DaemonWarrior44

The 7700K is nothing to scoff at. The resale market for them is huge if you did want to switch, but I doubt you will want/need to for some time. With a good gpu that thing should last you another 8 years or so. The downside is missing out on ddr5 and most likely some other features the newer chipset boards come with. Regardless, I doubt it will effect you as long as you keep upgrading the gpu every few years.
 
In all honesty, once Ryzen switches to DDR5, you still may be able to get as much money for your 7700k build as it would cost to build a better AMD one, as the Intel fanboys look at names, not performance (Like NVidea fans  making vids of 1060's beating rx480's in most games. Looking at in game specs, not what they show in the beginning, you will often find the 480 running on lower voltages, slightly underclocked etc, while the 1060 is drawing more power and oc'd while playing NVidea optimized games).
 
I'm not a fan boy of any brand, I am a consumer fanboy. Right now, with what AMD is doing (all chips unlocked for instance), universal mobos for all zen architecture with backwards support in many cases, not over-pricing their cpu's or gpu's, I am pulling for them, as hopefully, it will give Intel and NVidea a wake up call. Heh, now watch, the Vega will release overpriced with less performance than the reference gtx 1080 just to make me eat crow.

No. Kaby lake is the last CPU on lga 1151. Even if the next lineup of intel CPU's are just rebrands its going to be a different socket they have been doing 2 types of arch on one socket since jeez bloomfield? 

Look at it this way, it reduced the cost of R&D a lot keeping compatibility as high as they did. Still though, the SuperSocket 7 platform is king of compatibility-some motherboards like my Gigabyte GA 5AA rev 2.2 (the AT version, the 5AX is the ATX) supports every single Socket 7 and SS7 CPU-including some real oddballs from manufacturers that ended up not being able to compete with Intel and AMD:
http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-5AA#sp
http://www.redhill.net.au/b/b-99.html
 
Also, remember that LGA1150 was designed for CPU with FIVR, meaning that the power delivery to the platform is unlike any other. And BTW, LGA1150 does support DDR3L-I'm running 1 stick of it now in my desktop, and its actually caused the other 3 DDR3 sticks to run at 1.357V as opposed to 1.5V

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Look at the crap they pulled with the 1150's. Intel loves to do this. Move 2 pins. Add 4 pins, it's ridiculous. I do a lot of old Intel builds as the prices on certain cpu's that Intel *forgot* to lock and were never very popular, but now that Ryzen is here, and AMD can compete in the mid range card area, I'm pushing AMD on all new custom systems I build. Once the 5 series launches on the 11th we won't be able to build them quick enough for ebay, especially if mobo prices come down a bit with more vendors jumping aboard. It'll be great building new 6 core/12 thread pc's that are not used that an average college kid or grown up on a budget can afford.
 
As you can prolly guess, I am still bitter about the 1150 debacle. The whole 1150/1151 should have all been compatible, the only limitation being RAM supported on the boards.

I would explain, but since there is a wiki, just read it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode
 

The way most x86 processors work now is they break up x86 instructions into simpler instructions that are specific for that processor. This is called the microcode. The reason why they do this is because it makes out-of-order execution and filling up the execution pipelines simpler.
 
The only time microcode updates are pushed out is because there's a potentially game-breaking bug in the original microcode that shipped. You may not need it, but if you run into severe issues with your apps that you run and it can be traced to the microcode, then go ahead and update it.
 

Well I would suppose it would attempt to update the μ-code in your CPU. Not entirely sure though.

normally they fix issues in the cpu and can help fix errors on the hardware. Normally there a good thing. Why aren't they on by default then? cause there close source and you don't know what there really doing.

They're not on by default because unless you got a processor with the update already applied, it comes with whatever microcode it was shipped with.
 
And while I won't argue it's not a good thing, I also don't think you should update it if everything is running fine.

I don't think it's something you turn on. It's something you have to apply to the CPU itself. It's like a BIOS update, only for the CPU. Linux just has the capability of applying microcode updates on boot. i.e., once you do it, it's permanent.
 
Otherwise yes, it's something to consider if you're running into issues and you're certain the outdated microcode is the problem.

Oh, okay. I think it's better if I don't touch anything, haha. Thanks.

I'm a sweet spot type of person so FPS per dollar is king to me 

I did it to my CPU and I noticed no difference

Where's the "Medium" option?

yes it is.

Googling KMS software just gives me a bunch of unrelated things. Can you please explain what KMS is?

so using microsoft toolkit is also a form of piracy??

Yes. You are circumventing a form a DRM to avoid buying a license to legally use the product. That is the very definition of piracy.

Um, yes? If you activate Windows with anything other than a license that is paid for, it IS piracy. KMS and MS toolkit (not made by Microsoft) are tools to curcumvent the DRM of Windows in order to illegally activate a copy of Windows.

you not using their tool kit as intended, your making it activate when it shouldn't

welp
ive been lied to
I feel terrible now
 
* runs away*

You're trying to justify one thing with another that is just as bad. Also, copyrights are only infringed if you try to distribute it. 

copyright maybe but when you watch a YouTube video you licence the right to listen / watch not to download it. 

The EULA will never betray you.

If you have any sort of purchase receit that should be proof enough that you bought it, and often they don't even ask.