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So, I own an ASRock DeskMini STX rig. It's basically a mini-PC, that takes a stock (no OC) Skylake desktop CPU (65W max), and thus is much faster than a NUC that has a soldered U-series Skylake low-powered CPU. It also takes M.2 PCI-E (only) SSDs, and a couple of 2.5" HDDs / SSDs, and DDR4 SO-DIMMs. It has an H110 chipset, and comes with an M.2 Intel Wifi card in the kit.
Enough about that.
Currently, there is no notice about Kaby Lake compatibility with this mobo. I hope that there eventually will be.
Assuming that this happens, then what would be the best choice for a CPU for this rig?
It will take an i7-6700 (non-K), that's the highest that it takes right now.
But if it will take KBL, I was wondering about the i3-7350K. I know that it wouldn't be able to overclock, being in an H110 board, but that already has a high base clock, and benchmarks suggest that it is as fast as an i5-6400. However, I like high single-threaded performance, so I would probably choose the i3 over the slower-clocked i5.
I think some of that comes down to what TDP Intel specifies for the i3-7350K, because if it is over 65W, then the mobo may reject it, for safety reasons. (Which, at stock speeds, given that it cannot be overclocked in a H110 board, might be a mistake, as they specify a higher TDP for the "K" CPUs, assuming that they are going to be overclocked.)
Enough about that.
Currently, there is no notice about Kaby Lake compatibility with this mobo. I hope that there eventually will be.
Assuming that this happens, then what would be the best choice for a CPU for this rig?
It will take an i7-6700 (non-K), that's the highest that it takes right now.
But if it will take KBL, I was wondering about the i3-7350K. I know that it wouldn't be able to overclock, being in an H110 board, but that already has a high base clock, and benchmarks suggest that it is as fast as an i5-6400. However, I like high single-threaded performance, so I would probably choose the i3 over the slower-clocked i5.
I think some of that comes down to what TDP Intel specifies for the i3-7350K, because if it is over 65W, then the mobo may reject it, for safety reasons. (Which, at stock speeds, given that it cannot be overclocked in a H110 board, might be a mistake, as they specify a higher TDP for the "K" CPUs, assuming that they are going to be overclocked.)
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