Help: Which CPU/Mobo

[ScottWood]

Heya,

 

Im looking into getting a new CPU/Mobo for my system.

what i need is enough pcie lanes to run 2 1080ti in sli and a PCIE SSD

These are 2 of the main things that i need.

The system will be mainly for gaming on 3440 X 1440.

Idealy i dont want to have to upgrade my ram to quad channel for the use of Threadripper or Skylake-X however these seem the main to that support the lanes ( Unless im being an amature and missunderstanding that)

What would you suggest?

Cheers

[iRileyx]

Got my numbers mixed up, nevermind >.>

[Gaurav S Rao]

12 hours ago, ScottWood said:

Heya,

 

Im looking into getting a new CPU/Mobo for my system.

what i need is enough pcie lanes to run 2 1080ti in sli and a PCIE SSD

These are 2 of the main things that i need.

The system will be mainly for gaming on 3440 X 1440.

Idealy i dont want to have to upgrade my ram to quad channel for the use of Threadripper or Skylake-X however these seem the main to that support the lanes ( Unless im being an amature and missunderstanding that)

What would you suggest?

Cheers

If ONLY gaming,try go Intel because of it's higher IPC,though I would also give Ryzen a pick since it is better value.For 3440x1440 you wouldn't need more than a Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 3 or Ryzen 5 since i7 dont really give more performance than an i5 in gaming,ofcourse if not VR gaming and streaming.For streaming i'd go ryzen,its kinna hard.

[hconverse02]

Well you already have a 6700k so you don't need to upgrade. It would be a waste of money.  2 1080tis would be fine on a 6700k because it has x16 pcie lanes and you only need x8 per card.  

[ScottWood]

6 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

Well you already have a 6700k so you don't need to upgrade. It would be a waste of money.  2 1080tis would be fine on a 6700k because it has x16 pcie lanes and you only need x8 per card.  

Dont have the 6700K anymore it died on my but with the lanes would i not need extra 4x to use the pcie ssd?

[hconverse02]

3 hours ago, ScottWood said:

Dont have the 6700K anymore it died on my but with the lanes would i not need extra 4x to use the pcie ssd?

You would.  The 7700k still only has 16, so moving up to either the X series or ryzen would cause you to buy a new platform if you need more than x16.  All of ryzen 7 has 24 pcie lanes so your choice is either that or a new platform (8xxx or 78xx).  I recommend the ryzen 7 1700 or 1700x just because of the option to stream better than intel and its minimal gaming performance difference from intel.

[ScottWood]

Sorry im being dumb but i read something now im even more lost the 16 lanes of the 7700k all that would be used by the gpus right? so i couldnt use the pcie ssd?