Recent content by milleniumaire

Sorry, I spotted your post after I had edited my original post and added the update. Looks like I was on the right track :giggle:

When reading the overview for the ProArt Z790- CREATOR WIFI motherboard, it states: Intel® Socket LGA 1700 for 13th & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors Intel itself discusses "Generations" of processors, where the first couple of digits in the processor identifier...

Hi 35below0, thanks for spending the time providing me with lots of information. I'm currently on holiday and only have a small MS Surface to work on, so it's difficult to view lots of information simultaneously, but when I'm back home tomorrow I will definitely work through your suggestions in...

I've found a board that is actually available and "reasonably" priced i.e. not over £1000 like the latest Gigabyte boards seem to be. The Asus board only supports upto 13th gen chipset but I don't see that being an issue, since the reason for my upgrading is more to enable a 5K monitor to be...

The main reason I'm considering upgrading my system is to enable the addition of the awesome 49" 5K UHD curved monitors that are now available so it would be pointless for me to build a system that was restricted to using a 4K monitor. Some interesting ideas put forward on this chat that I'm...

Ah, that makes more sense. I had assumed there was a graphics chip on the board. In that case, why does, for example, the Gigabyte Z790 range of motherboards, which are capable of supporting 14th gen chips, included a spec that shows a lower resolution than 5120x2880, except for 3 of their top...

Sorry guys, I'm really confused now. Despite the spec. of a motherboard stating the onboard graphics is restricted to a maximum of say 4096x2304@60Hz, you seem to be saying this is only a guideline and it is the processor that determines the resolution. I don't understand this. For...

Yes, that may end up being a cheaper way to build it, but I really don't want a noisy GPU if I can avoid it. I could also just add a GPU to my current build, but thought I should also try to get onto Windows 11 as part of this project. It would be a lot cheaper to simply add a GPU to my...

I'm beginning to wonder if a reasonably priced motherboard (under £400) exists that provides onboard graphics capable of 5120 x 1440 @ 60 Hz. I'm not seeing a Gigabyte board, so may need to widen my search to other manufacturers.

Looking at the first motherboard you linked to Gigabyte B760M DS3H, the spec. suggests it is restricted to a maximum of 4096@2304@60Hz, so not sure where you are getting your info from.

I haven't got a particular monitor selected yet, but given I'm not a gamer and my current 38" IPS monitor runs at 60 Hz, I don't see this refresh being a problem for me. Most 49" 5K monitors I've looked at have a resolution of 5120 x 1440 at a minimum of 60 Hz and they all seem to include...

Yes, the more I look around the more it seems likely I will have to go for "modern" technology. I tried looking at some older chipsets e.g. Z590, which appears to be capable for what I need and supports DDR4 memory, but motherboards are selling for over a £1000, when the Z790 is around half...

Because I have to start somewhere! My last two builds have been Intel and both have served me well. I'm also more familiar with the Intel range of processors, plus I own shares in Intel so you could say I have a vested interest to purchase their products! However, I'm not ruling out AMD, but...

I have identified some 13th and 14th gen processors that support Intel UHD Graphic 770, however, when looking at the vast array of Gigabyte motherboards it would appear that even though they may support these processors, they don't appear to provide connections that allow 5120 x 1440 monitors to...

I have a system I built 6 years ago (I think) comprising Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X Gaming 7 1151 with 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7700K and 32gb DDR4 3200MHz memory. I am more than happy with this system, which is used for Oracle database and tools development and some video processing (but no much...