Skylake?

[Willtech36]

Heyo.

Been thinking to upgrade, already asked another forum about this. (Sweclockers) It's about the title, Skylake, I will post my specs below, but since it is all new and I have not had any struggles.. Yet.. More than Motherboard issues and RAM problems, these problems made me unable to play some games and what not, had me open my case, switch the RAM back and forth (just change the slots between the two I got).

 

It's quite expensive here in Sweden to buy some parts compared what I've seen on Linus's Youtube channel where he build a build which much better parts than me but for a lower price.

Some of my parts are indeed outdated, but the CPU works fine, just my motherboard and can not find anything in the 1155 socket sections no longer due to.. Well, not being "modern" anymore.

I've tried to seek some second hand boards and such but never found.

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU: Intel i5-3570k | Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX
PSU: Corsair Gold 750 | GPU: Nvidia ASUS GTX 970 4GB STRIX
CPU-Cooler: Noctua NH-L12| Ram: Corsair Vengeance
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 | SSD: 128GB Samsung, 250GB Sandisk | HDD: 2 TB Seagate

 

All of this in my "new" Corsair C70 "Ammo-box"

[shanmu54321]

It's quite expensive here in Sweden to buy some parts compared what I've seen on Linus's Youtube channel where he build a build which much better parts than me but for a lower price.

When did Linus build something that is cheap?

[AresKrieger]

Your current build still looks fine to me, skylake is not cheap even in america, which is why many forum members including myself recommend haswell over skylake, but you already have a decent chip in the 3570k, so I'd just stick with it until you notice a lack of performance down the road.

[Willtech36]

When did Linus build something that is cheap?

What I mean, the parts there costs less than here.

[Willtech36]

Your current build still looks fine to me, skylake is not cheap even in america, which is why many forum members including myself recommend haswell over skylake, but you already have a decent chip in the 3570k, so I'd just stick with it until you notice a lack of performance down the road.

Yeah, so said them others on the other Forum, unless I just want to spend 700 euros on an upgrade which will not aid me that much more than just "modernize" the build I have.

[PrimeSonic]

Your current setup looks fine.

Add a new GPU and maybe some more RAM if you have room for it and you should get a several more years out of it.

^{(Ignore the GPU comment. I was tired and didn't see the 970. That's a solid choice.)}

[Nena Trinity]

Wait longer!

[Willtech36]

Your current setup looks fine.

Add a new GPU and maybe some more RAM if you have room for it and you should get a several more years out of it.

 

Bought my STRIX about a year ago, I like it. And yeah, people said that I should buy new RAM, due to my struggle with it.

[rjfaber91]

(...) Add a new GPU (...)

 

You what, mate? Take this with a grain of salt if you wish, seeing as I'm a 970 owner myself, but that card is as future-proof as it currently gets. Were Pascal with its allegedly massive improvements in compute performance to already be released, you might have a point, but at the moment there is no point whatsoever to replace a 970...

[X99stattrak]

You what, mate? Take this with a grain of salt if you wish, seeing as I'm a 970 owner myself, but that card is as future-proof as it currently gets. Were Pascal with its allegedly massive improvements in compute performance to already be released, you might have a point, but at the moment there is no point whatsoever to replace a 970...

If you're willing, overclock it, like this guy said, a 970 is a very strong card, and I pushed my buddies strix to 1540, changed the default fan curve, and it never gets above 50C. He runs everything at very high, if not maxed settings at 1080p (although he plays Csgo at the lowest settings and weird resolution because global problems)

[rjfaber91]

If you're willing, overclock it, like this guy said, a 970 is a very strong card, and I pushed my buddies strix to 1540, changed the default fan curve, and it never gets above 50C. He runs everything at very high, if not maxed settings at 1080p (although he plays Csgo at the lowest settings and weird resolution because global problems)

 

Oh, don't worry about me. I've got a G1 Gaming, which overclocks better than the STRIX because it doesn't have locked voltage. Still, there's not much point in doing so as long as I'm coupling it with a Phenom II, because I'm already borderline bottlenecking it with that CPU.

