Motherboard help

[reeceraum]

Would an AsRock Extreme4 mobo work well with an i7 7700k?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, reeceraum said:

Would an AsRock Extreme4 mobo work well with an i7 7700k?

Depends on which one. The Z170 and Z270 does. Everything else, no. 

[Jurrunio]

Depends on the chipset. Mine certainly wont work with a 7700k

[Streetguru]

43 minutes ago, reeceraum said:

Would an AsRock Extreme4 mobo work well with an i7 7700k?

Why are you buying a 7700K at this point in time?

[reeceraum]

14 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Depends on the chipset. Mine certainly wont work with a 7700k

The z270 is the one I was looking at. Would that work well?

[reeceraum]

14 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Why are you buying a 7700K at this point in time?

Because I don’t want to get the 8700k. What would be your recommendation?

[reeceraum]

14 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Depends on which one. The Z170 and Z270 does. Everything else, no. 

Was planning on getting a z270. Would it work well?

[Streetguru]

36 minutes ago, reeceraum said:

Because I don’t want to get the 8700k. What would be your recommendation?

There is 0 reason to buy Kaby Lake/Z270 anymore

Either get an i7 8700/K if you want the best 144hz gaming

 

Or get the cheaper/effective R5 1600 if you want the best overall value parts.

Though Ryzen 2 comes out on the 19th and is probably 10% faster than current ryzen
 

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[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

40 minutes ago, reeceraum said:

Was planning on getting a z270. Would it work well?

It'll work with a 7700k.

[dragonhart6505]

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

There is 0 reason to buy Kaby Lake/Z270 anymore

Who's to say it's brand new? I mean it probably is but it's buyers choice and maybe they got a good deal on it. Maybe it's within their budget. Maybe they just really want a 7700k because they want a 7700k. They asked about motherboard compatibility, not your opinion of CPU choice. It's not like the 7700k won't work well enough in just about everything you throw at it. No bottleneck here.

Z270 will work just fine.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, dragonhart6505 said:

 

Z270 is a dead platform with no upgrade path and the 7700K at this point is worth $200 at most, and you still lose cores vs Ryzen at the same price point.

[dragonhart6505]

57 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Z270 is a dead platform with no upgrade path and the 7700K at this point is worth $200 at most, and you still lose cores vs Ryzen at the same price point.

Yes, all of that is true aside from it being dead. It's only dead if it's dated enough to not be worth using or being supported anymore. The Phenom 955 I just swapped for an i5 4460 is dead. Both are actually dead platforms, but that doesn't mean they don't work. The 7700k is only a last gen chip and still regarded as an excellent choice for a rig. It's still considered high end. It will continue to do 1440p and 4k gaming for a few more years. Is the 8700k better? In every way, absolutely. Are you building the system for OP? No. Simple as that

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, dragonhart6505 said:

Yes, all of that is true aside from it being dead. It's only dead if it's dated enough to not be worth using or being supported anymore. The Phenom 955 I just swapped for an i5 4460 is dead. Both are actually dead platforms, but that doesn't mean they don't work. The 7700k is only a last gen chip and still regarded as an excellent choice for a rig. It's still considered high end. It will continue to do 1440p and 4k gaming for a few more years. Is the 8700k better? In every way, absolutely. Are you building the system for OP? No. Simple as that

4th gen i7 is just as capable as 7th gen, but a lot cheaper because it's older  Kaby lake is a bad place to go because A. improvement to the previous generation is small so it's not a better choice to the older i7 and B. there's no upgrade path and 8th gen is far superior, so it doesnt compare well with newer platforms.

 

4 hours ago, reeceraum said:

Because I don’t want to get the 8700k. What would be your recommendation?

8600k and 8700 will also do. 8700 is actually cheaper because you dont need expensive cooling or motherboard to overclock, while still having relatively high clock speed and hyperthreading.