Building first pc with i5-14600k. Want to confirm parts compatibility
Posted by No11room3@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 7 comments
I recently bought a i5-14600k for 150$ for my first build and wanted to check the compatibility for the rest of the parts I’m planning on getting. I’m concerned i wont have enough ram clearance with my cooler bc I’m trying to use a M-ATX motherboard.
Pc parts picker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3HP8Nz
I’ve also been hearing about the 14th gen cpus having issues unless I do a bios update. Not exactly sure what this means.
TheDarkrayne@reddit
You'll probably need to raise a fan on the CPU cooler a bit for RAM clearance, by at least 1 cm probably. The cooler with the front fan in the intended position has 35mm clearance. The RAM you've chosen is 44mm in height.
The PSU doesn't have a ATX 4-pin power connector for the CPU. The motherboard has inputs for an 8-pin and a 4-pin. You don't need a 4-pin connected as well with a 14600K but just making you aware because you might want the option to upgrade to a CPU that does need it in the future.
Your NVMe drive is Gen5 and the motherboard only supports Gen4. It'll still work but won't be able to reach it's max advertised speed. It would still be faster than you'd ever need for gaming.
The motherboard might not support 14th gen Intel out of the box, you're right, so if it doesn't you would need to download the latest BIOS update from here before it will work with that CPU and should search for videos showing how to update it without a working CPU. That motherboard doesn't have a BIOS flashback function to make things easier from what I can tell but I haven't gone deep into researching it. It might support 14th gen intel out of the box though, it's an early BIOS version that added support for it so I'd imagine they now ship with that compatibility... but they might not.
Personally, I'd make sure you're choosing a motherboard that you know has a BIOS flashback function or that definitely supports 14th gen intel out of the box just to be safe.
No11room3@reddit (OP)
Tyty I’ll try to adjust my build a bit. How would I figure out if a motherboard’s bios supports the cpu out of box?
kopi-c-peng@reddit
Get a z790 MB since you have a K processor
No11room3@reddit (OP)
Whats the difference
kopi-c-peng@reddit
You can overclock or undervolt your cpu much easier with it. Unless you wanna run default then B series is alright
No11room3@reddit (OP)
Ahh Ty. I’m probably going to be running default for the moment. Im not really tech literate so I’m not comfortable messing around with that kinda stuff. As long as I can play silent hill games on ultra graphics I would be happy.
DZCreeper@reddit
It gives you access to CPU overclocking. Not a big deal, but you can push a 14600K to 5.6GHz on the P-Cores and 4.3GHz on the E-Cores.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yj7scf/gigabyte-z790-eagle-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-eagle-ax
You should also purchase 6400 CL32 RAM. Same cost but LGA1700 CPU's can run the higher speed easily.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NZhv6h/silicon-power-xpower-pulse-gaming-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6400-cl32-memory-sp032gxlwu64afdjad