i4790K Build, please advise!

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:09

Need mobo and 16GB ram to go with this chip, mobo must have a PCI slot. Machine is for audio/video/photo editing, not gaming. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

stulid · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:12

Hi.

So you just want a board and RAM? nothing else?

What case do you have?

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:14

Yes.

Case: http://www.antec.com/demo/p182/p182_flash.html

HD's: SSD for system and scratch, 7200 internal and externals.

PSU: Corsair HX 620W ATX

Will probably replace old noisy GPU with this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-267-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2304

(Would also like to keep noise down)

stulid · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
Total : £169.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

GaryFromVault22 · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:19

How much do you want to spend? If you are willing/able to spend around £250 the Asus Z97-WS is apparently a good solid board for productivity, they support advanced and fast storage solutions and can be easily expanded with Thunderbolt connections for NAS etc if you are using one and they claim to have exceptional stability and reliability.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-631-AS

For RAM for video editing you want probably want something fast and simple, no need for spinning kazoos and LED dance parties.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-179-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Something similar to that perhaps

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:21

Thanks, Mobo looks fairly bare bones, should be ok...?

Suggestions on cooler to keep noise down?

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:22

GaryFromVault22 said:
How much do you want to spend? If you are willing/able to spend around £250 the Asus Z97-WS is apparently a good solid board for productivity, they support advanced and fast storage solutions and can be easily expanded with Thunderbolt connections for NAS etc if you are using one and they claim to have exceptional stability and reliability.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-631-AS

Thanks but this looks like overkill, i have no need for any of the stuff you've described! Plus, no PCI which is essential.

GaryFromVault22 · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:35

chamelious said:
Thanks but this looks like overkill, i have no need for any of the stuff you've described! Plus, no PCI which is essential.

it is a heavy weight board for serious productivity and is expensive, most of the things I mentioned are for things like large but rapidly accessible external storage to protect and backup the data your working on as you actually work on it etc. The overbuilt nature of the board is for long term reliability with constant or heavy usage.

It does have PCI slots though, 4x PCIe 3.0/2.0 16x, 1x PCIe 2.0 x4 and 2x PCIe 2.0 x1

But the other guys suggestion is certainly better value, especially if you don't need those features.

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:39

GaryFromVault22 said:
it is a heavy weight board for serious productivity and is expensive, most of the things I mentioned are for things like large but rapidly accessible external storage to protect and backup the data your working on as you actually work on it etc. The overbuilt nature of the card is for long term reliability with constant or heavy usage.

It does have PCI slots though, 4x PCIe 3.0/2.0 16x, 1x PCIe 2.0 x4 and 2x PCIe 2.0 x1

But the other guys suggestion is certainly better value, especially if you don't need those features.

I realise what all the features are for, i just don't need them. The ports you lisi are all pcie...?

stulid · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:42

That Gigabyte board is fine.

The RAM is 2400MHz and under £100

What more do you want?

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:47

stulid said:
That Gigabyte board is fine.

The RAM is 2400MHz and under £100

What more do you want?

Nothing, my posts regarding price are in response to the mobo suggest at £250.

GaryFromVault22 · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:47

chamelious said:
I realise what all the features are for, i just don't need them. The ports you lisi are all pcie...?

You meant the old PCI? Nevermind then, my bad thought you where just shorthanding PCIe.

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:48

GaryFromVault22 said:
You meant the old PCI? Nevermind then, my bad thought you where just shorthanding PCIe.

No prob. The soundcard i use is quite old and has a PCI card.

stulid · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:53

There is one board not listed anymore at OcUK called the Gigabyte Z97 sniper - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4952#ov

SLI/Crossfire support.

Killer NIC.

But more importantly Creative Core3D sound, Nichicon caps and op-amp upgrade option. You wouldn't need a sound card then.

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:53

stulid said:
There is one board not listed anymore at OcUK called the Gigabyte Z97 sniper - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4952#ov

SLI/Crossfire support.

Killer NIC.

But more importantly Creative Core3D sound, Nicichon capos and op-amp upgrade option.

Thanks, but i have no idea for any of that, especially GPU and sound options.

stulid · 18 Mar 2015 at 14:55

You said your sound card was old and PCI, this one board will allow you to chuck it in the bin I think.

chamelious · 18 Mar 2015 at 15:00

stulid said:
You said your sound card was old and PCI, this one board will allow you to chuck it in the bin I think.

Not at all; Its a professional audio production one, not designed for watching films and games in surround sound