Question Can I pair a Gigabyte B760M Gaming X DDR4 Motherboard LGA 1700 with a I7 13700KF?

[SteveBeast]

Hey guys can I pair this Motherboard with an i7 13700kf which I dont plan to overclock? Can I use this motherboard with Intel Boost Enabled in the Bios? Or would this CPU run too hot?
I would also use a Kraken X63 280mm for Cooling, would that be sufficient?

Thanks guys

 

[boju]

Turbo boost works on any chipset board. Even if not overclocking, K suffix SKUs have higher clocks so that is still a valid reason to get a K cpu on a locked motherboard.

Cooler is sufficient. Even air from a decent tower cooler will suffice if you don't plan on running prime95 or blender 24/7. You won't see above 70 in games on air. Thing with aio pumps is they eventually fail, 2~3, 5yrs if lucky. If you're good with that that's fine, just so you're aware.

 

[SteveBeast]

ok nice. so the motherboard would be fine? because a lot of people say i would need at least a Z motherboard because VRM or something like that. But would it be ok If I dont plan to overclock?
Or what about that motherboard:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0..._s00?ie=UTF8&th=1&language=en_GB&currency=GBP


Would that be sufficient? Would be my 2nd choice

 

[boju]

You'll be fine VRM wise on either.

Can choose a Z board, no problem doing that if not overclocking. Being full ATX there are more M2 slots, but get one that includes m2 heatsinks for all of them.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-WIFI

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10#kf

 

[SteveBeast]

You'll be fine VRM wise on either.

Can choose a Z board, no problem doing that if not overclocking. Being full ATX there are more M2 slots, but get one that includes m2 heatsinks for all of them.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-WIFI

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10#kf

Ah ok thanks didnt even take that into consideration.