?

 

Yes it is.

[b_real90]

Okay, thanks guys:)

[Analog]

No problem. If you need more help or have questions about something, don't hesitate to to ask!

[b_real90]

Oh yeah there's one other question.

Someone said I shouldn't buy a 3570K anymore. I should go with the new Haswell generation, that means the 4670K.

Is that true?

Some tests say, the 4670K has less OC-potential than the 3570K and produces more heat while overclocking.

Some other tests say, that the new Haswell architecture kills the Ivy-Bridge genaration.

[Analog]

Oh yeah there's one other question.

Someone said I shouldn't buy a 3570K anymore. I should go with the new Haswell generation, that means the 4670K.

Is that true?

Some tests say, the 4670K has less OC-potential than the 3570K and produces more heat while overclocking.

Some other tests say, that the new Haswell architecture kills the Ivy-Bridge genaration.

 

Actually everything is true. The 3570K and the 4670K have basically the same price in most of the retailers around the world. Ivy-Bridge has more overclocking potential, but it's and older generation compared to Haswell. For example if you have a i5 3570K overclocked at 4.7GHz it delivers the same performance as a i5 4670K at 4.4GHz-4.5GHz.

[b_real90]

Yeah, it's an older generation and the upcoming CPUs will apparently all be Socket 1150 and you have a few more new features. That's the point, for which I would go with Haswell. But I'm not sure if that'd be a good decision.

[kuzimins]

Go haswell!

[mgsstar]

Yeah, it's an older generation and the upcoming CPUs will apparently all be Socket 1150 and you have a few more new features. That's the point, for which I would go with Haswell. But I'm not sure if that'd be a good decision.

The performance difference between a 3570K and a 4670K is around 10%. I would personally go with a 4670K and Asus Z87-A motherboard. Overclocking on Haswell depends on the chip that you will get:http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/06/01/intel_haswell_i74770k_ipc_overclocking_review/6

 

70% of CPUs can clock to 4.5GHz

30% of CPUs can clock to 4.6GHz

20% of CPUs can clock to 4.7GHz

10% of CPUs can to 4.8GHz

Overall you will find most CPUs capable of reaching 44x to 45x with varying levels of voltage.

If you are overclocking, I would recommend getting an aftermarket cooler like a Hyper 212 Evo. I would change the gpu to another brand like Sapphire/MSI/Asus/ dual fan coolers because XFX coolers are not that good imo.

[BYOGamingPC]

+1 for the Asus Z87-A with the Intel Core i5-4670K.