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was it a bad idea of me putting a 6700k on a asus h170 pro gaming motherboard? i cant change it anymore just askin tho

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Its fine, but you cant overclock.

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Well, you might have limited (or non-existant at all) overclocking capabilities and no SLI support, but if those are not your thing then you didn't lose anything, really.

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2 minutes ago, Radiant said:

was it a bad idea of me putting a 6700k on a asus h170 pro gaming motherboard? i cant change it anymore just askin tho

Did you plan to overclock?

 

Yes > Then it was a bad idea, you need a Z170/Z270 chipset motherboard for that.

 

No > Then it was a good idea, but then you could have gotten a 6700 (non-K) and saved some money.

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4 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Well, you might have limited (or non-existant at all) overclocking capabilities and no SLI support, but if those are not your thing then you didn't lose anything, really.

na never going sli, got a gtx 1070 running @ 2020 clock and about 2500 on memory. the raeason i bought the h170 is because it was half price and it wouldvt taken 1 week to get hold of a z170, but im not sure if i will overclock anytime soon

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7 minutes ago, TheNextLinus said:

Did you plan to overclock?

 

Yes > Then it was a bad idea, you need a Z170/Z270 chipset motherboard for that.

 

No > Then it was a good idea, but then you could have gotten a 6700 (non-K) and saved some money.

 the reason i bought the h170 is because it was half price and it wouldve taken 1 week to get hold of a z170, but im not sure if i will overclock anytime soon eventho i easily could reach 4.4 because of my cooler

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1 minute ago, Radiant said:

na never going sli, got a gtx 1070 running @ 2020 clock and about 2500 on memory. the raeason i bought the h170 is because it was half price and it wouldvt taken 1 week to get hold of a z170, but im not sure if i will overclock anytime soon

Just buy a new mobo in some time when you feel the performance isn't what you need it to be (Z170 or Z270) and overclock the CPU.

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