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Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender Cycles, Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, Minecraft RTX SCENARIO: So, I have my system with me since almost 6 years, her name is Stygian and she is my first high end build. I majorly use her for my Automotive Design related projects along with Gaming and Entertainment. The specs are as follows: Intel Core i7 6700k / NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 FE / Asus Z170 Pro Gaming / HyperX DDR4 16GB RAM / Cooler Master MA610p / Adata SSD + WD HDD / Cooler Master G550M / Cooler Master CM Storm I have it paired with Logitech Mechs, Wacom Intuos, LG IPS 4K panel and HK Soundsticks 4 for my requirements. Elephant in the room: Now, I have a MSI NVidia GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X sitting with me that I would love to use. The Plan: As I am not willing to spend too much of money on a computer in today's market (And do not wish to go through the pain of re-installing windows and migrate the data) I have planned something out: I will be investing a bit in a Cooler Master 850 Gold PSU, a Corsair or Lian Li Cabinet and a couple more RAM sticks, then just throw my current system into it along with the 3090, and keep my 1070 FE as a pretty trophy. I need help with: Knowing if it will be a 'survivable' enough combination, and/or if there are better ways I could plan this revamp out, as I have fallen quite off from the PC building world in past few years. I am willing to keep the 6700k and the mobo because it is good enough for my needs, and I don't wish to break my wallet that is being eaten by my car and bike and bike gear! Hope to know your views, thank you!

Budget (including currency): £800 Country: England Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: games wise I tend to play a lot of BeamNG.Drive (almost 700 hours on steam ha), I also play Forza horizon 5, Call of duty cold war, Subnautica, citys skylines and VR games on my Oculus Rift S Work wise I do Photo editing on Lightroom / Photoshop Other details Existing Rig is a Core i7 6700K 16GB DDR4 Ram and a RTX 2070. storage I have two 1TB NVME drives a Samsung 970 EVO and a SK Hynix one, cooler wise I have a 360mm corsair all in one, also have a 10Gig Intel NIC to connect to my NAS I have a 1440P monitor @ 165hz Need help on what CPU I should get next I quite like the look of the 12th Gen Intel but not sure what the best one for me is any help would be great cheers I think my GPU is fine still currently I feel it is being held back by my older CPU

I am still rocking a 6700K and now think about upgrading my GPU. Right now I have a GTX1080 but for some games it just doesn't cut it anymore (1440p/75Hz Monitor). My question now is, what the 'optimal' GPU for the 6700K would be, before the CPU becomes a bottleneck. Was thinking about the 2060 Super. Or could I even go higher maybe? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi guys I ran into a problem with my cooler today (Corsair H45 Hydro CPU Cooler AiO) and desperately need a replacement quickly basically it leaked and I'm looking for a good air cooler because this one was already replaced once already same reason (same one installed again) and I think I'm done with water-cooling for a bit.. I'm using a intel i7 6700k cooler not overclocked just the stock.. I'm doing long gaming sessions and I want something that would withstand that.. and here's my motherboard just to see if it would fit on it GIGABYTE Z170-Gaming K3 ATX Motherboard ps. I know it's a old rig but still works..

Just installed a 3080 FE on my Asus Maximus ROG Formula VIII and I am receiving a DRAM issue (code 53 and dram light is on.) I replaced a custom look 1070 FTW which worked flawless, but was able to get my hand on a FE. I can boot into win 10 with no GPU and pervious GPU worked the morning before install . I flashed the BIOs to newest update, and have a flesh OS in stall with no files on the Only drive. I reseated all the ram and removed and reinstalled the same Cmos battery. Only thing I can think of is possible bad cable from PSU or dead GPU? 6700k custom water loop 32gb 1000w EVGA PSU 256 m.2 Samsung gen 3

Hi. I'm looking for insight as to why my computer is slower than suspected, even after fresh install of windows 10. My main complaint is the boot-time, which is about 50 seconds at the moment. The computer is from 2015, and have been used to simple gaming such as CS:GO, but mainly as a workstation for studies. My computer consists of the following: - Motherboard: Asus z170 deluxe - CPU: Intel I7 6700k - CPU cooler: Noctua NH-D15s - PSU: Corsair RM850x - Storage: Corsair Force MP600 1tb installed to on-board M.2 slot (not with the pcie expansion card that also comes with the motherboard). - GPU: Radeon HD7950 - Memory: 2 x Kingston DDR4 2133 mhz 8gb - BIOS version: 1302 - OS: Windows 10 pro My knowledge of BIOS settings etc is very limited, I only tried to change settings such as Asus auto performance tuner and XMP memory, without any good results. Any advice on how to improve boot-time speed and speed in general are welcome.

