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Hello, my Asus Z170-E motherboard has recently died on me with a void warranty and I'm considering getting a Z270 board to replace it, I was curious to know if there are any negatives to running a skylake cpu on the Z270 chipset.

So title says most of it. The bottleneck only shows up when inside. Also my i7 6700K is overclocked to 4.8Ghz. my GPU is a EVGA GTX 1080 FTW ACX and it's got +120Mhz to the clock and +350Mhz on the memory. I know it's a CPU bottleneck since GPU utilisation is only 30% and I'm getting 20-30 fps. Also CPU usage is rather high. in the mid seventies to eighties. TLDR: heavy CPU bottleneck in Star Citizen i7 6700K@4.8Ghz GTX 1080 FTW +120/+350

TLDR: Southbrdige broke off. currently held by luck, need advice on New MB formfactor/type So on April fools my south bridge fell off. not as exciting and only more depressing then the server room fire linus posted >.> Seems asrock thought it was a cool idea to use 1mm thick screws with springs and locking them tight onto all the heat-spreaders like the south bridge, power modules etc. Story, took MB out of case to do monthly cleaning and to install new sata cables and fans i got in the mail a few days before. lifted my MB out and PING. a silver spring with a Philips head was staring up at me on my Case. flipped my MB over to see a empty hole staring back at me. and my south bridge was loose and hanging there. so i removed my ram and carefully removed the bridge to see what happened and if it was going to brick my pc. See pics. So, i have tested the pc since just leaving the spacer on the heat-spreader and just hoping my 1080 hybrid holds it on with pressure [which it is doing so far thank god] but because i edit, record and game on the same system im worried one day my rig will just shut off and be dead, i don't earn enough to just take a 3k loss like this if i lost all my parts. Im looking at a MITX for the form-factor as ive been a minimalist kinda guy, been using alien-ware laptops for a few years during College and taken a liking to small systems. What do you guys recommend for my needs im currently looking at the ASUS ROG Strix Z270I Gaming Motherboard for $289 Current hardware is this. 6700k 16gb ddr4 ram 3200mhz xmp asrock extreme 7+ atx hybrid gtx 1080 with radiator etc Samsung m.2 Samsung evo 2.5" and 1tb WD and 3tb Seagate 3.5"

My hardware: Intel Core i7 6700k Gtx 1060 6GB 16 GB DDR4 RAM 2400Mhz Asus Z170-p Mobo 500W PSU (EVGA) Cooler Master CPU cooler (not specifying which because it doesn't seem relevant) 1TB HDD, 128GB SSD Windows 10 home In GTA 5, I should get an average frame rate of 60+ (according to several benchmarks on Youtube with the same GPU, CPU and RAM), whilst I'm getting 30. I've updated my drivers (and downgraded to see if that was the problem) and OS; nothing seems to fix the problem. I do not know what to do.

I've got my 6700k running at 4.7ghz and 1.36v. It's ran aida for 18+ hours no issues passed burn test over and over, getting consistent 1000+ scores on cinebench. But I'm getting weird skips when gaming, like it'll lock up for a second and then jump almost like crazy ping. Could this be coming from instability in my clock?

Six years ago, I built a Sandybridge 2600K based system. I OC'd it to 4.5GHz and upgraded a few things over the years. It has been great, but it's long in the tooth and it's time for another build. Photoshop and Lightroom lag a bit. Not huge, but there is, for example, a delay when switching between images in LR. I have both 1:1 previews and smart previews built (both on SSD), my LR catalog on SSD, images on a different SSD, but the delay is enough that I waste time when processing photos. I'm hoping someone can do a once over on the parts to ensure it will work well together. I do have some specific questions as well. After some research, looking at cores (6 or 8 with Haswell/Broadwell) over clock speed (Skylake), benchmarks, forums, etc. it looks like for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom (primarily) the best CPU will be one of the Skylake options. I decided on a 6700K since I can overclock it and given it's higher threads over the 6600K it will likely work better once Adobe improves multithread performance in their apps.The new componentsFractal Design R5Asus Z170-ACore i7 6700KCorsair Vengance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer 240Corsair RM750X PSUSamsung 960 Evo 500GB PCIe M.2Reused from my current PCSamsung 512GB SSDSamsung 256GB SSDRadeon R9 390 GPU3 6TB HDD hard drivesDVD/RW 27" 4K Monitor & 24" 1920 x 1200In general, anything jump out at you that may not be right?Will the CPU cooler work in the R5? I know that it has fans in a push/pull so it's quite thick. I want to use it at the top of the case so it also vents the chassis.

the core voltage is 1.456V i didnt oc anything im just stress testing and in the bios it said its set to 1.35V i thought it should be in the 1.2*V range the max temp i got is 80C my motherboard is a used hero alpha

My CPU is posting weird temps in MSI afterburner, and is behaving sporadically, what could be causing this? I have a Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooling setup, w/Arctic Silver 5 and a 6700K CPU i7. And these temps are just from booting up. PCPartPicker Loadout for my build.

