Processor and Motherboard selection

[Reaver Seijuuro]

Planning to upgrade my system by next week and I need as much help as I can with selecting a couple of components. The system will be mostly used for gaming.

 

Current selection is either the 6600 or the 6700. I have no plans on overclocking so I'm thinking on what would be the best motherboard to purchase. The B150, H170, or the Z170? Are there benefits of purchasing the higher end motherboards aside from the ability to overclock?

[verydogesuchwow]

if you aren't planning on overclocking, get a non-k processor

and yes, you should get a lower end motherboard if you don't want to overclock and just need the normal features

[Reaver Seijuuro]

3 minutes ago, verydogesuchwow said:

if you aren't planning on overclocking, get a non-k processor

and yes, you should get a lower end motherboard if you don't want to overclock and just need the normal features

Would there be a significant difference between the 6600 and the 6700?

 

I forgot to add that I'll only be using SSD's due to the cost and selections of M.2 or even a PCIe SSD's. With that said, what would you recommend for the motherboard side. The B150 or the H170?

[verydogesuchwow]

i5 to i7 is pretty much no hyperthreading to hyperthreading.. 6700 is obviously more powerful, not a huge jump, but significant enough

get the i7 if it fits in your budget, don't worry otherwise tho

 

I don't get what you're saying with the SSDs.. are you going to be using the pcie and m.2 ones or are you only going to be using the regular sata ones?

[Streetguru]

25 minutes ago, Reaver Seijuuro said:

Planning to upgrade my system by next week and I need as much help as I can with selecting a couple of components. The system will be mostly used for gaming.

 

Current selection is either the 6600 or the 6700. I have no plans on overclocking so I'm thinking on what would be the best motherboard to purchase. The B150, H170, or the Z170? Are there benefits of purchasing the higher end motherboards aside from the ability to overclock?

If you currently have an i5 4460 it's not worth upgrading your CPU unless you need more threads for streaming/video editing

 

and you wouldn't need to buy a new board, if you want more threads just upgrade to a Xeon 1231v3

 

skylake isn't worth the money to upgrade, the CPUs are only 5% faster

 

if anything upgrade your display to 4k in preparation for the new GPUs

[brob]

16 minutes ago, Reaver Seijuuro said:

Planning to upgrade my system by next week and I need as much help as I can with selecting a couple of components. The system will be mostly used for gaming.

 

Current selection is either the 6600 or the 6700. I have no plans on overclocking so I'm thinking on what would be the best motherboard to purchase. The B150, H170, or the Z170? Are there benefits of purchasing the higher end motherboards aside from the ability to overclock?

There are other significant differences. 

 

B150 does not support RAID arrays, SLI, or M.2(M) drives. Many motherboards support 2 Crossfire gpu, (one x4).

 

H170 does not support SLI. It does support RAID arrays, M.2(M) drives, and 2 Crossfire gpu, (one x4).

 

[Reaver Seijuuro]

11 hours ago, verydogesuchwow said:

i5 to i7 is pretty much no hyperthreading to hyperthreading.. 6700 is obviously more powerful, not a huge jump, but significant enough

get the i7 if it fits in your budget, don't worry otherwise tho

 

I don't get what you're saying with the SSDs.. are you going to be using the pcie and m.2 ones or are you only going to be using the regular sata ones?

For the SSD's, just the regular SATA ones.

 

How about the 6600K compared to the 6700? Again, will just run on stock. Checking if it'll be of better value.

 

11 hours ago, Streetguru said:

If you currently have an i5 4460 it's not worth upgrading your CPU unless you need more threads for streaming/video editing

 

and you wouldn't need to buy a new board, if you want more threads just upgrade to a Xeon 1231v3

 

skylake isn't worth the money to upgrade, the CPUs are only 5% faster

 

if anything upgrade your display to 4k in preparation for the new GPUs

That's my exact sentiments. If it were up to me I'd just upgrade my GPU or monitor. However, it was my Aunt who'll shoulder the expenses since she suggested the upgrade. I just can't think of a reason on how to justify the GPU over a complete system overhaul.

[verydogesuchwow]

why would you get a K processor when you don't want to overclock?

 

if you're just using regular SSDs, get a normal motherboard, you don't need a rlly fancy one for what you're doing