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Z170 for future upgrades?

yasho2249

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I know the title looks stupid (atleast to me). Anyways I was planning to build this one http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JXFxZL to get myself into pc gaming. Soo its a pretty low budget simple build and the reason is am not sure if I will be giving it that much time soo don't want to get expensive hardware at the very beginning. But if I start liking it, I might get an overclockable i5 and a better gpu. The question here is should I get a Z170 now soo that I will need just the cpu,cooler and the gpu or get a H110 now n get everything new later. Also consider the other features provided by Z170 mobo. I was looking at a overclockable i5 kaby lake cpu with a good gpu of that time(around 2 years or later). What do you guys think?
Thank you 🙂
 
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Of all the things to bite the bullet and buy the more expensive part is the motherboard. Swapping a motherboard is the biggest trouble compared to any other upgrade AND you run the risk of encountering Windows activation issues after a motherboard swap. Get as much motherboard as you can afford if you plan on upgrading the CPU and GPU down the road.
 
The build looks fine, but if you can wait one more month, Polaris is meant to replace 380 with much better performance.

But other than that looks good.
Yup I will be getting them after new cards release. Either the new ones or the old ones for less $. What do you think about the motherboard situation. My main concern is will the z170 chipset support kaby lake.
 
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