masterzpcz

I would be careful though it is also not guaranteed to work

It is possible if you do it right you could pull a successful Austin evans

See what happens with zen and consider your options then unless you absolutely have to have Intel zen is definitely worth considering

Yeah

Try waiting for zen an i3 is OK but a true quad core would be significantly better

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Mastercase pro 5

Yeah the better choice is probably a 1060

or these bluetooth mee audio headphones on mass drop they're 50 https://www.massdrop.com/buy/meelectronics-air-fi-matrix2-af-62

akg k240 they're 58 bucks right now https://www.amazon.com/AKG-240-Semi-Open-Studio-Headphones/dp/B0001ARCFA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1480017578&sr=1-1&keywords=k240

its a good board

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get an ssd, a better power supply from tier 3 (or above) and a better graphics. of course if you can afford it I would step down from the 6600k to a 6500 and get a 1060 instead of the 1050ti