Advice on system

[meepatme]

Hi I need a PC capable of overclocking for a data crunching need.

It will get stashed in the conservatory or the like so will be remotely so gpu doesn't really matter.

Am looking at a cpu of

CPU Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz Devils Canyon Quad Core Processor with Hyperthreading

From the online shop here I assume this process is unlocked so can be overclocked?

My questions is what motherboard will have be adequate that has an unlocked bios to allow me to overclock this rig. They had listed

MSI H81M-E33 Intel H81 Micro ATX Motherboard - [subtract £4.13]
Asus H81M-E Intel H81 Micro ATX Motherboard (temporarily out of stock) - [add £0.00]
Asus H81M-K Intel H81 Micro ATX Motherboard
Asus H81M-Plus Intel H81 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £1.70]
Gigabyte H81M-S2PV Intel H81 Micro ATX Motherboard (temporarily out of stock) - [add £1.70]
MSI H97M-G43 Intel H97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £20.87]
Gigabyte H97M-HD3 Intel H97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £23.37]
Asrock H97M Pro4 Intel H97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £24.20]
Asus H97M-E Intel H97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £27.50]
Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £31.70]
Asus Z97M-Plus Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £56.70]
Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard (temporarily out of stock) - [add £61.70]
MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard (temporarily out of stock) - [add £66.70]
Asus Z97 Gryphon Armor Edition Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £82.50]
Asus Maximus VII Gene Intel Z97 Micro ATX Motherboard - [add £100.00]

Rest of the system I was getting an SSD drive to keep IO Low and usal case cooling options proposed on the shop here. Low spec GPU (no gaming needed). 16 gig of ram 2122 stuff

Thanks for your help
Cheers Russ

 

[mickyflinn]

Any Z97 motherboard will allow overclocking some other boards do overclock but if you want to make sure then a Z97.