H170 for gaming?

altich88 · 6 Oct 2015 at 10:20

Hi all,

I'm building a modest gaming machine based around an i5 6500 as I'm not interested in overclocking for the time being.

Is an H170 mobo sufficient for gaming with a gtx 970? The only thing I'm not sure about is being stuck with 2133Mhz ddr4 - will this hold me back in any way?

For an extra £30 I could grab a z170 mobo and run some 2666, but would I notice any difference using the CPU and GPU listed above?

Ta

stulid · 6 Oct 2015 at 12:02

Which H170 board?

Ive just looked at some of the ones instock and most are DDR3, now there has a been a warning from intel about using DDR3 with skylake cpus as normal voltage DDR3 can shorten their life span, only DDR3L (for low voltage) is officially supported.

altich88 · 6 Oct 2015 at 12:09

Asus H170m Plus

This one, looks like it's been wrongly titled as ddr3.

stulid · 6 Oct 2015 at 12:15

Oh ah, let me get that fixed.

altich88 · 7 Oct 2015 at 12:25

Can anyone advise whether 2666mhz would offer a noticeable improvement over 2133mhz for gaming?

stulid · 7 Oct 2015 at 12:29

It wont be noticeable in day to day use.

You will see the ASUS description is now correct so thanks for pointing that out