(09-25-2013, 09:15 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:I should clarify. The low max TDP of that processor make it a poor choice. A significant increase in clock on that chip would push it well over the max TDP and cause throttling/core shutdown pretty quickly. And yes, the lack of an unlocked multiplier is going to make that pretty hard toorokclimb15 Wrote:The TDP and base clock on that chip are relatively low, which won't leave you room to maximize performance if you choose to.
If you're referring to overclocking a disagree. Lower TDP and base clock = more potential for OCing. The issue here is the locked motherboard and cpu which prevent any overclocking altogether.
Oh and I think you meant to refer to the operating clock rate not base clock rate.
I second rokclimb15s build being a good choice.
Yes, the operating clock rate (stock clock), not base clock.
That build is just some crap I grabbed off the deal of the day page. Let me build something with some attention to detail really quick. After the discount and rebates, it may not be any cheaper. garrlker is right, you can skip the GPU until later since it will do 2xir (I have one).
Here's something even less expensive (without rebates) and it includes a rock solid cooler and arctic silver and an optical drive, which the other one lacked. You might want to double check that power supply to make sure it is Haswell compatible. You can disable C6 sleep states to avoid that whole mess, but I've never used this particular power supply for a Haswell build (I've used it dozens of times for others). If you need to, switch that for a nicer power supply to feel more confident. Everything else is good except the case, which is one step up from a POS. I chose to spend the funds elsewhere. No discrete graphics card on this one.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=28615147