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Hi All,

Firstly, I’m not a tech/IT guy so please don’t laugh at me. Otherwise I will not be posting here right?

So Every month I save a portion of my low peasant salary to upgrade my pc part by part. This time I will have my CPU upgraded to K version (i7 7700K). I am recently using i7 6700 (non K) and my MoBo is Asus H110m-a m.2 (yeah mobo is my next upgrade so I can overclock). So I need to use my current mobo for the mean time before I get a Z270 or z370 mobo in maybe 3 months. My question is, will i7 7700K be compatible for asus H110m-a m.2? website says its supported, but is there any Bios update required? Can anyone teach me how? Any other things I need to do?

Thanks in advanced, cheers.

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it'll say what bios version is needed for support right on the website

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There is no reason to upgrade from a 6700 to 7700k unless you have a Z270 board and will overclock, and even then with the 8000 series out its not really worth while.

Don't buy a 7700k. Get a Z370 + 8600k instead

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I'd say it's not worth the upgrade at all. If you're on that tight of a budget, save up for a while longer and get an 8th gen (or 9th gen by then) processor with a Z-series board (or get a Ryzen 2 CPU and board). 

 

If you're hell-bent on upgrading a 6700 to a 7700k, you will almost certainly need to update your BIOS for compatibility. What are the rest of your system specs?

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12 minutes ago, emosun said:

it'll say what bios version is needed for support right on the website

yes but how to do bios update?

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Just now, ElderNoob said:

yes but how to do bios update?

Look up a youtube video. The short of it is you'll need a formatted USB drive and you need to download the new BIOS, then you go into your BIOS, find the BIOS update/flash utility and follow the steps. But seriously, watch a few videos first. It is way too easy to completely kill a board if you don't know what you're doing.

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12 minutes ago, Moress said:

There is no reason to upgrade from a 6700 to 7700k unless you have a Z270 board and will overclock, and even then with the 8000 series out its not really worth while.

Don't buy a 7700k. Get a Z370 + 8600k instead

I don't have the luxury for a Z370 + 8600K combo.. I'm getting 7700K since i have a really nice deal (almost half the normal price) and I did say i will get a Z270.. and i need to upgrade as much as i can as i use the pc for some drawings and 3d thingy for sideline work. 

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How much do you spend for that? I mean, both Z mobo and 7700k/6700k better be cheap to make it worth buying.

 

8 minutes ago, ElderNoob said:

I don't have the luxury for a Z370 + 8600K combo.. I'm getting 7700K since i have a really nice deal (almost half the normal price) and I did say i will get a Z270.. and i need to upgrade as much as i can as i use the pc for some drawings and 3d thingy for sideline work. 

Just half is not enough. 7700k isnt all that much better than 8350k which allows easy upgrade to an 8600k/8700k in the future.

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Desktop benching:

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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25 minutes ago, Unimaginative Name said:

I'd say it's not worth the upgrade at all. If you're on that tight of a budget, save up for a while longer and get an 8th gen (or 9th gen by then) processor with a Z-series board (or get a Ryzen 2 CPU and board). 

 

If you're hell-bent on upgrading a 6700 to a 7700k, you will almost certainly need to update your BIOS for compatibility. What are the rest of your system specs?

PSU: 500W (will this be enough? working fine with my system now)

RAM: 2x 8gb ddr4

GPU: Zotac gtx 1070 mini

The thing is, I got a buyer for my current 6700 for a really nice price and I got a nice deal for a new 7700k which I only need to add like 20$ to the 6700 sell price.

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21 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Just half is not enough. 7700k isnt all that much better than 8350k which allows easy upgrade to an 8600k/8700k in the future.

after this upgrade i don't intend to upgrade it anymore for like a year or two. that time i can save for maybe a 9th generation level PC..

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2 minutes ago, ElderNoob said:

after this upgrade i don't intend to upgrade it anymore for like a year or two. that time i can save for maybe a 9th generation level PC..

My personal experience tells me the more times you upgrade, the more money you waste to get the same level of performance. If I were you, I'd do a big step each upgrade rather than small steps like 6700 to 7700k

 

Oh, and 9th gen could be quite far away. Intel has a lot of trouble in making 10nm process work. It also has to solve Meltdown and Spectre through hardware means, so more development time is needed.

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Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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14 minutes ago, ElderNoob said:

after this upgrade i don't intend to upgrade it anymore for like a year or two. that time i can save for maybe a 9th generation level PC..

Performance:

7700K = 6700K > (just by a little bit) 6700.

 

Not worth AT ALL.

 

You might as well be upgrading to another 6700.

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13 minutes ago, JDE said:

Performance:

7700K = 6700K > (just by a little bit) 6700.

 

Not worth AT ALL.

 

You might as well be upgrading to another 6700.

 

26 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

My personal experience tells me the more times you upgrade, the more money you waste to get the same level of performance. If I were you, I'd do a big step each upgrade rather than small steps like 6700 to 7700k

 

Oh, and 9th gen could be quite far away. Intel has a lot of trouble in making 10nm process work. It also has to solve Meltdown and Spectre through hardware means, so more development time is needed.

ok, maybe i'll take your advise and just save up a bit longer for a z370 + 8th gen K cpu. anyway im just a casual gamer and my sideline work drawing/3d program is not so specs demanding (for now). Thanks a lot guys for helping me decide. 

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21 minutes ago, JDE said:

Performance:

7700K = 6700K > (just by a little bit) 6700.

 

Not worth AT ALL.

 

You might as well be upgrading to another 6700.

Thanks for the advice. I'll just stick with my current system. its not so low end anyway i guess..

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Ok So I decided to wait and save a bit for a z370i + i5 8600k. I have few new sets of questions that I need your help to answer:

1.       Can I just plug in the following and will work properly without any additional complicated settings and like nothing happened?

a)      Gpu (zotac gtx 1070 mini)

b)      2x 8gb ram ddr4 2133mhz

c)       240 gb SSD (installed OS windows 10)

d)      1TB HDD (for files)

2.       Will my 500W PSU enough (whether I overclock or not)

Thanks in advanced! Cheers!

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