would the core i5 6600k work good with msi h110m pro vd?

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Just use the motherboard you picked and grab an i5-6500 instead of the i5-6600k. The motherboard can't overclock so it makes sense to save some money and get the i5-6500 instead.

The i5-6500 will not bottleneck your GTX 970. It wouldn't even bottleneck a 980 Ti.
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It would work, but you are not using an overclocking chipset so you are wasting a lot of money on buying a "k" chip and not a z170 motherboard. That board is also quite weak and probably not very stable, or packs many features. It would work, but it might be weak and i you cannot overclock on it. Try something like this for a little more money with a z170 chipset and you will do a lot better. Alternatively if you have not bought your cpu yet you could get a non overclocking chip like the i5 6500 or something and get that motherboard and have a little more to spend on the video card.
 
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what would you good cheap mother board would you recommend and I dont really plan on over clocking the CPU i just want a mobo and cpu that work great together that wont be bottle necking my gtx 970
 
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If you dont want to overclock that motherboard would be fine, just a heads up, most people buy "k" scews in order to overclock, as you pay more for this feature
 
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What exactly are "k" screws and do you think that this mobo and i5 6600k would bottle neck my gtx 970?
 
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You would not need to upgrade i don't think, the load from your build will be comparibleto the one you are upgrading from
 
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There would be no bottlenecking, and a "k" skew is the name of the series of processors intel makes that have unlocked core multipliers- they are overclockable. Intel sells them for a higher price than the "non k" skews
 
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oh okay so i wouldnt need to get the "k" skews since im not going to be overclocking?
 
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Just use the motherboard you picked and grab an i5-6500 instead of the i5-6600k. The motherboard can't overclock so it makes sense to save some money and get the i5-6500 instead.

The i5-6500 will not bottleneck your GTX 970. It wouldn't even bottleneck a 980 Ti.
 
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so whats better about the i5 6500k if im not overclocking?
 
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There is no 6500k. It's just a 6500. The reason that I recommended an i5-6500 is not because it's better than an i5-6600k. I recommended it because with the i5-6600k you are paying a premium for an overclocking CPU and you are pairing it with a motherboard that can't overclock.

If you are aren't going to overclock it doesn't make sense to pay more for an overclocking CPU. You should get an i5-6500 instead because it's cheaper. Neither CPU will bottleneck a 970 and if you aren't going to overclock you should go with the cheaper option.
 
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okay so if i do get this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... and the i5 6500k would i need to replace my psu cause currently i have a 800w psu here is my computer that i have right now that im planning to upgrade
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-de...
 
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