Cavasi

Basically my title says my issue, I need to upgrade my memory, but I'm not sure-- will 4 sticks of RAM on this platform run in dual channel? (4x4GB).

My title basically is what I'm looking to do, I know PWM control makes it quite easy to control the RPM of fans, but is it true you can still control the voltage of the fans to in turn get the same result? Is there a program for this? I have SpeedFan installed but I haven't a clue on how to use it. Would buying a fan hub be easier?

Like I said, there's gonna obviously be performance gains, but it really won't mean that much. a 4790k still puts in fantastic performance in games even today, obviously not as good as the 6700k, but still quite comparable. There's always going to be something newer and "better" but think about what you're saying. Obviously they aren't gonna go backwards on performance and will continue to yes, keep providing better performance in relation to the previous generation, however, these performance gains are abysmal.

My load times are already satisfyingly fast with my current SSD. And the "best possible clock speed you can get" really means nothing but an extra at most like 5 frames for a gamer. The current cpu architecture also has support for m.2 and I don't want anything more than one m.2 drive sooo I think a big misunderstanding in the PC building community is that newer always = better and tends to often times be overexaggerated by a huge factor. Everytime something comes out, everyone is hyped up, and everyone always is quick to jump on the bandwagon of this brand new whatever that comes out and because there is now a "new" thing out, whatever that thing replaced, no matter how abysmal the performance increase between this "new" thing and the thing it replaced, everyone still gets on the bandwagon and doesn't really stop and think what this "new and improved" whatever is, and they try to justify it with all the "cool" features such as extra this or extra that, and little performance gains, but really even themselves KNOW that they don't need it but want it because everyone wants their stuff to be "new and improved" This little stuff that's part of Kaby Lake is really nothing to get too excited about, extra support for stuff is good of course for some people, but in a vast majority of consumers who use their computers for daily gaming use and such, don't really need/care about these features because they don't want 3 M.2 drives, they want one that just works, and an ssd that just works, and a computer that boots up fast and loads stuff fast.

But what do these features mean for me, a gamer? I also don't remember anybody saying to stay on haswell lol especially with Skylake being the first platform to support DDR4 memory at the more consumer and less enthusiast level. I have an open mind, I just would like to know.

Don't think th epower phase stuff will be a problem like I said happened with my AMD board? That's really the only reason I'm on the edge./ Any reason i should go toward the more expensive gigabyte board?

Sooooo which board do you think I should get? based off the stuff I just said

What am I going to do with 1. 3 m.2 slots - i'm a gamer and I already have an SSD - one m.2 is enough for me. Optane is meaningless to me as I'm just a gamer. 5ghz on a 7700k is also irrelevant because I don't want an i7 nor do I really care about a number that much as to me, it provides not that big of a performance increase in what I do.

http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx 7600k: $229.99 bundled with Mobo: $344.98 6600k: 199.99 bundled with mobo: $259.98 Asrock z170 pro4 OR $319.98 WITH THE ga-z170x gaming 5 There's really not that big of a difference between the two generations..

Woops. microcenter took the 6500 bundles off the site already anyway.

Not worth the price premium in terms of performance, it's very minute. Currently with the prices on Microcenter, its a $100-$250 price premium for very little performance gains.

The deal is honestly worth it, it's like $10 more and I get a Z170 board with the 6600k - like i said i'll overclock it when it starts showing age a bit.

So guys, it's upgrade time. I've decided to go with the 6600k with my upgrade, and my DDR4 memory just came in today. I am going through Microcenter, because there's some FANTASTIC deals on PC Parts there. Here's my dilemma: They have a GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming 5 that when bundled with the CPU, costs $319.98 before tax. They also have an ASRock Z170 Pro4 - and this is very tempting, as the build is more than $50 cheaper with this motherboard. at $259.98 before tax. So what gives for this? All I'm really doing is seating my CPU in this motherboard and don't really plan on overclocking it until I absolutely need to to get some extra performance out of it when it starts showing it's age. I am very leaning toward the asrock board because it's much cheaper, but however the last time I went after an ASRock board for my previous PC (970 Extreme3 R2.0 with my FX 8350), I suffered some god awful thermal throttling because it was more for lower powered AM3+ CPU's such as the 6300 and such. So, which one would you guys pick and why? I really don't need crossfire/SLI, and both have m.2 support so, anyone help?

Well I guess my question is then how much better performance will I be getting between the two CPUs

I'm quite good at CS:GO and Overwatch - worth the 6600k then?