1150 or 1151

[Twinsen]

Hi, need some advice,

As you can see on the right side, my current mb and cpu is kind of ancient.
Like to upgrade those two.

My Qn is, is it worthwhile to spend that few hundreds more and get a 1151 board, cpu, ddr4
Or just save the money and get a 1150 board, cpu and use back my old Rams?

Casual gaming, usually older games, browsing, office work, very occasional video editing

Thanks

 

[wwenze]

Or... 1151 board that supports DDR3 ram, and undervolt the ram to 1.35V

 

[Twinsen]

Will it be stable? My rams are not the L version. Any particular board to recommend? Thanks

 

[wwenze]

Will it be stable? My rams are not the L version. Any particular board to recommend? Thanks

Interesting question... my pair of Samsung CK0 is doing 1866 @ 1.35V with Skylake, then a Crucial Ballistix is doing stock clock @ 1.35V with Haswell...

 

[Twinsen]

Which skylake board are you using?

 

[wwenze]

ASRock H110M-ITX

 

[radiobox]

Video edit, rendering and heavy multi tasking will benefit from 1151, cause extra cores. Save $ get the 1150 or 2nd hand one

 

[ahwei91]

But all those DDR3 mobo specs show that they support both DDR3 and DDR3L, really need to undervolt the DDR3????

 

[Twinsen]

Intel never officially support DDR3. Say long run will kill the CPU

 

[wwenze]

Strangely nobody has said anything when the DDR3 standard is 1.5V yet everyone is using 1.65V ram.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

But all those DDR3 mobo specs show that they support both DDR3 and DDR3L, really need to undervolt the DDR3????

Definitely, Skylake DDR3 IMC is only designed to handle 1.35V DDR3 RAM, running your standard voltage ones is essentially running them on overvolted condition on Skylake. Not recommended to potentially fry it.

 

[kimsix]

Hi, need some advice,

As you can see on the right side, my current mb and cpu is kind of ancient.
Like to upgrade those two.

My Qn is, is it worthwhile to spend that few hundreds more and get a 1151 board, cpu, ddr4
Or just save the money and get a 1150 board, cpu and use back my old Rams?

Casual gaming, usually older games, browsing, office work, very occasional video editing

Thanks

1151 for better future value and using back your old ram will not save much.

Z170 board, i3 6100 and cheap DDR4 ram from Amazon.
Overclock DDR4 ram to 2666-2800 and you have a good new platform upgrades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE

 

[MoneyFace =p]

1151 for better future value and using back your old ram will not save much.

Z170 board, i3 6100 and cheap DDR4 ram from Amazon.
Overclock DDR4 ram to 2666-2800 and you have a good new platform upgrades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE

Why Z170 with Core i3? Doesn't make any sense either choice....

 

[kimsix]

Why Z170 with Core i3? Doesn't make any sense either choice....

Z170 is needed to overclock DDR4 and the faster the DDR4 it helps i3 with gaming fps.

 

[lalalalalala]

1151 for better future value and using back your old ram will not save much.

Z170 board, i3 6100 and cheap DDR4 ram from Amazon.
Overclock DDR4 ram to 2666-2800 and you have a good new platform upgrades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE

swap out the z board for h170 or b150 and scrap the i3 and get an i5 6500 or sth. why u wanna build an i3?? might as well get haswell/skylake G series and oc

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Z170 is needed to overclock DDR4 and the faster the DDR4 it helps i3 with gaming fps.

You took the wrong path to extract best performance out of the dollars.

http://www.legitreviews.com/ddr4-me...nding-the-best-ddr4-memory-kit-speed_170340/5

Higher RAM speed hardly (if at all) offers fps boost to games. Rather than wasting money on overclocking RAM, take that Z170 and high speed RAM price premium and divert to Core i5 or a higher-tier graphics card that will boost game fps more directly and effectively.

 

[lalalalalala]

Z170 is needed to overclock DDR4 and the faster the DDR4 it helps i3 with gaming fps.

lol dude, don't understand why u wanna get expensive mobo and ram and scrimp on the processor. ocing your ram won't get u anywhere and from what i understand, the higher frequency the worse the timings, so overclocking it will not bring any significant difference.

 

[troublesome58]

Hi, need some advice,

As you can see on the right side, my current mb and cpu is kind of ancient.
Like to upgrade those two.

My Qn is, is it worthwhile to spend that few hundreds more and get a 1151 board, cpu, ddr4
Or just save the money and get a 1150 board, cpu and use back my old Rams?

Casual gaming, usually older games, browsing, office work, very occasional video editing

Thanks

Just stick with your x4 965. Based on your usage, I don't see a need to upgrade.

I'm still on the x4 955 and I don't feel compelled to upgrade at all.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi, need some advice,

As you can see on the right side, my current mb and cpu is kind of ancient.
Like to upgrade those two.

My Qn is, is it worthwhile to spend that few hundreds more and get a 1151 board, cpu, ddr4
Or just save the money and get a 1150 board, cpu and use back my old Rams?

Casual gaming, usually older games, browsing, office work, very occasional video editing

Thanks

And as i've said it before. If it ain't broken, don't fix it...

Save more $$ till your current Phenom pass away and then let the horses loose once and for all...

 

[monikernemo]

1151 for better future value and using back your old ram will not save much.

Z170 board, i3 6100 and cheap DDR4 ram from Amazon.
Overclock DDR4 ram to 2666-2800 and you have a good new platform upgrades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE

Z170 is needed to overclock DDR4 and the faster the DDR4 it helps i3 with gaming fps.

What you smoking bruh...