6700k build suggestions

[JCBiggs]

Hey folks.

 

I am looking for the smallest,  over-clockable mother board for the 6700k.   I have to build 6 new workstations for my company.   

 

other requirements,

 

must have T-C port (thunderbolt C - i made that up... use it.. lol)

preferably 4 dimm slots (Ddr4 obviosuly - systems will have 16gb, most likely 2400mhz variety)

m.4 built in port would be nice

 

and lastly... a micro atx form factor would be great. Im going to try and put 2 of these in a single rack mount server case (3 cases total) so any way to do that would be good. 

 

 

ideas?

 

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, JCBiggs said:

Hey folks.

 

I am looking for the smallest,  over-clockable mother board for the 6700k.   I have to build 6 new workstations for my company.   

 

other requirements,

 

must have T-C port (thunderbolt C - i made that up... use it.. lol)

preferably 4 dimm slots (Ddr4 obviosuly - systems will have 16gb, most likely 2400mhz variety)

m.4 built in port would be nice

 

and lastly... a micro atx form factor would be great. Im going to try and put 2 of these in a single rack mount server case (3 cases total) so any way to do that would be good. 

 

 

ideas?

 

Well, if you want mATX, there is the Asus Maximus VII Gene (expensive, but great, I loved mine).

Cheaper "value" options would be the Asus Z170M-PLUS or Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5, those are popular.

[bgibbz]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&f=7,8&c=110&m=8,14,18,27&E=1,3&N=4

 

All of those meet your requirements.

 

 

AFAIK, Thunderbolt isnt natively supported on the z170 chipset. You would have to buy something like this - https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessory/ThunderboltEX-3/

[JCBiggs]

Yeah i was hoping that I could get away without a card for thunderbolt.. but oh well.  Thanks for that list. I will pick through. 

 

just curioud.. is the asus card compatible with non-asus motherboards?

[SeanAngelo]

4 minutes ago, JCBiggs said:

Hey folks.

 

I am looking for the smallest,  over-clockable mother board for the 6700k.   I have to build 6 new workstations for my company.   

 

other requirements,

 

must have T-C port (thunderbolt C - i made that up... use it.. lol)

preferably 4 dimm slots (Ddr4 obviosuly - systems will have 16gb, most likely 2400mhz variety)

m.4 built in port would be nice

 

and lastly... a micro atx form factor would be great. Im going to try and put 2 of these in a single rack mount server case (3 cases total) so any way to do that would be good. 

 

 

ideas?

 

these motherboards will be suitable to your needs

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/detailed-list/#s=30&f=7&c=110&sort=a8&page=1&N=4,16&E=1,3

 

unfortunately, they dont have thunderbolt.

[JCBiggs]

question 2... anyone know where to find a dual board rack mount case? lol. my 30 minutes of google turns up 1 and its a 1u... i think i need 3u to clear the gpu. 

[JCBiggs]

Im reading a bit, and it  I think it might be best to wait until february or so to build these.. I should be able  to get a mini itx board at that point with a kabylake  cpu that has native thunderbolt 3.  then I can just put the gpu in the single pci  x16 slot at that gives me a ton more room to put the power supplies in the case, next to the mobo.