Skylake upgrade

[Ivyk]

I'm going to upgrade my rig and I just want a final check if everything will be compatible.

 

The site is Dutch but I'm sure you'll understand the specs:

Motherboard: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/457527/msi-z170a-krait-gaming/specificaties/

RAM: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/437095/kingston-hyperx-fury-hx421c14fb-8/specificaties/

CPU: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/457396/intel-core-i5-6600k-boxed/specificaties/

 

Current specs:

AMD FX-8120

ASRock 970 Extreme 3

Corsair Value Select 8GB 1333Mhz

Fractal Design Define R4 Black (Windowed)

Corsair H100i AIO

Corsair RM550 PSU

2TB Seagate HDD + 128GB Crucial SSD

MSI GTX 660Ti Power Edition

 

I'm really looking forwards to this upgrade even though I won't notice much of an FPS improvement when gaming.

 

QUESTION: Is everything compatible with each other?

[Paralectic]

INB4 SKYLAKE HATE GO HASWELL REFRESH.

 

Just get a decent Z170 board, 8GB+ Ram and the 6600K and overclock it a little with your H100i.

You'll eliminate the CPU throttle/bottleneck and you'll have a smoother gaming experience in general.

[salecar3]

You can get cheapet hasswel and get same performance(10%maybe) fir extra price imo you should get 4690k and z97 msi sli kraight edition for 110€ and maybe hyper612

[LiamApex]

INB4 SKYLAKE HATE GO HASWELL REFRESH.

 

Just get a decent Z170 board, 8GB+ Ram and the 6600K and overclock it a little with your H100i.

You'll eliminate the CPU throttle/bottleneck and you'll have a smoother gaming experience in general.

thi is what he has done 

[Bob Jim]

Personally I would go with the ASUS Z170-A over the MSI Krait Gaming. Still looks very good, but it has USB Type-C, and a few other nice features.

[Paralectic]

Personally I would go with the ASUS Z170-A over the MSI Krait Gaming. Still looks very good, but it has USB Type-C, and a few other nice features.

And a brown PCB. ew

[Bob Jim]

And a brown PCB. ew

No... It is black.

http://img1.czc.cz/esvkp30uuuh66bq1h6jj55v9m9_1/obrazek

[Paralectic]

No... It is black.

http://img1.czc.cz/esvkp30uuuh66bq1h6jj55v9m9_1/obrazek

It appears with a brown glow on the webshops I use.

[Bob Jim]

It appears with a brown glow on the webshops I use.

Link?

[Paralectic]

Link?

Well, atleast it's mATX brother.

https://azerty.nl/0-6462-843623/asus-z170m-plus-moederbord-micro-atx-lga1151-socket-z170-gigabit-ethernet-hd-audio-usb-3-0.html?channel_code=40

[Bob Jim]

Well, atleast it's mATX brother.

https://azerty.nl/0-6462-843623/asus-z170m-plus-moederbord-micro-atx-lga1151-socket-z170-gigabit-ethernet-hd-audio-usb-3-0.html?channel_code=40

The MATX version is lower spec. No USB 3.1 (the Type C is USB 3), etc, etc. I am either getting the Z170-A or the Z170A KRAIT GAMING.