For those of you who have good experience with this processor, AND are both gamers and OC'ers, which mobo do you recommend?
996717
MSI GAMING z97 chipset.... All of them are excellent but get the one with the easy overclockinh and bios.. I have Z97-GD65 and it's great!!!!!!
996718
I highly recommend the MSI Z97 Gaming 7 board. For what it gives you, the price is unbeatable, and it's the best I've owned.
996719
I went with the MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-G55 SLI. Socket LGA 1150 Intel Z97 chipset ATX 3 PCI-E x16 3.0, 4 PCI-E x1 and 1 PCI VGA, DVI and HDMI 2-way CrossFireX ready 3-way CrossFireX and 2-way SLI readyOne Button OC feature!
996720
The motherboard that I purchased along with this processor is the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK. This motherboard is made for OC'ing. I'm presently running this processor at 4.6Ghz and it works fine. I've been taking it up slowly and keeping an eye on core temperature. I am using water cooling.
996721
Just grab something with the z97 chipset and you'll do just fine. Other factors will narrow it down like SATA ports, 3.0 headers, sli/crossfire support, and such.
996722
I am using the ASUS maximus z97 hero and it has a ton of features, looks amazing, and over clocks great!
996723
We use the Gigabyte Z87MX-D3H. And be we I mean www.blueshitinc.com. overclocks well. Good onboard video, decent sata raid, 5 fan connections, good temp, good usb power and great if you want to go the havkintosh route. Get a good cooling system though. Dont get cheap on that! Go liquid.
2207302
I don't know if it's better than the GAMING 5, but I have had no issues at all with it, it POSTed the first time. I have the Core i7-4770K in it and it works wonderfully.
306623
Get an h97 because this processor can't over clock, so there is no point in buying a motherboard that can over clock. If you want to overclock then buy the i5-4690k and the z97.
6840
the onboard graphics card is not that bad. not too much of a gamer, however I have played Doon 3. I have sold many of these motherboards and have no problems are the graphics.
585593
Yes, overclocks great;update BIOS version if possible,always best to have latest drivers.
800220
Overclocking is really good on this motherboard and sense its a z97 motherboard it goes perfect with a i7 4790k. The i7 4790k is actually better than the i7 4770k when it comes to temperature and overclocking and sense this is a gaming motherboard overclocking is very simple on this board. Also sense this cpu has better heat transfer than other cpu, you can overclock much more and still keep temps pretty low but as for overclocking on this broad is very easy and the bios explains what everything does and also can automatically overclock for you, but at first it may be overwhelming with all the options this mother board gives you but like I said asus does a great job of explaining what everything does on there
1274292
I have a GTX 770, which as I understand is basically a GTX 680 chip that has already been overclocked by nVidia. Therefore, there really isn't much headroom for OC'ing the 770, but I'm sure some have tried. Google is your friend... :) I have OC'd previous nVidia cards and have good stable success, just be patient and do it slowly, stress the card (hopefully with game) and monitor temps all the time. It isn't a procedure for the lazy who want to shortcut... Good luck.
489173
Yes, and it's awesome. Good choice on the 4770; I bought the 4771 and I can't overclock it =[.... good build!
1443162
I have no experience with that cpu. I'm running the intel 4770 k at 4.2 ghz I have it looped through an asus maximus iv formula mobo so it's pushing twice the route that it is designed for. benchmark is 984 at 86 degress Celsius. I think the only better option is the koolance stand alone unit but it's pricey
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I'm currently Using this Processor on a LGA 1150 socket, Z97 motherboard. I have not been able to Overclock using the wizard without the computer Crashing the GPU (GTX 660) I have not tried to overclock manually. I can say that the fan that comes with it does a decent job and can be used for running High Quality games without overclocking (WatchDogs looks great, it has it's own problems, Tomb Raider works great on Max, Skyrim looks great too, But I do have 32gigs of memory as well) So, Yes. And Overclocking isn't needed so far, I can't find a game I want to play that can challenge this processor even at it's out-of-box speed.
1874749
Yes, but I would suggest getting an after market cooler. Especially if you plan to do any overclocking at all. The stock cooler isn't that great and this particular chip runs hot under load.
810861
Only if you are a "hardcore" overclocker. (Or interested in OC'ing now or anywhere down the line)Both cards are really great but both only truly shine when OC'ed.
1553819
Oh yes, this processor is GREAT for gaming. I am playing all the latest games, with settings set to ULTRA, and having no issues. I also have a GTX780 video card. Games look stunning and play with high FPS. I am not overclocking the processor or the video card.
845421
I have that process motherboard combination, and it's been great. I had to flash the bios to upgrade it to recognize the processor--tool me about an hour to figure out the process and her it working. The board itself gets a little cramped.. My water block cooling fans block a set of memory slots, do I need to remove the fan to get memory in and out.. In all, I don't have any regretS with the board.. It's been stable and fast.
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I'm not entirely sure but I'm almost positive that this late in the game the board should come with a Bios that will recognize your AM3+ processor. You can also go to the Overclock.net forums, they have the " Gigabyte GA-990FXA-Series Owners Thread/Club " and post your concerns and in no time you should have a reliable answer. Good luck, I myself am thinking of buying this board also.
1403617
its a great board, has everything you want in a motherboard and then some. Im OC everything CPU, Memory and GPU.
1472955
Get whatever's validated by Asus to use on the board. If you can afford 2400 and don't mind the marginal performance difference over 1600 (do you really need 2400?), then get 2400. I'm just fine with 1600 until I upgrade my system to a new socket and ddr4.