Spec me for my friend

kram2803 · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:03

A friend asked me to gather some parts for his upgrade and he has a tight budget of £300.

All he needs are the following (CPU, RAM & Mobo).

I found this MSI board but not quite sure how good it is in terms of OCing as he plan to OC his rig in the future if its needed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
Total : £264.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

DaleTheWhale · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:10

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £349.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Stretch a little?

kram2803 · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:12

Sorry but why did you choose Gigabyte over the MSI don't they have pretty similar specs?

DaleTheWhale · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:21

Gigabyte has UK RMA and are a very good brand IMO.
Prefer Gigabyte over the rest.

Idleman · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:28

ThaReaperGuy said:
Gigabyte has UK RMA and are a very good brand IMO.
Prefer Gigabyte over the rest.

So does MSI, in this case it would be OCUK.

http://uk.msi.com/service/rma/

kram2803 · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:42

Oh thanks for the info.

So how is this board in terms of Ocing? is it capable to be oced safely?

He has Corsair H50 cooler though I know that will fit, correct me if im wrong though.

DaleTheWhale · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:43

Idleman said:
So does MSI, in this case it would be OCUK.

http://uk.msi.com/service/rma/

I always thought it wasn't. Thanks for the heads up.

stulid · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:44

I managed 4.4Ghz on a HD3 before, the same chip did 4.6Ghz on a D3HP, 4.9-5Ghz on a Z87X-OC.

But I have a good CPU, many people struggle to do 4.4Ghz on expensive boards as their CPU is not so great.

kram2803 · 13 Jan 2014 at 10:57

stulid said:
I managed 4.4Ghz on a HD3 before, the same chip did 4.6Ghz on a D3HP, 4.9-5Ghz on a Z87X-OC.

But I have a good CPU, many people struggle to do 4.4Ghz on expensive boards as their CPU is not so great.

So up to how much do you recommend OCing these components I have chosen? is it better to buy pre-oced bundle instead of letting my friend do it in case he do something stupid :/.

stulid · 13 Jan 2014 at 11:08

Comes down to the CPU really as the average Haswell overclock is closer to 4.2-4.4 rather than 4.8-5.0