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That depends on the board and how it's configured. The three Z170 boards I've looked at all used the PCIe bus, due to the higher bandwidth. It actually disabled both in some situations if I remember correctly. For example the Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 from the manual The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with ...

Only thing I'd say is becareful of the G.Skill memory, maybe it was the kit I just ordered or the 3200MHz side. One two z170 motherboards it registered as 2666mhz and wouldn't go any higher without locking up. One I was able to get it to go up to 3000MHz, but would get BSOD with memory exception as...

It looks like you know everything, so why bother asking? There is always something I don't know. As I don't have experience with these parts or a build like this, It's worth hearing any bad experiences with such hardware, and/or heads up. Second opinions are always important. Aside from that, I enj...

Simple comment: PS is too big, can be smaller if you're not going to SLI. (and save some money). Seasonic makes great PSU as well, and their silent mode ramps up to a higher power %. Advanced comment: If you're not eager to wait for new round of HBM (<1 year) then you'll probably end up SLI-ing. Wh...

With the money you are spending why not replace the WD Blue with a SSD and the dvd.cd write with a bluray writer? Also if you want to expand the water loop to the video card you may want to look at individual parts build or something like this - http://www.legitreviews.com/ekwb-predator-240-aio-liq...

Hi I am planning to build a new Z170 Skylake system for Ultra 1440p Gaming, occasional Streaming, Recording, and Overclocking when necessary and Moderate to heavy Multi-Tasking when needed. Any feedback and/or opinions really appreciated. Here is the current plan. CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Qua...