What's better for hard core gaming i7 6700k or i7 4790k I'm also having 16 gb of ram and a gtx 1070 FTW

So I have a PC build already with a i5 6600k installed, but my cousin had a spare i7 6700k laying around and gave it to me. What I need help with is do I have to do anything if I switch out the CPU? Like reinstall windows or buy a new licence if I replace it. Thanks in advance

Hi! I'm planning a build for 1440p, and I need feedback on the build, but especially the CPU cooler. Can a Cryorig H7 properly cool a 6700k? What about if I overclock it to around 4.5 Ghz? Here's the build if you'd like to give feedback on other parts of it (much appreciated!) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pLMkgL

Hello Guys! So I am planning to add a custom water cooling system to my rig (I have one H100i V2) so I picked these parts: Are they good and would it fit together? I have a 780T without an optical Drive. EK-FC1080 GTX Strix - Nickel € 127.82 € 127.82 EK-FC1080 GTX Strix Backplate - Nickel € 41.27 € 41.27 EK-Ekoolant EVO Blood RED (concentrate 100mL) € 6.84 € 6.84 EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3-Fan PWM (10cm) € 3.40 € 3.40 EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl. pump) € 134.70 € 134.70 LED 3mm TWIN ULTRA RED € 2.89 € 5.78 EK-CSQ Plug G1/4 (for EK-Badge) - Black € 3.89 € 15.55 EK-HD Tube 12/16mm 500mm (2 pcs) € 11.76 € 23.52 EK-CoolStream XE 360 (Triple) € 108.15 € 108.15 EK-AF Angled 45° G1/4 Black Nickel € 5.85 € 5.85 EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Black Nickel € 6.84 € 13.68 EK-HDC Fitting 16mm G1/4 - Elox Black € 5.86 € 46.85 EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) Vertical € 10.78 € 10.78 EK-ATX Bridging Plug (24 pin) € 1.99 € 1.99 EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (Original CSQ) € 66.84 € 66.84

Hey Guys, I'm looking to get the i7 6700k from microcenter this black Friday. I'm trying to figure out what the best motherboard would be for me. I will be looking to OC my cpu, as well as have DDR4 RAM with 3000/3200 MHz. Any suggestions?

Built a new machine. Everything working great and stress tested. Went to set custom fan profiles and ran into an issue. All my fans are PWM controlled and i'm trying to make a profile where they stay constant untill a certain temp then ramp up quickly after that. Went to test the profile and started the stress test, fans ramp up, then very quickly slow down again. They remain at the low setting while aida64 is running, which is a surprise. Not the end of the world, with my fans at 500-600 rpm, 10mins of aida64 stressing, my hottest core peaked at 83c on a hot day in a closed room. 280mm rads and noctua fans FTW. After looking here is the issue: Pwm fans are responding to "CPU" temp reading, not temp core readings (which is normal). The "CPU" temp reading will mostly sit around the temp of my highest core, or thereabouts, but when stressing, after 10 seconds or so the cpu temp reading will drop down again while the temp of the cores continues to climb. When i hit 83c my "CPU" reading was at about 55c or less, so of course the fans are staying at a low rpm. My first thought was that i could just set the fans to ramp up at 50c if the sensor is produving a consisyently low reading, but under normal conditions the sensor is quite accurate (closely mirrors the temp of the cpu cores) and so the fans go crazy everytime i open a program or chrome or what have you. Not the silence i built this thing for. Here is my question: Is this normal behavior for a temp sensor? I understand these things can be out by quite a bit when compared to coretemp, but to be off by 30c for a sustained period of load of 10minutes is wierd to me. It recognises the temp change accurately when the bench starts, so why does the reading go down while temps continue to climb in reality? I can watch this happen with any number of monitoring programs. Does this sound like a faulty sensor? Anyone else have a similar experience? Can someone with a similar maximus viii board replicate this? I would love to avoid dealing with asus customer service to get this fixed. Relevant System specs: Asus maximus viii hero alpha z170, bios 2202 6700k processor H115i cpu cooler with corsair link. (All fan are plugged into mobo).

