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rot wrote The 4690 is locked, it can't be overclocked. If you're getting a locked CPU, there is no need for a Z97 chipset board or a CPU cooler. If you decide on a locked CPU, get the 4460 and a H97 board and just use stock cooler. Otherwise, get rid of the 4690 and get a 4690k.

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Also gonna need bare CPU cooler too

Thats the CPU.

If you have a noicee motherboard, there is normally a button that you press that OC's for you if you want to be really lazy.

If not, its a matter of pressing a few buttons in the BIOS and your good to go [in theory]

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Oh how great minds think alike

Terrabytez wrote Xiggy
Oh how great minds think alike

so get WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX


Intel Core i5-4690K Processor

ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A

yes? if not I only have 450$ to spend atm on few things like mother board and cpu on amazon only

If you don't know what overclocking is, why did you want a Z series board an "k" class i7? If you aren't bothered about OCing, you could get this instead;
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since you stated that the system will also be used for editing/rendering. Replace the SSD with an HDD if you'd prefer more storage.

The Xeon is 4C/8T so beneficial in editing/rendering. However, if you want the option to overclock, get this;
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and this;
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Pick up another HDD or an SSD when you have a bit more cash.

rot wrote If you don't know what overclocking is, why did you want a Z series board an "k" class i7? If you aren't bothered about OCing, you could get this instead;
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since you stated that the system will also be used for editing/rendering. Replace the SSD with an HDD if you'd prefer more storage.

so get WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX


Intel Core i5-4690K Processor

ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A
I think I'm just gonna get that. then buy more ram, monitor , another gpu later. and maybe upgrade cpu to i7 4790k later


I plan on useing Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler ( already bought) to cool cpu

Just open my case to see what psu I had. here is the psu : [img]http://imgur.com/oCUYO87[/img] Also when I booted up it loaded fine but my dvd drive was flashing green and would open but if I put dvd in there it didn't show up. it just stoped flashing but still doesn't read it and when I open the dvd drive it and close it it makes the noise then just looks like it gives up lol. Here is pic [img]http://imgur.com/SfxP6WJ[/img]all i did was open case clean some dust then take out psu and put it back togeather. makes me scared that I **** something up

Ew. Get rid of that PSU, you need a new one. Sounds like one of your connections may have become a little loose or something.

rot wrote Ew. Get rid of that PSU, you need a new one. Sounds like one of your connections may have become a little loose or something.

Get me a new one via amazon. Make sure I won't have to upgrade it in fratue like if I decide to get double titans or something