I'm building a computer next year. I can't decide whether to overclock i7 skylake and gtx 980

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David_24

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The computer is for gaming and videogame design/graphics rendering.

I don't think I can afford to replace equipment but I heard that overclocking just a little is safe.

I was also worried about how loud the computer would be on average.

Why say no to a 10% performance increase for free?

Can you recomend a good motherboard?
 
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980 is a great card, 1080p gaming no problem maxed out settings. 1440p likely to run very high settings also. I have an EVGA 980ti and i have oc'd it from ~1100 to 1372 MHz no problem, so thats ~25%, i think the 980 oc's even higher. I also have an i5 4690K devils canyon oc to 4.7 GHz ~ 27%. So yes OC gets a good performance increase. I can't speak for graphic design or rendering but for gaming I would say the i7 gives very little advantage over the i5. The raw power of the chips is little to no difference and hyperthreading is pointless for gaming, at least currently and is certainly not worth the increased cost.
As for the noise level, you shouldn't really oc with a stock cpu cooler. Get a nice large air cooler (eg. noctua) for great...
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980 is a great card, 1080p gaming no problem maxed out settings. 1440p likely to run very high settings also. I have an EVGA 980ti and i have oc'd it from ~1100 to 1372 MHz no problem, so thats ~25%, i think the 980 oc's even higher. I also have an i5 4690K devils canyon oc to 4.7 GHz ~ 27%. So yes OC gets a good performance increase. I can't speak for graphic design or rendering but for gaming I would say the i7 gives very little advantage over the i5. The raw power of the chips is little to no difference and hyperthreading is pointless for gaming, at least currently and is certainly not worth the increased cost.
As for the noise level, you shouldn't really oc with a stock cpu cooler. Get a nice large air cooler (eg. noctua) for great cooling and the lowest noise. gpu noise varies depending if its a sock cooler or a custom cooler (EVGE, MSI, gigabyte etc.). The custom 9series cards are damn quiet even oc in my experience. Also good case airflow really helps so get some good case fans as well, I prefer ones that only spin to 1000rpm = nice and quiet but decent air movement.

I don't know specifically about skylake mobos, but most of the major brands mobos are always pretty decent. I use ASUS and I can't complain. I would say make sure it has enough fan headers for your needs

Hope this helps :)
 
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