Recent content by utgotye

The case fans yes, but unless you are using an aftermarket cooler that allows you to change fans, the 5th one won't be used. From your list, it appears you will be using the stock cooler. The fan you are buying is too large for the stock cooler.

The parts appear the be compatible and should fit. The Z77 motherboard is kind of wasted on a locked CPU but given the age of the chipset, any 1155 motherboard you find for a good price is a good deal.

You will not be overclocking because the CPU is locked, thus making the Z97 chipset a waste of money unless you either need/want the features or intend to upgrade to a 4690K or 4790K at a later date. Assuming you have decent airflow the stock cooler should be more than adequate for that build...

Pressure vs volume - move some air quickly vs move a lot of air slowly. Static pressure fans are recommended when there's an obstacle in the path suck as a radiator or hard drive cage. Exhaust fans (assuming no obstacles), are a matter of preference, as are heatsinks.

If you are doing a clean install, it will format the disk and write new data to it. If you are upgrading, it will not format the disk as there would be nothing to upgrade afterwards. If you don't want to reset the BIOS and have messed with any of the settings, you are probably OK on that front...

No need to wipe it as you will format the disk as a part of the clean install process. If you are worried about conflicting BIOS settings, reset your BIOS to factory defaults before installing Windows. Neither one is easier than the other. DDR3-1600 is more or less the "standard". That said...

Amazon, TigerDirect, NewEgg, Fry's, Micro Center, Best Buy, NCIX, SuperBiiz...any/all of these places sell Intel CPUs.

What is the PC used for?

It would mean you would have no USB 3.0 unless you added a card later.

Generally if they have the connectors, they are needed. In this case, I would bet on needing it.

Don't forget that certain games, specifically nVidia Gameworks games, are causing fairly noticeable issues with Kepler-based cards (and AMD cards), whereas Maxwell cards are minimally effected.

You can't OC either chip anyway. Realistically, you probably won't have any problems given that they are the same socket though you may not see optimum performance on your 6400 as it MAY runn a bit warmer. Otherwise, in terms of just swapping CPUs, assuming the motherboards can handle them...

You will see an improvement with the Skylake CPU but enough to justify the expense...hard to say given your admitted goal of increase graphical fidelity. As a rule, unless you are being bottlenecked by the CPU there's really no reason to upgrade it. The problem with this is that it's largely...

Probably but it's going to be pretty damn low settings.

Are you having an issue with performance with your 3570K? You won't be able to OC with that B150 motherboard so there's no point in buying an unlocked CPU like the 6600K. Your current RAM will work with that motherboard but not using DDR4 eliminates one of the bigger reasons to upgrade in the...