 

Anyway, I feel we are getting offtopic with this...

[App4that]

Don't let the whistle from the hype train scare you. Skylake isn't that big a deal. It's not a waste of money, if your building a fresh rig. But it's not worth it as a upgrade.

[Willtech36]

I just lack finding a replacement of the motherboard I currently use. Since no longer in stores and what not.

[X99stattrak]

Oh, don't worry about me. I've got a G1 Gaming, which overclocks better than the STRIX because it doesn't have locked voltage. Still, there's not much point in doing so as long as I'm coupling it with a Phenom II, because I'm already borderline bottlenecking it with that CPU.

Anyway, I feel we are getting offtopic with this...

...you can increase voltage on a strix

[App4that]

I just lack finding a replacement of the motherboard I currently use. Since no longer in stores and what not.

So go Haswell. Unless you're using 4k you won't see a difference.

[rjfaber91]

...you can increase voltage on a strix

 

...up to a point.

[sandboarder08]

http://www.blocket.se/goteborg/Nya_Moderkort_Socket_1155_1156_1366_2011_AM3__64174518.htm?ca=17&w=3

Varsågod.

[PrimeSonic]

You what, mate? Take this with a grain of salt if you wish, seeing as I'm a 970 owner myself, but that card is as future-proof as it currently gets. Were Pascal with its allegedly massive improvements in compute performance to already be released, you might have a point, but at the moment there is no point whatsoever to replace a 970...

My mistake. I didn't see the GPU listed.

Really. My bad. I was real tired that day.

[PrimeSonic]

Bought my STRIX about a year ago, I like it. And yeah, people said that I should buy new RAM, due to my struggle with it.

Honestly, the only thing I see lacking is just getting over the 8Gb of RAM hump.

Get to 12Gb-16Gb and that machine should last you pretty long.

 

Skylake isn't going to be worth the upgrade.

[Willtech36]

Honestly, the only thing I see lacking is just getting over the 8Gb of RAM hump.

Get to 12Gb-16Gb and that machine should last you pretty long.

 

Skylake isn't going to be worth the upgrade.

 

 

Yeah, been looking for 16GB, MIGHT buy 8 GB of those I already have, but then I also need to add top fans of my case, sadly, motherboard does not have any more slots for that...    *Whines*

[PrimeSonic]

I also need to add top fans of my case, sadly, motherboard does not have any more slots for that... *Whines*

It's not ideal

but if you really need the extra cooling, you can use adapters to connect the fans directly to the power supply.

If you go that route, make sure you get quality/quiet fans since they will be stuck at 100%.

Edit

Almost forgot. You can also use splitters instead. There's simple Y-splitters to fully featured fan hubs.

Either way, there are ways around having too few fan headers.

[The_KIASER]

Don't let the whistle from the hype train scare you. Skylake isn't that big a deal. It's not a waste of money, if your building a fresh rig. But it's not worth it as a upgrade.

Getting ready to "build" my first gaming rig (Skylake)...

Would like to get opinions on my choices, $1500 budget, possible X-fire later...

[App4that]

Getting ready to "build" my first gaming rig (Skylake)...

Would like to get opinions on my choices, $1500 budget, possible X-fire later...

Hmmm, for a fresh build a 6600k is a good choice, but the price is inflated at the moment. A 4790k is the best bang for the buck build and will take you through the next 3 years easy. My goal is five years with mine.

Crossfire is a waste of money. Very few games make use of it and even when they do you make twice the heat and use twice the power. I ran crossfire with a 390 and a 4690k, my single 290 and 4790k set up beats it, by a mile. I'm personally going to use my 290 for the next year, I play Fallout 4 with it maxed out with 28 mods in 1440, next year will bring some big changes in GPUs so no reason to blow your load on a GPU right now. CPU, cooling, power supply, and storage won't change over the next year so concentrate on them.

That's my 2c.