good mobo to over clock 4790k/4770k

[onemanarmy720]

Looking for a good mini ITX motherboard to over clock ani 7 4790k/4770k. while being cost effective, don't care about looks just performance. thanks.

[Evolution.]

z97 anniversary 

[TARS]

The trick is even finding one for sale 

[onemanarmy720]

Just now, TARS said:

The trick is even finding one for sale 

im looking on ebay

[onemanarmy720]

1 minute ago, TARS said:

The trick is even finding one for sale 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Z97I-AC-LGA-1150-Intel-Z97-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-Mini-ITX-Motherboard/232556617806?hash=item362574604e:g:HXEAAOSwQcJaBSii 

 

hows this?

[Ninja_Commander]

Yeah, I just looked on Newegg, No ITX, only like a few ATX.  Even Amazon will be expensive as eBay at times.  I guess you can try your luck there, but can't you go to the z270 or even z370?

[TARS]

2 minutes ago, onemanarmy720 said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Z97I-AC-LGA-1150-Intel-Z97-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-Mini-ITX-Motherboard/232556617806?hash=item362574604e:g:HXEAAOSwQcJaBSii 

 

hows this?

Your actually pretty lucky to find that, I'm not into MSI boards... but your probably not going to find a better deal than that.

[onemanarmy720]

2 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

Yeah, I just looked on Newegg, No ITX, only like a few ATX.  Even Amazon will be expensive as eBay at times.  I guess you can try your luck there, but can't you go to the z270 or even z370?

i dont know, just looking up upgrade my cpu and be as cost effective as possible.

[Ninja_Commander]

Just now, onemanarmy720 said:

i dont know, just looking up upgrade my cpu and be as cost effective as possible.

TO be honest, I have a 4690K, so I can understand your pain. I want to keep my set up on my Z97 going till I feel its the right time to upgrade.  But I feel at times you gotta look at the long term and see whats more cost effective. Luckily my Gigabyte board is good since it has gone through server tests, so it can last.  Right now, looking at your specs, it might be a good time to just change to a new platform.  Though I would wait on the Z370 for now till they have more CPUs out so you can get the 8700K.

[onemanarmy720]

1 minute ago, Ninja_Commander said:

TO be honest, I have a 4690K, so I can understand your pain. I want to keep my set up on my Z97 going till I feel its the right time to upgrade.  But I feel at times you gotta look at the long term and see whats more cost effective. Luckily my Gigabyte board is good since it has gone through server tests, so it can last.  Right now, looking at your specs, it might be a good time to just change to a new platform.  Though I would wait on the Z370 for now till they have more CPUs out so you can get the 8700K.

yeah you are right. or a good deal on a 7700k, i found this near me. If I can talk him down a bit ill do it.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sop/d/intel-7700k-processor-and-rog/6376843316.html

[SwingLifeAway92]

Overclocking the 4790k  people talk so much crap about skylake temps haswell literally required a delid to get any overclock out of it

[onemanarmy720]

6 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

TO be honest, I have a 4690K, so I can understand your pain. I want to keep my set up on my Z97 going till I feel its the right time to upgrade.  But I feel at times you gotta look at the long term and see whats more cost effective. Luckily my Gigabyte board is good since it has gone through server tests, so it can last.  Right now, looking at your specs, it might be a good time to just change to a new platform.  Though I would wait on the Z370 for now till they have more CPUs out so you can get the 8700K.

found a 7700k for $120

[Ninja_Commander]

4 minutes ago, onemanarmy720 said:

yeah you are right. or a good deal on a 7700k, i found this near me. If I can talk him down a bit ill do it.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sop/d/intel-7700k-processor-and-rog/6376843316.html

That is the best damn deal I have seen for that combo. Its $340 for the 7700K and $260 for the MOBO on newegg, and he is asking 450 for both. Dude I would jump on that, since its $150 less then if you got them right now, brand new. Go for it, though you do have the problem with DDR4, so that $150 savings can go towards the memory.