My CPU corevoltage is always way too high. And even when I set it manually onto generous amounts it is unstable with overclocking speeds that should be totally fine. With CPU Voltage on AUTO: - corevoltage goes over 1.46V without overclocking when just opening browsers sometimes --> Fans go to 100% load (because the CPU produces too much heat) With CPU Voltage on Manual: - corevoltage set to 1.38V causes instability on 4.5Ghz OC: e.g. bluescreens (Others run 4.8GHz stable at 1.36V) - corevoltage set to 1.38V causes instability even on 4.4Ghz OC: e.g. screen freezes and I need to hard restart My setup: Z170A Asus motherboard (BIOS Version 3802 (newest Version)) Intel i7 6700K (4GHz base, 4.2GHz boost) 16GB DDR4 RAM (2400MHz) Crucial Ballistix (Dimm slot A2 & B2) GTX 1070 Zotac Samsung 970 Evo M.2 SSD (1TB) 2x 140mm & 2x 120mm case fans I do not understand what the issue is and I read that people were having similar issues with the same motherboard and CPU but I never found out how to solve it... Please help let me know what the Issue could be.. PS 4.4GHz OC with voltage set on AUTO when opening a 2nd browser?!?!? WTH how does it go to 1.456V????:

Hi all, I have my 6700k running at extreme temperatures and suspect it might be something to do with the aio pump but it still seems a little extreme to me. once the system has been running it will sit at 75-95*C idle with 2% load, fans in the Corsair H115 running at speeds that resemble a helicopter taking off, let alone browsing the net and watching YouTube. sometimes I can’t get past the bios screen because it’s too hot to boot (if I restart mid session) I have put new thermal thermal grizzly paste on multiple times, repositioned fan configuration (every fan is working) , loaded optimised defaults in asus bios (to remove overclocks). is it likely that this is just a aio pump problem? Could it be the cause of this much heat? If I get a cheap air cooler to test would this see drastic results results turn to normal on idle? not sure if I should sink money into a new aio/air cooler or get a new cpu /mobo combo (since this is now a secondary computer) thanks in advance cheers Chris

Hi there, Currently I have 6700K with 1070 SLI, (And yes I know SLI isn't a good option but still works fine for me). I'm thinking of switching to a 3080, but have some concerns about bottleneck. I'm using a 27-inch 2560*1440p 75Hz Acer monitor. My daily routine is office work in business hours and casual gaming after that. I don't need extreme fps rates, just want above 60fps and details that can go as far as it can. I like seeing clearly with details while playing.

hai specs: cpu: i7 6700k mb: msi z170a m5 ram: corsair 4x8gb 2666mhz gpu: rtx 2070 c drive: ssd kinston 120gb other drives: hdd my pc worked fine a week ego. i got my raid 0 working ( 2x 4tb hdd throuth the motherboard) and it works. i recently upgraded my ram from 16gb to 32gb. when i did that my pc won't boot anymore. or got a blue screen with ' device error' i did e clean win10 install and unplugged al my drives now it works. but when i enable 'game boost' in the bios i got a error. when i manual changes in the bios from 4.0ghz to 4.05 ghz i got the same error (see pic) i updated my bios, reset my CMOS and bios no changes. when i pulled out the new 16gb ram than it will work is there something what i can do? thanks

Hello guys I'm thinkin of upgrading my "very old" GTX 780 GPU to RTX 3080, here is my current specs: Intel i7 6700k running at 4GHz CPU 16GB DDR4 RAM from corsair 3GHz Asus Maximus VIII formula MB Corsair Hydro series 115i Samsung Evo 500GB SSD Corsair 850 watt PSU focusing on gaming aspects, games like CoD Warzone and BFV will it bottelneck? do i need further upgrads?

Hi All i am currently running a Core i7 6700k @4.5Ghz in my system. i was wondering it it is worth me upgrading to AMD Ryzen 7 3700x or wait till Zen 3 (4000 series) I like to game and do photo editing using Lightroom i have an RTX 2070 graphics card which i believe is bottle-necked by my CPU I play a Sim game called BeamNG.drive which if i load up 7 cars i can MAX my CPU 100% and graphics card is only at like 50% or so

so since its free just downloaded watchdogs 2. While iam playing i always get about 50 fps no matter what on low or ultra settings. Radeon software says cpu usage is around 70 percent while gpu is 50-60. i have rx 5700 xt with an i7 6700k is it a bottlenecking issue? And any idea how to fix it?

So my system has i7 6700k, gtx970,16 gb ddr4 2133mhz ram and a H170 motherboard. I recently got a 1440p monitor and i feel like gtx970 is not giving me enough fps, and thinking to upgrade it to a rx 5700xt. I can not overclock my cpu even though i got a 6700k because my motherboard wont allow it. What i am asking is will there be a lot of bottleneck with i7 6700k without overclocking at 1440P.

