Board & RAM

StonedPenguin · 27 Aug 2013 at 18:09

Hi there,

After my mobo dying yesterday

I'm after recommendations for a new motherboard and Ram for a 4770k

Budget for mobo is ~£200 and ram ~£150 (16GB for ~£100 would be nice though!)

Will be used in a custom water loop, 2 670's and a pciE sound card so 4 pci-e slots would be nice.

Cheers!

8 Pack · 29 Aug 2013 at 13:31

At that budget for the board go Gigabyte OC or ASUS ROG Gene or Hero.

RAM with that budget you are limited to kits at around 1600 - 1866 mhz. Choose any from a major manufacturer. They will work fine.

StonedPenguin · 31 Aug 2013 at 14:53

I went with the z87x-OC, Cheers.
Regarding the OC-Peg on the board, I dont have a spare 6+2 pin pci-e for it, Is it ok to use a molex 》pci-e adapter for it?

Similar question about the CPU power pins, It has slots for a 8pin & a 4pin, I only have the 1 4+4 pin cpu power cable..

The PSU I have now is a TX750v1, 4 yrs old.

For exactly the same amount I can get either a Seasonic x850 gold or a XFX 1050w pro series Gold.
I think the xfx is made by Seasonic, Or should I not bother and get a few molex adapters?

wazza300 · 31 Aug 2013 at 14:56

might aswell go for a new psu with all those new expensive components,i wouldn't like to trust molex adaptors

that board will work fine on just an 8 pin cpu plug or 4+4 plugs

setter · 31 Aug 2013 at 15:11

I havent bothered with the extra gpu power connector here either tbh, board is an asus maximus VI formula.

StonedPenguin · 6 Sep 2013 at 15:16

Up and running

Had a quick go at overclocking the 4770k, So far all I've done is change the Vcore, Multiplier & disable all C states.

4.5ghz is stable (3 hrs prime) at 1.232v, To reach 4.6 it needs 1.285V.

Temps at 4.5 55-60c in prime95 small ftt's, 4.6/1.285v - 60-65c.

Should the uncore ratio be the same as the multiplier?

Whats a safe max voltage in a custom wc loop? Looking round the net some people say vcore is fine upto 1.4 so long as its kept under 85c?

Cheers