[Clyne]

7 minutes ago, onemanarmy720 said:

yeah you are right. or a good deal on a 7700k, i found this near me. If I can talk him down a bit ill do it.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sop/d/intel-7700k-processor-and-rog/6376843316.html

You can get 7700K's for around 250-300 on r/hardwareswap, it's currently 289.99 on ebay(sold by monoprice). 

A cheap option is to get an higher end Z170 board with the BIOS updated.

Keep in mind that DDR4 is pricey. 

[onemanarmy720]

2 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

That is the best damn deal I have seen for that combo. Its $340 for the 7700K and $260 for the MOBO on newegg, and he is asking 450 for both. Dude I would jump on that, since its $150 less then if you got them right now, brand new. Go for it, though you do have the problem with DDR4, so that $150 savings can go towards the memory.

yeah i messaged him

[onemanarmy720]

3 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

That is the best damn deal I have seen for that combo. Its $340 for the 7700K and $260 for the MOBO on newegg, and he is asking 450 for both. Dude I would jump on that, since its $150 less then if you got them right now, brand new. Go for it, though you do have the problem with DDR4, so that $150 savings can go towards the memory.

if i got that combo could i just plug in my other hardware i have now? like would windows still work? once i changed mobo and cpu and windows acted up.

[Ninja_Commander]

1 minute ago, onemanarmy720 said:

if i got that combo could i just plug in my other hardware i have now? like would windows still work? once i changed mobo and cpu and windows acted up.

I don't know exactly. I never really had something like that happen to me.  I would think you might have an issue, but if you have it registered under an MS account it can work.  Again, I'm not sure about that.

[onemanarmy720]

1 minute ago, Ninja_Commander said:

I don't know exactly. I never really had something like that happen to me.  I would think you might have an issue, but if you have it registered under an MS account it can work.  Again, I'm not sure about that.

whoa why is ddr4 so expensive? wasnt like this a year ago.

[Zodiark1593]

15 minutes ago, SwingLifeAway92 said:

Overclocking the 4790k  people talk so much crap about skylake temps haswell literally required a delid to get any overclock out of it

Tbh, stock 4790K approaches perilously close to the edge of what Haswell can give.

[Ninja_Commander]

8 minutes ago, onemanarmy720 said:

whoa why is ddr4 so expensive? wasnt like this a year ago.

No Idea why. Just happened. If you are going to have enough ram go with 16gb and just know that you will be spending over $150 for a 8GB x 2 kit.

[SwingLifeAway92]

Just now, Zodiark1593 said:

Tbh, stock 4790K approaches perilously close to the edge of what Haswell can give.

Yeah I had one myself I could get it to 4.6ghz with a custom loop which was sad since it still ran fairly hot. I did however delid it and it capped out at 4.8ghz with temps that made me not have to turn on the heater in my room that winter

[onemanarmy720]

1 minute ago, Ninja_Commander said:

No Idea why. Just happened. If you are going to have enough ram go with 16gb and just know that you will be spending over $150 for a 8GB x 2 kit.

might just get this 4770 i found near me for $100 and save up the next year or so and get something new. lol i dont know tho

[Ninja_Commander]

Just now, onemanarmy720 said:

might just get this 4770 i found near me for $100 and save up the next year or so and get something new. lol i dont know tho

I say wait a bit, cause right now its not worth it to just get this chip. But since its not a K chip, and you don't have a board that can OC, it might be worth it till you decide on a new rig update.

[SwingLifeAway92]

Just now, onemanarmy720 said:

might just get this 4770 i found near me for $100 and save up the next year or so and get something new. lol i dont know tho

Yeah that's a good deal sure you can't overclock but the perf gains of overclocking on haswell weren't great to start with and getting those extra threads for 100 (minus what you can sell current cpu for) is more than worth that compromise 

[onemanarmy720]

4 minutes ago, SwingLifeAway92 said:

Yeah that's a good deal sure you can't overclock but the perf gains of overclocking on haswell weren't great to start with and getting those extra threads for 100 (minus what you can sell current cpu for) is more than worth that compromise 

will it work on my current board?