Sorry if this is a dumb question but why wouldn't the Z87 work for an i5? Being able to easily upgrade to a higher level intel later on would be ideal.

Would this mobo work? http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-z97-e-atx-lga1150-ddr3-1a-103886-1382.htm

/e ohhh is it because the z87 can't support the 5th generation intel cpu's?

I see there are quite a few of them, the z97-E, z97-A, z97-C. What are the differences?

This post was edited by BluntsGLI on Jul 25 2015 08:21pm

z87 works with i5, u just need to update bios.

z87a>z97a anyways for OCing

Now y'all got me confused lmao

Here's the latest and greatest revision of my build now: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/M3q7bv

Ballin' out on the motherboard so it's pretty much maxing out my budget

This post was edited by BluntsGLI on Jul 26 2015 10:46am

paying $190 for z97-a board is not worth it
87a is better for OCing cos it actually has 8 vrm's vs 97a's 4vrm, and they're literally close/similar and not worth $90 difference.

go with something like this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3ztHFT
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/8qGt23 if u want the same case
though i'd still stick with 6300 if you plan on doing something else while gaming.

or jus go str8 to 4460
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YmY8cf


This post was edited by Secksii on Jul 26 2015 02:02pm

So In the end I had to go with the Z97 -A for a good price, the z87 needed a bios update and it couldn't be done through the USB flashhack method. Oh well, 97 has USB 3.1 and support for 5th Gen Intel processors.

Also managed to pick up an r7 370 for real cheap and went with the 750 psu rapture first recommended.

I'm excited to build this thing, thanks for all the help!

This post was edited by BluntsGLI on Jul 31 2015 09:40am

Get a smaller and cheaper case. Buy a full sized and larger video card. Buy cheaper ram. 96 bucks for 8gb 1600 is over priced. I can find you 16gb 2400 quad channel for 106. Buy a cpu cooler.


How can you guys say his build is fine?

Edit
Oh God all these builds are bad. Give me a budget and I'll make one later. You guys spend too much money in certain parts and not enough in others.

This post was edited by NinjaSushi2 on Jul 31 2015 05:10pm

Use this as ram. http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16820231667

See if NCIX will price match this.

This post was edited by NinjaSushi2 on Jul 31 2015 05:15pm

1. I wanted a sick case, watching the video for that case is what inspired me to go through with building my first PC
2. All I play is League of Legends, this entire PC is overkill
3. This setup is pretty futureproofed, and next time around when I feel like it, I can just spend full budget on just a CPU and GPU
4. The RAM you sent is on an american site, listed in american dollars. I payed 59.99 CAD for 8 gigs, Kingston HyperXFury, that's a pretty good deal as far as Canada goes. I don't do anything where I'd notice the difference in RAM speed.

CPU cooler coming soon, will be my next buy along with an HDD soon enough.

This post was edited by BluntsGLI on Jul 31 2015 05:41pm