I just did a Cinebench r20 run. I am getting a massive difference in temp between cores. I have looked online and it says that 10 degrees difference is normal, but im getting up to almost 30 degrees difference. I have a corsair H100i cooler, which I have re-applied and made sure its on correctly. Anyone have any idea what my issue could be?

Hello LTTians, I'm just wondering whether to go with Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition VS MA610P RGB for my 6700k. Also, don't recommend liquid coolers because where I live, they are overpriced as heck. And also both Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition and MA610P RGB are of similar price in my place and also which would fit in my Phanteks P400s. Thanks in advance.

I noticed alot of question about the 6700k online, like OC temps and voltage. I did OC a 6700k on a Asus Z170-A at 4.6ghz on 1.285v. The pictures attached are my temps after a couple of hours, gaming, browsing etc... CPU is cooled with a EVGA CLC 360. Attached fan curve too. Pump is at full speed. Manual cpu OC with XMP profile for 3000mhz ddr4

I am trying to help my friend troubleshoot a weird performance problem he has been having, and I would appreciate any help. This will be a bit long if anyone can follow along and please give some advice. My friend got a good deal from a buddy for a 6700k with an Asus Maximus viii Hero, he also purchased some new (16gb) 3200mhz ram for it. He also has a 1060 3gb card that he is still running from his old build for now. His game of choice right now is COD Warzone, and he is having MASSIVE performance issues in the game. I mean 15-20 FPS. While a quad core does struggle in COD Warzone, it should absolutely get over 60 FPS consistently, especially since he plays at all low settings. It also isnt even showing 100% CPU usage on his task manager. So I have been trying to help him fix this PC to work with COD Warzone. Sometimes he plays fine for a few minutes and then his FPS just completely tanks back to 15-20 FPS. It is so crazy inconsistent that it does this, once in awhile we will try a fix which works for a few minutes, and it immediately tanks his FPS 5 minutes later. I have attempted every common sense fix to the game and his PC. Here is the really strange thing though. His old build was incredibly budget oriented, an i5 6500 with 8 gigs of 2133mhz ram, 1060 3gb. And it ran COD WARZONE flawlessly, besides massive stutter from the system running out of ram and writing to the hard disk. So our friend offered his old build to him that he just stopped using for a really nice deal. This way he could run 3200mhz ram, and have a nice speed boost from the raw CPU clock speed improvements. While the stutter was incredibly bad for him, the actual FPS was fine outside of the stutter. But this new build he got is absolutely struggling with the game right now. Things we have tried - Installing on an SSD - Allocating less vram usage with a change to the config file (this worked for a short time and then started messing up again) - Overclocking his GPU -Reinstalling the game (this worked for a little bit but then a new update hit and it messed up performance again) -Scan and Repair game files - running all low settings -running CPU affinity at normal -Power Plan to Maximum Performance -His monitor is plugged into the correct port So this leaves us off with tonight. I was running out of solutions but thought "maybe his CPU is throttling" because he is not familiar with building PCs and might have put an inadequate amount of thermal paste on. So I asked him to record his temperature in game. His Temperature was 90-98c. I immediately told him that was far too high for that chip, and to reapply the thermal paste for tomorrow. But then I asked him to give me his voltage, and his voltage on stock settings was 1.428 under load. Which if I am not mistaken is way too high for Skylake architecture (should be around low 1.3 ish under load I think). BUT THEN, when he was playing...even when he experienced this weird issue where his FPS was dropping to 15-20 FPS...his CPU NEVER THERMAL THROTTLED. It ran at 4.2 on all cores the entire duration. So while that temperature and voltage is something that needs to be addressed, that is not the reason for his performance issues. Another weird part is that people who play Warzone with that CPU are usually pegged at 100% CPU USAGE, his hovers around the 50-60% mark, sometimes lower. I am absolutely perplexed by his performance issues right now. While COD Warzone is a hot mess for optimization, there is no reason he should be getting 15-20 FPS. And it happens so strangely too, some times its fine for a bit and then hard dips for 10 mins until the round is almost over. We thought we fixed it multiple times. The game would run (locked at 63 fps) and experience absolutely no issues. Then the next round it would struggle again as soon as he loaded in. Other times he would struggle for the first 5 minutes of the round, and then his FPS would come back. It is so inconsistent that I cannot nail down this issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TLDR: Friend upgraded to a new CPU and is experiencing worse performance than his old budget build

Hi, I've set up an Intel Unraid System (6700k, Z170 board, 16GB RAM, RX580 GPU). The problem i'm having is the Windows 10 VM will only be able to output video to a specific output display. I wanted to set it up as a VR rig in my living room, and before this, it had Windows 10 directly installed on the SSD's and worked with out main television. After installing unraid, setting the Intel Onboard GPU for unraid and the RX580 to the VM, it refuses to give any display out, unless i plug it into a spare tv in another room, which enables the display output and shows up. Is there something in Unraid to tell it to output a signal regardless of what it's plugged into, or would this be a TV issue (keep in mind, it worked perfectly before, with the same GPU, Same TV, Same cable, Same port).

