Gtx 980ti mobo bottleneck?

[Haimo]

Ok so I'm going to buy a Gtx 980ti g1 gaming paired with an i7 4770k my question is will my mobo a Msi z87 g41 bottleneck my new gpu. If so should I buy a $200 mobo like a Msi z97 gaming 5. Or should I buy a corsair h110i Gtx cpu cooler to upgrade from my stock Intel cooler and have the same Msi z87 g41 mobo. Or have a Msi z97 gaming 5 but with a stock Intel cooler?

 

[Bo$$]

Ok so I'm going to buy a Gtx 980ti g1 gaming paired with an i7 4770k my question is will my mobo a Msi z87 g41 bottleneck my new gpu. If so should I buy a $200 mobo like a Msi z97 gaming 5. Or should I buy a corsair h110i Gtx cpu cooler to upgrade from my stock Intel cooler and have the same Msi z87 g41 mobo. Or have a Msi z97 gaming 5 but with a stock Intel cooler?

probably best to upgrade the CPU cooling and push the overclock higher. that'll probably give you more performance than a new motherboard

 

[hat]

Nothing wrong with that board. I was almost expecting it to be PCI-E 2.0 since it's the older Z87 chipset (even though PCI-E lanes are mostly dependent on CPU now), but it's indeed 3.0. I'm not sure what you would gain moving up to Z97, but it won't be anything noteworthy. I would definitely upgrade the cooler though. You can pretty much forget about doing any overclocking on the stock cooler, and the h110 will grant you much better temps and overclocking headroom.

While you're at it, consider ordering a tube of coollab liquid pro (or ultra if wherever you're ordering from has it), for the specific purpose of delidding your CPU. Delid the CPU, clean up the stock thermal gunk that's in there, re-paste with coollab stuff and go. I would not recommend it for anything else other than this specific purpose because it can bond (make removing heatsinks difficult) and corrode certain surfaces (bare copper, like the h110 block), but it's very good at thermal conductivity and using it to replace the stock crap between your 4770k cpu die and heatspreader is a great application for it. Doing this will give you another great temperature reduction.

 

[Countryside]

Ok so I'm going to buy a Gtx 980ti g1 gaming paired with an i7 4770k my question is will my mobo a Msi z87 g41 bottleneck my new gpu. If so should I buy a $200 mobo like a Msi z97 gaming 5. Or should I buy a corsair h110i Gtx cpu cooler to upgrade from my stock Intel cooler and have the same Msi z87 g41 mobo. Or have a Msi z97 gaming 5 but with a stock Intel cooler?

You are totally fine! no bottleneck.

 

[oinkypig]

Going from 3.5 to 4.7ghz should be doable. Thats where the overclock rubs up to its eletrical limit. To Raise the voltage much more which will result in hitting its absolute thermal ceiling as in you want to go beyond, without a reasonable doubt, an AIO makes that easy. I always see about half my frame rates disintegrate when i go from SP TO MP especially in Battfield and since its so reliant on split second reaction i would want the most fluid.consistent gameplay myself. Delid that 4770k using a vice or this http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=148622 and your system should thank you.

 

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[basco]

for normal operation the g41 is ok but dont go hard on the overclock with that mainboard. i tried and its not fun.
but a 200.- mainboard is not quicker then a 50.- if you meant that.

 

[EarthDog]

Ok so I'm going to buy a Gtx 980ti g1 gaming paired with an i7 4770k my question is will my mobo a Msi z87 g41 bottleneck my new gpu. If so should I buy a $200 mobo like a Msi z97 gaming 5. Or should I buy a corsair h110i Gtx cpu cooler to upgrade from my stock Intel cooler and have the same Msi z87 g41 mobo. Or have a Msi z97 gaming 5 but with a stock Intel cooler?

Your motherboard wont make a difference assuming it has a 16x slot, which it does.

 

[Kanan]

Nothing wrong with that board. I was almost expecting it to be PCI-E 2.0 since it's the older Z87 chipset (even though PCI-E lanes are mostly dependent on CPU now), but it's indeed 3.0.

PCI-E 3.0 got introduced with LGA2011/Sandy Bridge-E, so ofc all LGA1150 processors have it.

@OP: Upgrade the cooler, but don't delid the cpu if you are not a expert, it could destroy the cpu otherwise. Mainboard should be good enough.

 

[Ithanul]

Nothing wrong with that board. I was almost expecting it to be PCI-E 2.0 since it's the older Z87 chipset (even though PCI-E lanes are mostly dependent on CPU now), but it's indeed 3.0. I'm not sure what you would gain moving up to Z97, but it won't be anything noteworthy. I would definitely upgrade the cooler though. You can pretty much forget about doing any overclocking on the stock cooler, and the h110 will grant you much better temps and overclocking headroom.

While you're at it, consider ordering a tube of coollab liquid pro (or ultra if wherever you're ordering from has it), for the specific purpose of delidding your CPU. Delid the CPU, clean up the stock thermal gunk that's in there, re-paste with coollab stuff and go. I would not recommend it for anything else other than this specific purpose because it can bond (make removing heatsinks difficult) and corrode certain surfaces (bare copper, like the h110 block), but it's very good at thermal conductivity and using it to replace the stock crap between your 4770k cpu die and heatspreader is a great application for it. Doing this will give you another great temperature reduction.

Yeah, if ya brave enough to delid, delid that bugger. My 4770k delidded, full load on all cores it barely gets near 60C. That with two Titans duping heat in the loop too. Another tip, take a different TIM like Gelid to put on the little pieces (can't remember exact term atm) beside the die. That will keep the liquid pro from short circuiting if it winds up near them.

Here a pic by what I mean.

 

[GhostRyder]

Your fine, but if you want a little more performance I would upgrade the CPU cooler and overclock it.