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I'm pretty sure the i7 6700k doesnt support ddr3, but thats a beast processor for rendering and gaming. And I would highly reccomend the gtx 1070. It's litterally a beast . That's what I have and it runs all triple a titles above 60fps at maxed settings. 

System

  • CPU
    I7 6700K Overclocked to 4.6 GHz at 1.33v
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z270 PRIME - A
  • RAM
    GSKILL RIPJAWS V DDR4 16GB 3000MHZ
  • GPU
    MSI GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G overclocked to 2063 MHZ and 8900 MHZ memory clock
  • Case
    NZXT S340 RED
  • Storage
    WD 1TB BLUE AND SAMSUNG EVO 250GB SSD
  • PSU
    EVGA 650W GQ
  • Display(s)
    LG 25UM58-P ULTRAWIDE and LG 29UM58-P 29 ULTRAWIDE
  • Cooling
    CORSAIR H100I GTX
  • Keyboard
    CORSAIR K70
  • Mouse
    LOGITECH G502 PROTEUS SPECTRUM
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 PRO
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Just now, laushik said:

I'm pretty sure the i7 6700k doesnt support ddr3, but thats a beast processor for rendering and gaming. And I would highly reccomend the gtx 1070. It's litterally a beast . That's what I have and it runs all triple a titles above 60fps at maxed settings. 

the skylake series supports both DDR3 and DDR4 RAM

he could have one of these boards 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#L=3&s=30&sort=a8&page=1

5 minutes ago, Careless said:

I have the i5 6500, 16 gb of ddr3 RAM and a GTX 960 and I have money to spend. What should I buy next to make my computer better for gaming and rendering videos?

i would suggest a i7 6700K for rendering improvement

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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