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[Guest]

So I have an old 4790k lying around just waiting to be gamed on, so I have a few questions before considering what to do. I want my system to be Mini ITX with the Gigabyte mini 1080, but stil lwant to be able to cool the 4790k well when I overclock it. So here are a few questions:

How far will I need to overclock the 4790k to have it keep up with the 1080?

What grade of cooler will I need to be able to keep its temps regulated in a Mini ITX chasis? (im thinking 120mm AiO's like the H80i)

What is the best Mini ITX motherboard for this kind of overclocking?

Will I be able to get 1080p 144hz at low/medium settings on this setup?

 

Any and all suggestions are welcome

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

So I have an old 4790k lying around just waiting to be gamed on, so I have a few questions before considering what to do. I want my system to be Mini ITX with the Gigabyte mini 1080, but stil lwant to be able to cool the 4790k well when I overclock it. So here are a few questions:

How far will I need to overclock the 4790k to have it keep up with the 1080?

What grade of cooler will I need to be able to keep its temps regulated in a Mini ITX chasis? (im thinking 120mm AiO's like the H80i)

What is the best Mini ITX motherboard for this kind of overclocking?

Will I be able to get 1080p 144hz at low/medium settings on this setup?

 

Any and all suggestions are welcome

As long as you hit at least 4.5ghz you'll be fine for 144hz gaming .

 

Just buy a Core 500 ITX case it supports 240mm AIOs

Whatever Z...97? board has a good VRM with a decent heatsink.

But finding Z97 motherboards is likely to be a giant pain

 

do you already have DDR3 memory? If not maybe just sell the i7 for Ryzen or something

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

As long as you hit at least 4.5ghz you'll be fine for 144hz gaming .

 

Just buy a Core 500 ITX case it supports 240mm AIOs

Whatever Z...97? board has a good VRM with a decent heatsink.

But finding Z97 motherboards is likely to be a giant pain

 

do you already have DDR3 memory? If not maybe just sell the i7 for Ryzen or something

i already have 16gb of ddr3 ye

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

i already have 16gb of ddr3 ye

Then find a board I guess

 

or this is how much a 6 core replacement would run, would be easier to cool due to the soldered IHS

 

that DDR4 kit is on some kind of crazy sale.
 

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($116.45 @ Walmart)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($126.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $409.43
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