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[Summon3r]

Lord Letto, on 13 March 2015 - 07:24 PM, said:

Considering your getting a Locked i5 (if you were to get the i5-4460) there will be no overclocking so anything should do as long as it's socket 1150, if you were to get a Unlocked i5 that allowed overclocking though (i5-4690K being the Cheapest, $200 in store pickup @ Microcenter: http://www.microcent...Boxed_Processor ), I'd say get a Z97 Chipset, for $100 there are 9 Options, 8 if you don't want to deal with MIRs. of those, I'd say look at MSI Z97 PC MATE, $90 @ Newegg but there's a $10 MIR that would bring cost down to $80+$2 Shipping so $82, Amazon also got it but no MIR so $90:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $281.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 23:23 EDT-0400

wow, great price for that cpu, wish we had microcenters in canada

[dr lao]

ok guys im back well due to the real world my budget dropped so im going with the g3258 im sorry guys at this time i just cant get a i5 if I can get an upgradeable MB an i5 may be in the future.
if anyone can find a mb that will easy OC that would be fantastic I only have one shot at another MB I don't need a lot one thats budget i have two sticks of 8 ram and one gpu im not planning to SLI so one slot is good .
O hay I did talk my son into testing MWO on his AMD A10-5800K APU 3.8Ghz Processor and it ran slower then my i3 around 55FPS on high .

thank you all for being pationt .

[Lord Letto]

for Motherboard, I'd say a Gigabyte for their Easytune 6 Software, and maybe try MSI Afterburner to monitor and possibly OC your GTX 750ti.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.75 @ Directron)
Total: $181.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-17 11:45 EDT-0400

[Catamount]

Don't worry about having the ability to upgrade. You'll be able to put an i5 into any board that can run the 3258, and once you know how to overclock on the 3258, you know how to overclock on whatever i5 you get later on.

A couple people have recommended boards, and I'm going to second DV on the Asrock board

http://pcpartpicker....-z97anniversary

[dr lao]

Ok i got the Intel Pentium Processor G3258 4 BX80646G3258 on order hope this works out guys

Edited by dr lao, 19 March 2015 - 07:56 AM.

[dr lao]

Im liking the
MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150
Pros-
Looks cool
Stays cool (30C)
Static resistant
Common ATX form factor
Low power consumption
Solid alloy caps and chokes
Large capacity on-board battery
3 inboard video options VGA dvi hdmi]
Nice crispy audio[/color]
Fits BIG heatsinks (CM hyper 212 Evo
Supports 32 GIGS OF RAM (a lot)
6 freakin sata ports (2 are 6gbps)


Ok the other mother board the
Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150
had some bad revues

Edited by dr lao, 20 March 2015 - 07:30 AM.

[Goose]

Currently for $67

http://www.overclock...xe_z97pk/11.htm

http://www.legitrevi...review_151695/4

[Lord Letto]

Goose, on 20 March 2015 - 09:45 AM, said:

Currently for $67

http://www.overclock...xe_z97pk/11.htm

http://www.legitrevi...review_151695/4

um, no:
Cons:

• Making your own combo deal is not as attractive as when it was actually offered as a combo
  
• Low phase voltage limits further upgrades/overclocking
  
• Auto-OC not perfect

that MSI PC Mate should be good:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $120.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-20 14:12 EDT-0400

Edited by Lord Letto, 20 March 2015 - 10:12 AM.

[Catamount]

The MSI board certainly has nothing wrong with it, but it's also $10 more than the Asrock board and has fewer USB 3.0 ports. Its UEFI inferface does look nice, granted.

I'd certainly take it over the ECS board.

[dr lao]

ITS HERE!!
​Hay when you live out in the desert every package that comes from UPS is a blessing best part I get great Internet serves out here yep UPS and Great bandwidth Im happy lol

Edited by dr lao, 21 March 2015 - 05:59 AM.

[Lord Letto]

what heatsinks are in the pics? also, nice Brass Knuckleblade!, Mark 1 trench knife i'm guessing due to the U.S 1918 on it? http://en.wikipedia...._I_trench_knife

Edited by Lord Letto, 21 March 2015 - 09:45 AM.

[dr lao]

Lord Letto, on 21 March 2015 - 09:44 AM, said:

what heatsinks are in the pics? also, nice Brass Knuckleblade!, Mark 1 trench knife i'm guessing due to the U.S 1918 on it? http://en.wikipedia...._I_trench_knife

ok the heat sinks are old the one on the right is 100%copper super heavy i dont think the MB would hold up the other one is light but im using it for a solar powered heat fan with just canddles cool������ and yes thats a trench knife my gand dad was in WW1 .

Edited by dr lao, 21 March 2015 - 07:28 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Nice! Time for some heavy OC'ing!