New LGA 2066 or proven LGA 1151 motherboard

martian1

martian1

martian1

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Might sound a silly question but I found 2 asus motherboards I like one has the newer socket so no brainer you would think but I don't want to wait weeks or longer for stability etc to be ironed out. And the reviews I have read of the new cpus and motherboards are not that impressive perhaps due to optimisation what boards are the best for gaming at the moment these are the two I picked out.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6ag-as.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-2066-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6ae-as.html

My cpu budget is around £500

Thanks all
 
Thanks yes it's going to be for gaming I am unsure what to do I have gone with a Asus z370 motherboards it's ordered with some ram etc but after reading up a little iv'e seen that the new i9 CPUs and boards are due soon. At the moment I have a 4gen Intel CPU ddr3 ram.I got a good deal on the board and ram and a second hand 8700k so price wise not bad at all I don't want to spend a fortune on it so even though new tech on the way it could be just way to expensive an upgrade if new boards are £250+ the ram I believe could cost around £300-£400 and a top end CPU £500-£600 probably cost me near double compared to what I have ordered. Still I really don't know if I should cancel or not I never normally buy the top new tech but all the advice on here seems to be I would be mad to go ahead right now !
 
That's my thinking expensive to start then rising due to supply demand. Also I never buy without reviews etc so it could be a long wait. Yes there is the AMD route but it's just not for me. I may be completely wrong on this but with the current top end boards and cpu's the bottleneck is probably the games themselves I doubt there's few games that really tax a high end CPU with 6+ cores I might stand corrected I was going to just get one if the new rtx graphics cards but I can upgrade my whole PC and swap out my GTX 980ti for a GTX 1080ti for less !! Already got an Asus strix 1080ti used for £575 sold my old card for £195 as well. I think this for me is the way to go just wish I could stick to my damn plan
 
Had a change of heart I did a little more research and the 8700k is not a massive upgrade from my haswell CPU I really thought 8th gen would thrash 4th but according to benchmarks I viewed not.. so really not worth the hassle cancelled memory and hopefully send board back for a refund. If the new i9 hardware is very expensive I my have to look at AMD after all
Thanks for input guys
 
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