B motherboard overclocking
B motherboard overclocking
Hello,
I just bought an asus b150a-m/m.2 motherboard with an intel i5-6500. As a gamer, I thought I should have gone for a z motherboard, but that's no longer available. I'm considering swapping it in and paying a bit more for an i5-6600k. I was wondering if my current board can still support the 6600k and by how much?
Thanks a ton for your help!
Keep it straightforward, avoid trading to the K. In gaming CPU play, treat the GPU like departure air-line traffic control, the GPU is the planes, your inputs are passengers, the motherboard is the airport, RAM is custom service, and the monitor is the designated airport.
You can fit a plane with heavy luggage and more than its weight limit (OC the GPU), but adding more tower controllers doing the same task won’t make it faster.
Imagine the monitor’s resolution as the size of the airport.
Think the game title’s complexity equals the size of the graphics, the player’s build, and the amount of baggage.
Consider the motherboard as B150 with five seats, 6600K needs six controllers, while 6600 requires five.
Keep it straightforward, don't trade to the K. In gaming CPU play, treat the GPU as departure air-line traffic controllers, the GPU itself as airplanes, your inputs as passengers, the motherboard as the airport, RAM as custom service, and the monitor as the designated airport.
You can pack a plane with heavy baggage and more people than its weight limit (OC the GPU), but adding more tower controllers doing the same task won’t make it faster.
Imagine the monitor’s resolution as the size of the airport, the game title as the complexity of graphics, your body as a larger person, and your luggage as heavier bags.
Think of the motherboard as B150 with five seats, 6600K needing six controllers, 6600 requiring five, while the Z170 has seven seats. Having more seats lets 6600K use extra power or run at higher speeds—just like there’s still room for another controller.
So, don’t hold back for gaming.