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Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (BX80646I54670K) - PCPartPicker

should i go with the 4770k for 70$ more or is it not noticeable?

sorry dont got anyone else to ask, and about the cards is 3% performance worth really going amd over nvidia for similarly priced products?

also i was thinking of this card, but i dont see it on your chart for benchmarks am i missing it?MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (R9 290X 4GD5 BF4) - PCPartPicker

i5 is more value for the money, I think they are about the same but i7 has hyper threading which isn't useful for games. I would recommend against buying the reference r290x as it has heat/cooling issues. If you are willing to wait get the 3rd party cards when they come out with better cooling.

Eyashusa_sl said:

Going to Microcenter Friday. Any of these good deals? I know very little about motherboards these days...

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+1 for the extreme 4 i love mine

Thanks guys. That is the one I was leaning towards. Should be able to get a decent video card and still stay under $500.

alright, ill save some $$ on the cpu, is the 780x the best card for the 500$ range? looks that way.

I've had a 3570k + the ASRock Extreme 4 montherboard for exactly 1 year now, built it last black friday(combo of the 2 was $229 at Microcenter a year ago) and both are holding up great. Have had the processor overclocked to 4.6ghz this entire time, and everything still runs like a champ. Never crashes, stable as can be. I've probably rebooted less than 10 times in the past year.

TecKnoe_sl said:

alright, ill save some $$ on the cpu, is the 780x the best card for the 500$ range? looks that way.

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Yes, but read this post first before you make a decision

Upgrading Video, need advice

Really wish there was a microcenter near me. At this point just have to look for a GPU the next few days, then sometime next year pick up a new mobo + cpu.

Unfortunately I didn't get one of the golden Haswell chips. I can only keep my 4770k at 4.3 or 4.4 and keep it under 80C at full load which seems to be very common. I'll get some pics up tomorrow when I have a camera that doesn't suck balls (my phone refuses to take a good picture showing off the build. Gotta say definitely giving the Corsair Air 540 an A+ in my book. By far the best case I've ever worked with. If you're like me and just have a couple drives, this case fucking rocks. The air flow in it is fantastical, it is extremely easy to work with if you're surgically retarded like I am. Lots of room to play around in the case and the cable management... holy shit is it easy to work with cables and make the air flow nice in this case. Also gotta give a thumbs up to this ASUS Z87 Pro. Solid mobo so far.

I have BF4 downloading right now. I can't wait to test the GPU and then OC it some.

joeboo_sl said:

I've had a 3570k + the ASRock Extreme 4 montherboard for exactly 1 year now, built it last black friday(combo of the 2 was $229 at Microcenter a year ago) and both are holding up great. Have had the processor overclocked to 4.6ghz this entire time, and everything still runs like a champ. Never crashes, stable as can be. I've probably rebooted less than 10 times in the past year.

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I have the same setup, but i havn't gotten it up over 4.2 not due to issues just havt tried. What cpu cooler are you using I have an evo212 on mine and with the new gpu comming am looking to get it up to 4.6 while gaming.

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-12800CL9D-8GBSRfor $50.

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) F3-14900CL9D-8GBSRfor $53.

Those are pretty good deals

Too lazy to look for the monitor thread... any opinions on this one?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-24-...A#tab=overview

Kovaks_sl said:

I have the same setup, but i havn't gotten it up over 4.2 not due to issues just havt tried. What cpu cooler are you using I have an evo212 on mine and with the new gpu comming am looking to get it up to 4.6 while gaming.

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I'm using a retail water cooler, the Corsair H100i. I can actually run it at 4.8 with no problems while gaming or under normal use, but stress tests do crash it at 4.8, so I dialed it back to 4.6.

So I think, if there's some good deals tomorrow (Black Friday has only recently become a "thing" in Canada), I'll be picking up a new CPU, mobo, memory and maybe SSD. CPU I've decided on a 4670K, as that seems like the sweet spot. Probably won't bother trying to OC much, but whatever the K costs me $20 by the looks of it. And I'll probably get a Samsung EVO SSD, not sure on the size yet, probably just a 250gb. I'm having a bit more trouble deciding on the mobo and RAM though, because there's so many options out there.

Like for Asus motherboards, what the shit is the difference between a Z87 Expert, Gryphon, and Deluxe? It seems ridiculous to me that Asus must have 10+ Z87 motherboards. Why the fuck does the lineup need to be so huge? Is there much difference between the Realtek ALC892 and ALC1150?

Memory wise, do I just get the cheapest 1600mhz DDR3 memory with decent latency? Is there much else to look for these days?

edit - nevermind, I was looking at the "mini" deluxe

Shit theres a lot of Asus Z87 boards, at least 10+ at Newegg

joeboo_sl said:

Yes, but read this post first before you make a decision

Upgrading Video, need advice

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must have been a good deal, sold out on newegg, tigerdirect. 10 left on amazon.

what is the best I5 cpu out there? i googled and got nothing but shit.