Spec me: Replacement Mobo & DDR4

Itchytrigg

Itchytrigg

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One failed bios update* and I find myself in need of a new mobo for my i5-6600K. I had an asus Z170-P D3 with DDR3.

Looks like DDR3 for socket 1151 don't really exist anymore so also looks like that needs an update to DDR4, 16gb should be enough and is what I had before.

Budget I'd like to keep down as just got a Rift which I've not even used due to this mishap.





*Upgraded to latest copy and machine will then not post. Can get a single post if I drop the cmos but asus on their latest bios disabled downgrading so it will not recognise older bios versions I try to load up.
 
Yeah I'd like to keep that, I had it overclocked to 4.2.

Edit: Not sure if it'll make a difference but should add running a 1080 in here but no need for SLI.
 
I have yeah, that is the one post I can get after a CMOS clear but it refuses to use older bios versions saying they are not valid. It will try to reapply the same version but it's not fixed it sadly.
 
@mickyflinn went well thanks. All arrived and installed on Friday. Had a small panic with my AIO cooler as was getting 90c temps, then remembered I have to set the pump's fan connection in bios to 100%. Nice and cool 25c on idle again.

I managed to get my clock speed up to 4.4 this time without any deep tweaking so will see if I can push that some more later. I also need to figure out the memory settings to get that up to the 3200 it's rated to as it's currently on 2100.

@orbitalwalsh yup this was my intention to sell on the ddr3, will probably throw that on MM later. I also like this has a dual bios so if I brick one I have a fail over. I was checking for bios updates, I notice the next one up has a warning that once upgraded to you can't rollback, I guess that is a warning asus was missing
 
Oh and just as important, the rift is working :) Did have to get a hmdi->DP adaptor as it doesn't like the hdmi port on my 1080 for some reason.
 
Ah XMP...wasn't sure what that was haha.

I figured it must have been something like that, not the smarts thing in the case of failed updates though. I should be fine to not break both of them on this board!

It's a EVGA 1080 SC FTW3. The HDMI port works, it can run my monitor just fine but apparently not the rift. It was what was confusing me for a while as I though maybe the rift was broken. Not an active converter, just a random HP adaptor I borrowed from work to test which I'll just need to replace.
 
It was the same bios the board came with that I tried to flash to and had used their rename utility.

Good shout on the chip on ebay, if I can get it working and sell on that would be a nice bonus.
 
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