Hey Guys, I am building my first PC soon and had some questions. The other day, I bought 16gb of Corsair LPX RAM clocked at 2666mhz. I have now found out that my the max supported speed for the i7 6700k (my CPU) is 2133mhz. I am using an ASUS Z170 AR Motherboard. I was wondering if this RAM speed will harm my CPU in any way. If necessary, I am willing to turn on XMP, however, I don't really mind if it is turned off since 2133mhz is pretty fast itself. Are there any harms of not turning on XMP to any of my components? Will my RAM automatically run at 2133mhz? Also, will it be necessary to overclock my CPU to support this RAM? I want to stay away from this right now, but I might consider it in the future if I need it. Thanks guys. I really appreciate the help!

Pretty good deal if you ask me. You'll also get the standard $30 off with purchase of a motherboard. http://www.microcenter.com/product/451883/Core_i7-6700K_SkyLake_40GHz_LGA_1151_Boxed_Processor

I have a 6700k @ 4.4ghz set to 1.29v on my Gigabyte z170x gaming 3. Intel speed step is enabled, however cpuz reports 1.27~ when idle and clock speed gas decreased and v drops to 1.2-1.24v when doing Aida64 stress test, which reports exact same. Next CAM reports 0.8v when clock speed decreases, but also 1.39~ whenever clock speed is above 4.2ghz. Why isn't Aida64 or CPUZ reporting lowered voltages when clocks peed decreases? Are they reporting Vid rather than vcore? Is there a way to change this?

Hey guys! I'm looking for a good & silent PSU for my upcoming PC. It has to power a GTX 1080 & a i7-6700k so I'm looking for a PSU at about 500 Watts. I have my eyes on these: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 G2 Enermax Platimax D.F. 500W be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 550W Corsair RMx 550x Wich one would you choose? And why?

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/LYXJwV So I was wondering if i could use SLI and Add in card to give me some extra Usb 3.0 plugs i know i can just but a Usb hub but id like to not have my desk cluttered up with more stuff. On my Mobo spec sheet is says that theres 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (CPU) 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots (PCH) 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (PCH) Does this mean that even tho ive got a 6700k i can still run SLI and an additional x1 pci card?

whats a better configuration? I'm doing animation and a lot of 3d modelling, i do also play a lot of games and planning on buying a vive in the near future but for some reason i just can't make up my mind and would like other peoples input.

So my professor and I built my PC around May 2016 and I've been using it since. Didn't ran into any problems and assumed everything's okay until now. When I booted it up earlier this morning, instead of booting up Windows, it instead went into the POST screen which didn't happen before. The CPU LED on the motherboard is lit red. On the POST screen, there's an error saying "CPU Fan speed error detected." (images below). After a while, another error comes up, "CPU Over Temperature Error!" When I ran the BIOS setup, the CPU temps were at 88°C idle and the FAN Profile doesn't detect the CPU Fan (even though the cooler is connected to the CPU_FAN header). I've read some forums online and some were saying that ASUS mobos are faulty sometimes and may display really high temps and RealTemp says otherwise. I then set the CPU Temp and Fan Speed Monitoring to "Ignore" so I can reach the Windows boot screen. When Windows had booted up, I ran RealTemp and the temps are at 90°C to 100°C idle. I'm guessing the problem could be A) The CPU cooler is faulty, B) the cooler isn't mounted properly, C) Bad thermal compound, D) the CPU itself is faulty (which I hopefully not) Sys: Intel Core i7-6700K Corsair H100i V2 ASUS Z170-A Corsair RM850x Note: Never OC'ed the CPU and is running at stock speeds; the radiator fans are in a push configuration upwards; using the pre-applied thermal compound Images: http://imgur.com/a/AYjxa Any help/suggestions?

Hey guys looking for other people's opinions. What way looks best in your opinion? Tube up or down on the pump? In the middle of a build for my son.

My new rig, which you can check out on my page is behaving rather strangely. Specs: 6700k(4.6) 16gb ddr4 asus strix 1080 When playing certain games, the frame count is shockingly low and way below that of online benchmarks. The few games I played that ran fine include team fortress 2 at around 200fps. And crysis 2 at around 150fps(ultra2k) When in other games however, like in black light retribution, I get a max frame rate of 60(all the time). It wasn't vsync as that was disabled. Another game like this was overwatch with only 60-70 fps whereas online benchmarks have a result of 300+fps max settings. Wtf? I've already done a clean install of drivers and made sure the card is running on a pice 16x slot. During these games, gpu usage is extremely low but when I stress test it, it gets to 100%. The cinebench r15 OpenGL test was about 100++fps(can't rmb exact) Can anyone help?

