First build - compatibility and fitting

[Predtech007]

Hi,

I am planning to make my first real build using the following components:

http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B635255%5D=1&product%5B240477%5D=1&product%5B634348%5D=1&product%5B707630%5D=1&product%5B683491%5D=1&product%5B688121%5D=1&product%5B732238%5D=1&product%5B683612%5D=1&product%5B225962%5D=1

I was wondering if all these parts were compatible and most of all if the Seasonic PSU has the correct (and sufficient) pins for the GPU. Furthermore I wonder if the Noctua fits on the motherboard, given the used RAM and if everything fits nicely in the casing.

Any advice concerning parts that I might improve on are always welcome!!!

Thanks in advance!

 

[geofelt]

You are good.
The Seasonic is a outstanding psu with all the connectors you need, and more.

The Noctua is a very large cooler and one of the best.
I think noctua has a motherboard compatibility support section, but You should have no problem.
The ram is sufficiently low profile to not interfere with the cooler.

 

[Predtech007]

You are good.
The Seasonic is a outstanding psu with all the connectors you need, and more.

The Noctua is a very large cooler and one of the best.
I think noctua has a motherboard compatibility support section, but You should have no problem.
The ram is sufficiently low profile to not interfere with the cooler.

OK thanks!

One more thing: is the Noctua sufficient if I plan to OC the 4690k to 4.4-4.5?

 

[geofelt]

Your expectations are reasonable.
The Noctua will certainly let you get what is possible.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, the consensus is that voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
I have been unable to find any official Intel recommendation on what is a safe vcore limit.
If you are an enthusiast, you can go higher.
Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?