I'm looking forward to overclock my future cpu (i5 4690k) @about 4.2ghz.

What board should I use for this? Atm I'm looking at the ASRock Z97 Anniversary version

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97anniversary

<<<< or >>>>

Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97pd3

I'm on a pretty tight budget, so yeah: should I invest in a better mainboard or will those 2 will be enough to oc @ about 4.2ghz?

Why not get the i5 6600k

Get that sexy ass black and white Q6600 board yo. MMMMMMMMMMM.

Are there better options in this price range for overclocking? 70-100$)

Any z97 should be able to get 4.2 ghz out of a 4690k

what about going @4.5ghz?

Any of the ASUS ROG boards will hit it easy or you could go with the z97x Gaming 7 by Gigabyte and they both hold a OC of 4.6 usually...

Wasn't able to push mine past 4.5 stable really so that's prolly gonna be your max

Your current post will hit 4.2 easily tho.. that's very easy to reach

This post was edited by Z97 on Aug 24 2015 07:11am

i have mine at 4.4 stable on z97

4.5 didn't work, i could make it work with high temps though but im happy at where i am

The voltage controller is on the 4690k, so the mobo doesnt really matter all that much for ocing

I'm running 4.5Ghz on my G3258 with an Msi z97 gaming 3. I'm sure you could do the same with the i5. I'm even able to get a stable 4.7