Hi everyone, Alex here. I am wondering why even after 5 years 6700 and 7700 chips on amazon are still ~ 300+$?! For such money you can get a top ryzen cpu.

Hi! So, I have a 6700k running on a z170-A with 2x8GB 2400mhz RAM and I really need more RAM (well, and CPU but can't do that atm). I mainly o 3D modeling and Rendering. Here's the thing, my MB only supports up to 3466mhz memory and since I want to upgrade to ryzen 3900x, 3950x or something like that in 1 year or so, I thought I could go for 3600mhz CL16 sticks right now, enable XMP and bring them down to 3200, 3400 or 3466 in the BIOS for my current setup. That way, when I upgrade de CPU I could use the same memory sticks. My question is, would that work or would the system not boot up or something like that because the MB wouldn't recognize the higher frequency RAM? And, do you think that it would make a huge difference in speed going from 2x8GB 2400mhz to 2x16GB 3600mhz? I also heard that if I OC my CPU (it is not OCed atm) I wouldn't benefit from such high RAM speed and capacity with this 6700k. Thank you in advance

Hello! I know this has probably been discussed here before, but somehow I just can't find a "final" answer for this. I run a 6700k on my build and all I basically do is 3D modeling and rendering (I know it's kind of a weak CPU for such tasks), and atm I just have 16GB RAM running at 2400MHz. I was thinking in upgrading my RAM to 2x16GB and going as fast as my mobo (Z170-A) allows, which I believe is either 3200 or 3400mhz. Do you think it will make a big difference in heavy tasks such as rendering going from 16GB 2400mhz to 32GB 3200/3400mhz or should I save my money? Thank you in advance

Hello, I am currently thinking about completely overhauling my system, but wanted to get the input of other's before I do so. To start, I have built many gaming rigs myself and know the market very well, but having the input of others I believe is valuable in itself. I am wanting to overhaul my gaming rig and bring it up to date. First I will show what I am currently working with and what I am wanting to switch to. I am currently investing my gaming time into Modern Warfare, but can't seem to stream it without bottlenecking. With that said, here it is. **Would I see a massive change in performance, and what other options would you suggest? Current Build: i7-6700k OC to 4.6ghz GTX 1070 Ti (No overclock) 16gb DDR4-3000 RAM using X.M.P. 500gb SSD 250gb SSD RM650x Gold rated PSU Corsair Crystal Series 460x MasterLiquid AIO New Build: Ryzen 7 3700x 2070 Super FTW 3 16gb Tridentz DDR4-3200 RAM 1tb SSD Not sure which new case I want. Gold rated 750w PSU 3 fan AIO (Not sure which brand yet)

Hi all, I'm in a pickle. I'm running a Z170 platform with a 6700K. I was using my computer about a week ago to write a paper for class, and it conked out on me. At first I thought, "nbd, power cycle it, get back to work." Didn't work. I'd get to the windows login screen, and it would just stop. No blue screen, no error codes, nothing. I gave up, and waited until I could give it more time. A few days later, I tried everything. I tested my RAM, all good. Removed DIMMs, didnt work. Tried reinstalling windows, and it crashes before I can even select what version to install. A few times I got a, "critical_service_died" error, but most of the time it just ended up stopping without any error whatsoever. I checked my BIOS (ASUS Z170-A) and apparently it was up to date. I removed my GPU and tried using the IGPU on my 6700K, but it wouldn't output any signal. I took out all my drives, changed my boot drive out, still nothing. I'm at a loss. My thinking is that my CPU is dead, and its time for some new hardware. Problem is, I can't afford new hardware at the moment. Does anyone have any idea what is happening? Or, am I SOL? ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Lately I've gotten crashes and black screens, so I tried to get to bottom of it by running Prime95. And it works fine (Blend mode) for about half an hour. After that fails always either thread 3 or 4 or both. So my CPU might be defective? I've tried several RAM sticks and lowered OC to default speeds but yet 3. or 4. thread fail. I'm guessing theres nothing else to do than buy a second CPU to test? My CPU specs are in my profile, but motherboard is GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 and CPU 6700K. CPU delidded and at 4,6GHz (1,3v) Also, Small FFTs runs fine. Maybe memory controller faulty or overheating? Though temperatures of CPU under load are below 80C. Haven't run Memtest86 much longer than 30 minutes, as usually memtest reacts faster to RAM errors than Prime95. And memtest86 does not find any errors. --- But maybe VRM MOS gets too hot?