Core i3-6100 with 3200mhz DDR4 RAM?

[Ahmad96Ragab]

Will the CPU work properly?
Keeping in mind the motherboard is ASUS Z170-A.

[AlexanderYaw123]

It works properly but the RAM will downclock, run on 2133MHz.

http://ark.intel.com/products/90729/Intel-Core-i3-6100-Processor-3M-Cache-3_70-GHz

[Oswin]

yes it would work

8 minutes ago, AlexanderYaw123 said:

It works properly but the RAM will downclock, run on 2133MHz.

http://ark.intel.com/products/90729/Intel-Core-i3-6100-Processor-3M-Cache-3_70-GHz

 but why an i3?

[AlexanderYaw123]

Just now, Ahmad96Ragab said:

Will the CPU work properly?
Keeping in mind the motherboard is ASUS Z170-A.

Get a Core i5-6500.Because i3 6100 only have dual core and will bottleneck some video card.

[Ahmad96Ragab]

5 minutes ago, Oswin said:

yes it would work

 but why and i3?

Can't afford i7-6700K right now
So I put my money in a good motherboard so i can upgrade to the i7 in a few months

[Oswin]

3 minutes ago, Ahmad96Ragab said:

Can't afford i7-6700K right now
So I put my money in a good motherboard so i can upgrade to the i7 in a few months

though i think that is not a good idea since kabylake is coming out soon

[Cereal5]

12 minutes ago, Ahmad96Ragab said:

Can't afford i7-6700K right now
So I put my money in a good motherboard so i can upgrade to the i7 in a few months

just wait a few months then and save the $120 you'd be spending on the i3. if you're surviving now you can probably survive a bit longer

[Megah3rtz]

wait for kaby lake, then you won't have to buy an i3 because you'll have saved up money by then. 

[Ahmad96Ragab]

1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

just wait a few months then and save the $120 you'd be spending on the i3. if you're surviving now you can probably survive a bit longer

I don't think you understand the agony of having to use an AMD APU for a  year.

[Megah3rtz]

1 minute ago, Ahmad96Ragab said:

I don't think you understand the agony of having to use an AMD APU for a  year.

I think I fully understand. also, what do you mean a year? kaby lake is releasing in Q1 2017. 

[Ahmad96Ragab]

1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

I think I fully understand. also, what do you mean a year? kaby lake is releasing in Q1 2017. 

I've been using the APU for more than a year now, and it's not fun I tell you.

[Cereal5]

4 minutes ago, Ahmad96Ragab said:

I don't think you understand the agony of having to use an AMD APU for a  year.

I don't think you understand the agony of having to use a laptop AMD APU for more than a year. just wait. trust me. don't spend $100 of your hard earned money on a CPU that you MIGHT get $60 for in a month when you have to sell it to get a 6700K. go with a 6600K anyways, you'll have a great gaming experience. 6700(K)s are only needed for content creation and such

 

[edit] I know a lot of people that stream and make youtube videos using an i5 also

[Megah3rtz]

2 minutes ago, Ahmad96Ragab said:

I don't think you understand the agony of having to use an AMD APU for a  year.

I had a A6-3600 for the longest time then I upgraded to a fx6300 about a year or two ago, now I'm upgrading to kaby lake. I know you want to upgrade right away but I learned after buying a fx6300 that buying the cheapest thing to get you a slight upgrade is a terrible idea. you should wait for a 7600k or whatever kaby lake has to offer that interests you. 

[FRN]

48 minutes ago, Oswin said:

though i think that is not a good idea since kabylake is coming out soon

Only a few percent performance increase over Skylake. I don't think its something to write home about.

 

@OP just stash the money until you have enough for an i5-6600k. I wont recommend the i7-6700/k if you'll just use it for games as there is very little performance increase over the 6600k which costs less. For gaming, I wouldn't go much higher than a 6600k.

[Oswin]

3 hours ago, FRN said:

Only a few percent performance increase over Skylake. I don't think its something to write home about.

 

@OP just stash the money until you have enough for an i5-6600k. I wont recommend the i7-6700/k if you'll just use it for games as there is very little performance increase over the 6600k which costs less. For gaming, I wouldn't go much higher than a 6600k.

yes i know only a small amount of increase in performance. but what about price? they will drop quite a bit