First pc
So I am planning to get my first pc soon. I am limited to my dad's allowance right now, but in a year I will have a job and earn my own money, then I will be do an upgrade properly. For now, I went ultra budget except for expensive parts. I have combined a I9-14900k (yes I will need those cores) with a ddr4 mobo so I'm still in budget. Reason why I went like this because I don't wanna throw away like a i5-12400f or ryzwn 5 5600x away when I get the upgrades.
The problem is, this motherboard has only one 6+2 connector, and as you know, this cpu requires a willy Wonka ton of power to operate (around 200-300w under load). Will my pc work? If so, will it be super duper unstable? Or will it work just fine?
Ps: I'm not running heavy tasks since I don't have a gpu yet (planning to get a steel legend 7900xtx with also a steel legend z790 in upgrades later). It will be just general browsing and some office programs.
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Also I'm fine with bottlenecks since I won't be doing any gaming
14900k with a ddr4 motherboard??
:MudWhat:
if you're not gaming with this what are you doing with it?
if you need cores you might be better off buying a used server PC
Lol as I told ya, I will just use it casually for a year until I get the real juicy parts
Right now I'm fine with a way cheaper cpu, even an i7-8400 would work for me
It's just i don't like the concept of keeping a backup part
i suppose it is easier to resell a ddr4 motherboard than like a 12100 or something
I live in turkey and there is a huge request for old low end Intel mobos here
Amd isn't quite popular lol
ok interesting
>Will my pc work?
i mean it will run so long as you have like a good enough PSU
I got a 850w for upgrades
Asus prime also
it's just not necessarily the best way to handle a pc
Could you elaborate??
can you post the specific model you're planning on getting?
Sure wait
i said psu because i couldn't think of a better way of wording it and that was wrong, it's early brain no worky
all i really mean is that this isn't how i would build a pc part list, but your priorities are different from mine
I'm in a place where I'm not rich enough to buy good parts but not poor enough to low balling
hm
a reddit psu tier list rates this as a B+
not necessarily worth crying over but if you can afford an A tier you should get one
I checked the ztt tierlist to pick mine, I accidentally had picked an F tier gigabyte psu before this one
lol
the reddit tier list is exact same tier list as on reddit :wtf:
you're telling me you couldn't've linked the reddit post instead zach
Meh
I'm not exactly a tech geek
...yet
ok so what exactly is the point of this thread
I wanted to know if my cpu can power on with a single power connector, as stated in the original post
i mean it might run
though if any cpu isn't gonna run with only 4 pins, it's the 14900
so it's probably better to at least go to a motherboard with 2 pins
I see
Thanks for the help
Nerfing the 14900K with a single power header mobo and with DDR4 is highly ill-advised. There’s not really a reason to not look for an inexpensive DDR5 mobo, that can support the power draw reqs of the 14900k because the price difference isn’t going to be that drastic. Not to mention, DDR4 is limited to 3200MT/s by the 14900k, so it’ll work but you’ll lose a chunk of performance. The power reqs, meaning the two header req the 14900k needs, can/will ultimately throttle the processor if it ever has the load to draw more than it can be supplied with.
Up to you though, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to do that, even with a stringent budget. Not to mention you need to seriously consider the PSU wattage and what you are putting in that processor, RAM, GPU, and other components. Don’t just “meet” the power draw requirements (meaning if your PC is estimated to consume ~750-800W by PCPartPickerStandards, I’d avoid skimping with an 850), if you don’t have enough overhead you’ll experience all kinds of “fun” issues with that build because of it.
Buy once, cry once. I get the budget, but it might be worth saving for a bit longer to build things properly.