Skylake Micro ATX build check

kayomani · 20 Sep 2015 at 23:24

Does the below look ok? I already have a PSU I could reuse. I currently I have a 7990 but I am going to guess its not going to fit with the vertical AIO?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £319.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVPV512HDGL-00000) £275.99
1 x Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU) £259.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Original Red 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit - Red Light (AVD4UZ130001508G-4BZ1RR) £259.99
1 x Asus Maximus VIII Gene Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX High Performance 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060020-WW) £110.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £75.95
Total : £1,482.49 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Danny75 · 21 Sep 2015 at 02:10

A 280mm rad like the H110i GTX won't fit in that case. Has to be 240mm or 120mm.

dromi · 21 Sep 2015 at 22:15

I currently I have a 7990 but I am going to guess its not going to fit with the vertical AIO?

I have MSI gtx 970 and I've been told in would be too tall and so it will touch the side panel... It's very likely you will have the same problem..

kayomani · 21 Sep 2015 at 22:30

Yeah your right, I'll have to replace that with a EK Water Blocks Predator 240.

I think the 7990 might fit by the skin of its teeth its only 11cm tall and it looks to be a 12cm ceiling? I think a reference 970 would fit but any sign of a heatpipe out the top on a custom pcb is going to cause issues :s

dromi · 21 Sep 2015 at 23:00

I think the 7990 might fit by the skin of its teeth its only 11cm tall and it looks to be a 12cm ceiling? I think a reference 970 would fit but any sign of a heatpipe out the top on a custom pcb is going to cause issues :s

That's right specially if it has a heatpipe, no point pushing it..

Since this really the only case I can fit, I am not seriously considering selling my MSI gtx 970. No looking back!

dromi · 22 Sep 2015 at 00:23

Can I ask you, why are you going for this board instead of a X99 and a i7 5820?

What's so special about skylake?

kayomani · 22 Sep 2015 at 00:32

Main reasons:
1. X99 = Discontinued/dead
2. 8% better ipc than X99
3. More than 8 threads isn't useful to me, I don't encode videos etc.
4. The possibility to drop in Skylake-e in a year or two or perhaps a xeon further down the line like I have done with my current x58.

smilertoo · 22 Sep 2015 at 03:54

x99 isn't discontinued or dead, it's the current intel enthusiast platform.

kayomani · 22 Sep 2015 at 09:23

There are going to be no new chips so i would argue it is. Still plenty of life in it but there is no future or upgrades.

Baboonanza · 22 Sep 2015 at 09:52

kayomani said:
Main reasons:
1. X99 = Discontinued/dead
2. 8% better ipc than X99
3. More than 8 threads isn't useful to me, I don't encode videos etc.
4. The possibility to drop in Skylake-e in a year or two or perhaps a xeon further down the line like I have done with my current x58.

Boardwell-E is expected to use the 2011-3 socket so there will be future chips. Skylake-E which will follow them will certainly not use the same socket as Skylake (1151). There will be a Skylake refresh for 1151 and from what intel have been saying possibly another chip after that since the tick-tock is no longer working but performance improvements are likely to be minimal.

I think there are valid reasons for choosing Skylake over X99 but platform lengevity is not a good one IMO.