There's a chance you won't even be able to get to the point where you could update the BIOS using a 4690k CPU. Then it IS a huge deal... not everyone has a compatible CPU lying around at home. Used ones cost money, take their time to ship etc.



Please elaborate...

This post was edited by aneas on Feb 24 2015 09:37am

Overclock.

Re-check. Come back. Agree with me.

B85 Mobos can OC. Some Asus H97 Mobos can OC, but not as well.



This post was edited by VVR4ITH on Feb 24 2015 09:44am

H97 Performance can OC. H87 Performance could OC as well. No issues with voltage/VRMs or anything else. Equally good results on both motherboards with no difference to B85/Z87/Z97 boards of the same tier.

This post was edited by aneas on Feb 24 2015 09:50am

Ah, I thought you picked an Asus board. My mistake.

In any case, he should still go with a Z97. His budget will allow for it, and there's no reason not to go with one.

This post was edited by VVR4ITH on Feb 24 2015 09:55am

In general I'd agree.
But ImO he wasted too much money there, while making cuts when it comes to storage (128 GB SSD is fine, yet you won't fit too many games on that and 256 GB SSD offer better price/performance).
Same for PSU... going with other components would have allowd for a GTX 980 even at the same budget...

This post was edited by aneas on Feb 24 2015 10:01am

Not many people need the 980. The 970 will probably be more than enough for his needs.

As for storage, even though I currently use my 250GB SSD to store my games on, I want to use one of the Seagate hybrids instead. The games will load slower, but not by much.

Ofc nobody really NEEDS a 980. Well.. nobody really needs ANY of the parts we discuss in this sub tbh^^
But assuming the budget should be spent completely, H97 + 8 GB RAM + 980 will net you the better performance compared to Z97 + 16 GB + 970 in games

Orders everything off the list, then asks for approval....