First, is there any reason not to buy the Skylake i7 6700k over the i5 6600k if you are going to be using it for gaming?
Second: How long should I wait for Z170 motherboards with their new tech and the subsequent Tom's Hardware reviews of the new Z170 motherboards?
Third: Do I also have to upgrade my Ram? I've seen that mentioned a few places and I didn't know that would be an issue. Does it simply also support DDR4, or does it only support DDR4?
Any and all help is appreciated, thank you.
Current Specs (just in case they are needed):
Processor: AMD FX-8350
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (2x 4GB) Dual Channel Memory
Power Supply: 500 Watt Corsair CX500 PSU
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X (SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0)
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC SSD
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache HDD
Operating System: MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition
Second: How long should I wait for Z170 motherboards with their new tech and the subsequent Tom's Hardware reviews of the new Z170 motherboards?
Third: Do I also have to upgrade my Ram? I've seen that mentioned a few places and I didn't know that would be an issue. Does it simply also support DDR4, or does it only support DDR4?
Any and all help is appreciated, thank you.
Current Specs (just in case they are needed):
Processor: AMD FX-8350
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (2x 4GB) Dual Channel Memory
Power Supply: 500 Watt Corsair CX500 PSU
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X (SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0)
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC SSD
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache HDD
Operating System: MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition