cr157y Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 What you guys think, it's better to get the i3 with a z170 board and overclock it like crazy or go with a cheaper mobo and a better cpu like i5. I'm planing only on gaming on a pretty tight budget, video card probably wont be something better than r9 270x. I'm not planing on sli / crossfire in the future either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oksalair Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Which Z170 board? It really depends on the quality of the board. I went with a Gigabyte Z170 board for about $135 and it couldn't overclock very far due to it not having any heatsinks on the VRMs and caused it to throttle. I ended up have to retrofit some heatsinks on it just to boost my 6600K to over 4Ghz. If you get a Z170 get a good one to overclock the i3 and change cpu sometime down the line. Just don't get a cheap Z170 board since they are no better than a H series if they can't be overclocked that well. Otherwise get an i5 and be done with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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