- Aug 25, 2014
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Hello everyone,
I have the chance to upgrade my machines Motherboard and CPU and i was wondering if i should.
My current specs are:
Asus Maximus Hero 7 (z97)
Intel 4970k
SLI x2 of 780ti
DDR3 8GB of memory in 2400 MHz XMP
Intel NVMe PCIe 400GB drive
What i can upgrade to is:
Asus Z170-DELUXE
i7 6700K
I currently use a full custom water cooling loop and I don't have the parts to change anything for it at the moment (I can only pop out the CPU block and GPUs and pop em back in the new mother board).
I know that this Skylake CPU is not much of an upgrade to Devils Canyon but the NVMe drive on the z97 chip set does not work smoothly at all as a boot drive (The main reason i'm considering this "upgrade"), But will there be any performance gained? (or lost even?)
Other questions that come to mind are:
1) This motherboard looks less than impressive compared to the Maximus series to be honest, is it a viable trade off? and is the 6700 the top tier for Skylake? or is there more to come.
2) Are the GPUs spaced the same on the boards? it sure looks like it but i want to make sure my water cooling bridge will connect the same way.
3) Since the socket has the same 115x model, will my CPU water block for 1150 fit 1151 with the same back plate and screws?
Sorry for the wall of text and questions.. any input on the matter will be appreciated
I have the chance to upgrade my machines Motherboard and CPU and i was wondering if i should.
My current specs are:
Asus Maximus Hero 7 (z97)
Intel 4970k
SLI x2 of 780ti
DDR3 8GB of memory in 2400 MHz XMP
Intel NVMe PCIe 400GB drive
What i can upgrade to is:
Asus Z170-DELUXE
i7 6700K
I currently use a full custom water cooling loop and I don't have the parts to change anything for it at the moment (I can only pop out the CPU block and GPUs and pop em back in the new mother board).
I know that this Skylake CPU is not much of an upgrade to Devils Canyon but the NVMe drive on the z97 chip set does not work smoothly at all as a boot drive (The main reason i'm considering this "upgrade"), But will there be any performance gained? (or lost even?)
Other questions that come to mind are:
1) This motherboard looks less than impressive compared to the Maximus series to be honest, is it a viable trade off? and is the 6700 the top tier for Skylake? or is there more to come.
2) Are the GPUs spaced the same on the boards? it sure looks like it but i want to make sure my water cooling bridge will connect the same way.
3) Since the socket has the same 115x model, will my CPU water block for 1150 fit 1151 with the same back plate and screws?
Sorry for the wall of text and questions.. any input on the matter will be appreciated
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