I've been waiting for that day for months. And finally Black Angel became a reality <3 Parts List: (also on PcPartPicker https://pcpartpicker.com/b/mxhqqs) I7-6700K Oc’d to 4.5GHz 1,31V NZXT Kraken X61 (+ Noctua NT-H1) Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 CL16 2400MHz 32GB (2x16GB) Asus GTX1080 STRIX 2x HyperX Savage 240GB in RAID 0 WD Red 3TB EVGA 650GQ V2 NZXT S340 Mods List: NZXT HUE+ LEDs Corsair SP120 PWM & AF140 Quiet Edition Fans Custom Painted: - PCI-E Brackets - SSD Trays - Kraken X61 waterblock mounting ring - Cable Managment Bar - PSU Bracket Wrapped with carbon fibre: - SSDs - Part of GPU backplate - Visible side of the radiator Sleeved cables: - ATX, EPS, 2x PCI-E – Phanteks Black/White (With cable combs) - USB 2.0, HD AUDIO – Bitfenix Alchemy White You can watch TIMELAPSE PC BUILD on my YouTube channel: OKAY, NOW MY EXPERIENCES. Build went nice, even though it took me almost whole day. Why? Well, firstly I removed all of parts to spray paint: - PCI-E Brackets - Power Supply Brackets - SSD Trays - Cable Shroud - NZXT Kraken X61's mounting ring And, when I got to painting which went quite nice BTW, it had to dry for next our, be covered with another layer of paint, and then I had to wait 2 hours till it dried completely. Then I started a job with carbon fibre. I took quite some time to cut out a form of SSDs, but GPU's one went smoothly. So after this modding work I started building a PC itself. Build was really nice and wasn't a problem to do. Only think that was kinda pain in the *** was cable managment; I mean, with all that cable extensions there was much more clutter behind the PSU, coz I had to fit in all length of PSU cables itself and a half of PCI-E extension cables as well. After completing the build I of course plugged in power cord and pressed this magic button. System launched with no problems, I created a RAID 0 aray of my 2 HyperX Savages and installed Windows 10 on it. I also installed all of drivers and software (including CAM for my Kraken and HUE+). I had a problem with Kraken, pump was kinda buzzing/rattling. I searched the net and found out that it should work on full-speed all the time, and problem should be gone. So I put it on 100% with CAM software, and it wasn't really hearable anymore, weird noise was gone, but the fans also were 100% and PC sound like a rocket engine. I had to solve it somehow. I decided to use a molex 12V -> fan adapter, to give the pump full power and RPM. I used the molex splitter provided with NZXT S340 case, but i had to file off a part of it, coz pump had 4PIN connector, molex splitter only 3PIN. This worked out pretty well, I used this power and set CAM to 100%, plugged Kraken radiator fans to motherboard CPUFAN1 & CPUFAN2 headers, set the RPM curves in the BIOS, and finally achieved silent pump, and nicely working fans. But this doesn't change fact that NZXT should have put more work on CAM software, allowing you to set the pump speed manually, and independently of the fans. And the last imperfection I noticed. When I installed ASUS GPU Tweak II with AURA RGB control I had (& still have) problem with setting up white color. The ROG logo on the GPU backplate does reproduce white correctly, on the visible side of the card, where the ROG logo and text is placed, as well as LEDs next to GPU fans, white looks more violetish. It's something that destroys colors theme of the build a bit when I want it to be fully black-white. Anyway, the PC looks sick in some color combos as well. For now it's runnig HUE+ on breathing mode on white, and Kraken, as well as GPU LED's are on fixed mode with red color. That's a really nice combo, but PC looks good also with some green, blue and violet as well. Long story short I'm pretty happy with the build, I've been waiting for so long. CPU Idle: 18C CPU Load: 64C CPU Clock: 4,5GHz CPU Voltage: 1,31V GPU Idle: 35C GPU Load: 72C GPU Clock: 2,09GHz GPU Mem: 10,78GHz 3DMark FireStrike Score: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/15545056 Report Follow comments

Hey guys, I'm going to buy a PC with the unlocked 6700K and I want to buy a decent cooler (in a decent price) that can handle a fair OC (4.6Ghz is OK). Is Arctic's i32 CO a good cooler for that pupose? From looking on the graph in the Arctic's website it seems like it handles 4790K fairly well, but I'd like to hear your advice/reviews/thoughts. Thanks!