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2 minutes ago, don paul herman pagtama said:

well, im struggling with choosing those 2. should i go for the faster cpu but more money or fast cpu for low price?

 

Since you only have an H97 motherboard you might as well go with the in-between option which is the plain i7 4790 non-K. You don't have the benefit of overclocking thanks to the limitations of H97 boards, so why waste the money on a K sku CPU.

 

Unless of course you plan on getting a Z97 board later and overclocking. That's one reason I suppose.

 

Edit: The reason a Skylake CPU (6600 and 6700 for instance) won't work on your H97 motherboard is that they are a different socket design: LGA 1151. Haswell boards and CPUs (4790, etc) are LGA 1150.

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I already have a motherboard http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Graphics-DualBIOS-Motherboard-GA-H97M-D3H/dp/B00K7807IK/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457417725&sr=1-2&keywords=h97+motherboard

 

but i dont know if it is compatible with the processor I am supposed to buy which is i5 6600k. please help guys

and still i didnt buy ram

 

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the i5 6600k needs a Z170 motherboard, not H97

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Just now, don paul herman pagtama said:

I already have a motherboard http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Graphics-DualBIOS-Motherboard-GA-H97M-D3H/dp/B00K7807IK/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457417725&sr=1-2&keywords=h97+motherboard

 

but i dont know if it is compatible with the processor I am supposed to buy which is i5 6600k. please help guys

 

No it is not compatible, since your motherboard is LGA1150 and Skylake CPU is LGA 1151, You can always go for the i7 4790k or the i5 4690k

 

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1 minute ago, ReesZRB said:

No it is not compatible, since your motherboard is LGA1150 and Skylake CPU is LGA 1151, You can always go for the i7 4790k or the i5 4690k

well, im struggling with choosing those 2. should i go for the faster cpu but more money or fast cpu for low price?

 

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4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

the i5 6600k needs a Z170 motherboard, not H97

it said compatible with i3 i5 i7 cpu

how is it?

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Just now, don paul herman pagtama said:

well, im struggling with choosing those 2. should i go for the faster cpu but more money or fast cpu for low price?

 

Actually the i7 4790 or i5 4690 since I realize you have a motherboard that doesn't support overclocking. This well depend what you will be doing like editing, gaming or you those stuff

 

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2 minutes ago, don paul herman pagtama said:

well, im struggling with choosing those 2. should i go for the faster cpu but more money or fast cpu for low price?

 

Since you only have an H97 motherboard you might as well go with the in-between option which is the plain i7 4790 non-K. You don't have the benefit of overclocking thanks to the limitations of H97 boards, so why waste the money on a K sku CPU.

 

Unless of course you plan on getting a Z97 board later and overclocking. That's one reason I suppose.

 

Edit: The reason a Skylake CPU (6600 and 6700 for instance) won't work on your H97 motherboard is that they are a different socket design: LGA 1151. Haswell boards and CPUs (4790, etc) are LGA 1150.

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1 minute ago, ApolloX75 said:

Since you only have an H97 motherboard you might as well go with the in-between option which is the plain i7 4790 non-K. You don't have the benefit of overclocking thanks to the limitations of H97 boards, so why waste the money on a K sku CPU.

 

Unless of course you plan on getting a Z97 board later and overclocking. That's one reason I suppose.

yes cause this rig is my first time so I must upgrade it asap

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6 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Since you only have an H97 motherboard you might as well go with the in-between option which is the plain i7 4790 non-K. You don't have the benefit of overclocking thanks to the limitations of H97 boards, so why waste the money on a K sku CPU.

 

Unless of course you plan on getting a Z97 board later and overclocking. That's one reason I suppose.

 

Edit: The reason a Skylake CPU (6600 and 6700 for instance) won't work on your H97 motherboard is that they are a different socket design: LGA 1151. Haswell boards and CPUs (4790, etc) are LGA 1150.

ill just go with i5 4790k so that ill upgrade it soon. i didnt look at it carefully if my motherboard could overclock or not . thank you very much

 

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8 minutes ago, ReesZRB said:

Actually the i7 4790 or i5 4690 since I realize you have a motherboard that doesn't support overclocking. This well depend what you will be doing like editing, gaming or you those stuff

thank you very much for the help. Ill go with i54790k so Ill upgrade my mobo soon. I didnt look at it carefully if it can overclock or not

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11 minutes ago, don paul herman pagtama said:

it said compatible with i3 i5 i7 cpu

how is it?

It's the generation that determines what works and what does not.

 

The i3 / i5 / i7 6xxx CPU's use the LGA 1151 socket, which is found on Z170, H110, etc. This is also referred to as "Skylake."

 

The i3 / i5 / i7 4xxx (and select 5xxx) CPU's use the LGA 1150 socket, which is found on Z97, H97, Q97, etc. This is also referred to as "Haswell" or "Devil's Canyon."

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1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

It's the generation that determines what works and what does not.

 

The i3 / i5 / i7 6xxx CPU's use the LGA 1151 socket, which is found on Z170, H110, etc.

The i3 / i5 / i7 4xxx CPU's use the LGA 1150 socket, which is found on Z97, H97, Q97, etc.

thank you very much for the info

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