Which is the right chipset for Core i5 6600(non K)
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Mr Kagouris
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Get an H170 board. Z170 is fairly pointless unless you really need native RAID support. Also, get the i5 6500 instead. The speed difference is marginal, the price difference is not.
weberdarren97
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I wouldn't go all the way down to H110.
Both H170 and Z170 have a PCIe x16 link between the primary PCIe connector and the CPU, so that's not a deciding factor. However, Z170 allows for 20 additional lanes while H170 only allows for 16. However, that mean that both could support three-way SLI or Crossfire with all cards running at x16. With H170 could have three way SLI or Crossfire with the third card running at x8 and then have a sound card and USB/Firewire/Ethernet card as well. With Z170, you could have three way SLI or Crossfire with all three cards running at x16 and then have sound card and USB/Firewire/Ethernet card as well.
I would go with H170. It seems better for your budget, since I doubt you're going for extreme SLI or Crossfire when you're looking at a non-K SKU CPU.
As for the CPU... I recommend the Intel i5 6500. It offers a much better price/performance ratio than the i5 6600.
Here are all ATX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Here are all mATX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Here are all Mini ITX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Both H170 and Z170 have a PCIe x16 link between the primary PCIe connector and the CPU, so that's not a deciding factor. However, Z170 allows for 20 additional lanes while H170 only allows for 16. However, that mean that both could support three-way SLI or Crossfire with all cards running at x16. With H170 could have three way SLI or Crossfire with the third card running at x8 and then have a sound card and USB/Firewire/Ethernet card as well. With Z170, you could have three way SLI or Crossfire with all three cards running at x16 and then have sound card and USB/Firewire/Ethernet card as well.
I would go with H170. It seems better for your budget, since I doubt you're going for extreme SLI or Crossfire when you're looking at a non-K SKU CPU.
As for the CPU... I recommend the Intel i5 6500. It offers a much better price/performance ratio than the i5 6600.
Here are all ATX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Here are all mATX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Here are all Mini ITX boards with the Intel H170 chipset and FCLGA1151 socket.
Roryiscool
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There are some fairly neat B150 boards out there, which I would recommend over H170. Not only are they cheaper but some (Not all - some Asrock boards) have rudimentary b-clk overclocking support, essentially giving you the capabilities of a Z170 boards, although not with an unlocked multiplier and using a different overclock method (Meaning you can use a non-k CPU). Unless you are into some sli setups, there really is no difference between the H170 and B150, so you might as well save some money there too. H110 is also fine if you are one a budget, however H110 has no PCI-e 3.0 support and reduced memory capabilities.
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R; get B150.
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R; get B150.
SLI only works with direct PCIe lanes, not through the chipset. Also, only Z170 allows splitting direct PCIe lanes (rather than just have a single x16 link). So you can't SLI at all on an H170 board, and you can only have up to 2x SLI on Z170 (and even then, not all Z170 boards support this). Crossfire requirements are more lax, but if you find a board that supports crossfire and not SLI, I'm pretty sure that means the 2nd card in crossfire is using a x4 PCIe connection through the chipset, which will have a performance hit.
Basically, if you want a multi-GPU set up, get a Z170 mobo that supports x8/x8 PCIe. If not, there's nothing wrong with getting a H110 mobo, as long as it has all the connectors you want.
Roryiscool
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Hi guys
sorry for late reply
i dont want K cpu because it is expensive (70$ more than 6600) and i dont need a SlI/CF
but i love extra slots and Big ATX board so i H170 is better right?
So i'm thinking of asus H170 Pro
Any better Options?
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