Question Question - Is a B760 motherboard going to cope?

[rockery12]

Good day all,
I am hoping to gain some insight over an upgrade path for gaming.

I am upgrading to an i5 14600KF and pairing it with the following board:

TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 | Motherboard | ASUS South Africa

TUF Gaming series distills essential elements of the latest Intel® platform and combines them with game-ready features and proven durability. Engineered with military-grade components, an upgraded power solution and a comprehensive set of cooling options, this motherboard delivers rock-solid...

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The components are still on their way.

I do not plan to overclock the processor but there isn't an alternative non K processor so that doesn't matter that its a K processor on a non OC board.
I got this particular one because of budget contraints and DDR5 RAM being pathetically high priced in SA where i am. Also the performance increae from DDR4 to DDR5 isn't worth it right now from what ive read.

I am Gaming on a 27inch 144hz 1080p Dell monitor with GSYNC, this is not going to change anytime soon.

I'm looking to pair it with:
Asus Rog Strix RTX 3060Ti 8gb
32Gb DDR4 3200mhz (4 x 8gb)
1x Corsair MP600 CORE XT 2TB NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (PCIe 4.0) (This is brand new, have not installed yet
1x Corsair MP510 1 TB (PCIe 3.0) (This has my windows install but i want to swap it to the new one
1x Hikvision E3000 1TB M.2 PCI-e Gen 3 x 4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 x Hikvision E100 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 inch SSD
1x Seagate 2 TB 3.5 HDD
Corsair CX750m
Corsair H150i Elite Capellix 360mm AIO Cooler

So i have a few concerns which i probably should have addressed before ordering but i didn't think of it until now:

1. The motherboard has an 8pin connector and another 4 pin connector next to it at the top. My PSU only has the 8 pin but I've read that i don't need the additional 4pin as I'm not overclocking. Is this correct or must i try to sort this out? It worries me because I don't know if it will affect the turbo boost of the processor.

2. The amount of PCIe lanes is stressing me. According to the mobo specs, it has the following:
2 x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x 4
1 x M.2 22110 PCIe 4.0 x 4
Expansion Slots
» 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlot Core+
» 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot (max @x4)
» 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1
Other Note
* PCIEX16(G3) shares bandwidth with PCIEX1(G3)_1 and PCIEX1(G3)_2 . When PCIEX1(G3)_1 or PCIEX1(G3)_2 runs at PCIe x1 mode, PCIEX16(G3) will only run at PCIe x2 mode.
So the 3 SSD's should be fine? It also has 4 x SATA connectors, however on my current board (Z370 Asus Maximus X) because i have 2 SSD's it has disabled 3 of my SATA ports. Will i have this issue?

3. The graphics card will be using one of the lanes (The PCIe 5.0 Safeslot) but will this leave not enough lanes for the SSD's? I'm not sure if there are dedicated lanes for the SSDs.

So basically, is the setup above going to run fine or do I need to upgarde anything else? Or should i have rather spent on a Z790 board?

Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[Lutfij]

Corsair CX750m
Is this the green labelled unit or the grey labelled unit? If you're recycling the unit, how old is the PSU?

1| You only need to hook up to the 8pin EPS. Yes the 4pin EPS to the side is for additional power to the CPU.
2| The SSD's should be fine. All M.2 slots will operate at PCIe 4.0.
3| Motherboard manuals usually state if the lanes are shared with other slots/ports. I don't see it mentioned in said manual;
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1700/TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4/E21224_TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4_UM_WEB.pdf?model=TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4

If you're going with a K suffix processor, I'd opt for a Z series chipset. If you looked at the F or non KF SKU of processors, then yes the B series would suffice.
I do not plan to overclock the processor but there isn't an alternative non K processor so that doesn't matter that its a K processor on a non OC board.
In that case, I'd look at the K SKU since it has an iGPU which can come in real handy when troubleshooting discrete GPU related issues.

 

[rockery12]

Corsair CX750m
Is this the green labelled unit or the grey labelled unit? If you're recycling the unit, how old is the PSU?

1| You only need to hook up to the 8pin EPS. Yes the 4pin EPS to the side is for additional power to the CPU.
2| The SSD's should be fine. All M.2 slots will operate at PCIe 4.0.
3| Motherboard manuals usually state if the lanes are shared with other slots/ports. I don't see it mentioned in said manual;
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1700/TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4/E21224_TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4_UM_WEB.pdf?model=TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4

If you're going with a K suffix processor, I'd opt for a Z series chipset. If you looked at the F or non KF SKU of processors, then yes the B series would suffice.
I do not plan to overclock the processor but there isn't an alternative non K processor so that doesn't matter that its a K processor on a non OC board.
In that case, I'd look at the K SKU since it has an iGPU which can come in real handy when troubleshooting discrete GPU related issues.

Thanks, the unit is the grey one. I believe it is Bronze rated 80+. I think its about 4 years old, maybe a bit older.

Thanks, the problem I have is supply. Because the newer processors are coming in, no one is carrying 14th gen stock anymore and if they do its ridiculously overpriced. The 14600KF i picked up was a black friday special for nearly 40% off. Even the mobo was difficult to source. I do agree that the K would be better but its nearly 50% more than what I paid for this one.

Thanks for your answers. Regarding the 4pin, if i do not install the extra 4 will there be any instability or turbo issues?

 

[Lutfij]

Ideally you should hook up all power connectors that your device/board has. Thumb rule with PSU's is if you lack the necessary connector for your devices, you either have;
1| the wrong parts for your build
or
2| the wrong PSU for your parts

If you're having that much trouble with Intel, what about AMD's AM5 platform?

No you shouldn't have any issues without the 4pin EPS hooked up.

 

[rockery12]

Ideally you should hook up all power connectors that your device/board has. Thumb rule with PSU's is if you lack the necessary connector for your devices, you either have;
1| the wrong parts for your build
or
2| the wrong PSU for your parts

If you're having that much trouble with Intel, what about AMD's AM5 platform?

No you shouldn't have any issues without the 4pin EPS hooked up.

Thanks, my mind is at ease now. I do believe my PSU will need to be the next replaced part but if i can continue with it for now then that's much better.

I have looked at AMD's offerings but they even more expensive especially the AM5 processors. Then also comes the DDR5 problem. My DDR4 is less than 1 year old and I don't feel its necessary to buy brand new RAM when this ram is still newish, so i wanted to be able to upgrade with the DDR4 still being used, so at least 14th gen still supports it but AM5 only supports DDR5