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General Stuff => Hardware News & Views => Topic started by: [GIT]Fairy on July 18, 2016, 01:19:07 PM

Title: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on July 18, 2016, 01:19:07 PM

Thinking of updating these components.  Already have the RX 480, creative soundcard, case, drives etc so no need to update these.

Thinking of Intel Core i5-6600K and AsRock Z170 Gaming K4 Skylake ATX Motherboard with 16Gb Ram.

Mobo : https://www.amazon.co.uk/AsRock-Z170-K4-Skylake-Motherboard/dp/B012D7GXNK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468843459&sr=8-1&keywords=fatal1ty+z170+gaming+k4 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/AsRock-Z170-K4-Skylake-Motherboard/dp/B012D7GXNK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468843459&sr=8-1&keywords=fatal1ty+z170+gaming+k4)

Anything I need to consider here on the Mobo, looking at this one as its a best buy #2 mobo at the moment based on TomsHardware site.

Title: Re: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [GiT]frogman on July 18, 2016, 05:59:31 PM

can i have the old shite ya take out

Title: Re: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [TiG]Grim on July 18, 2016, 08:59:40 PM

if your not going to overclock save your self ?20 and go with the non k 6600

have no experience with asrock, but have had zero problems with the Asus or Gigabyte boards i've used over the last six or seven years

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-6600-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-33ghz-39ghz-turbo-6mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-33x-ratio-65w-cp

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-z170-k-intel-z170-s-1151-ddr4-satae-m2-(pcie-sata)-2-way-crossfire-realtek-gigabit-lan-usb-31-a

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-(2x8gb)-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-lpx-black-pc4-17000-(2133)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-13-15-15-28-xm

Title: Re: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [TiG]Grim on July 18, 2016, 09:05:28 PM

would also highly recommend one of these for your C: drive

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-samsung-sm951-m2-(22x80)-pcie-30-(x4)-nvme-ssd-mlc-nand-read-2000mb-s-write-650mb-s-300k-83k-i

Title: Re: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on July 19, 2016, 09:14:36 AM

Cheers Rob.  I actually have one of those M.2 PCIe drives kicking about, think its only around 60Gb though, will check tonight.

Title: Re: Mobo, CPU and Ram Upgrade
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on July 20, 2016, 12:15:32 PM

Well that's me busy this weekend!

Intel Core i5-6600 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail ( 1)
Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard ( 1)
Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit... ( 1)
Corsair Carbide 400Q Silent Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011082-WW) ( 1)

 :mrgreen: