Motherboad B150a for Volta GPU?

[Odd Arne]

I am planning a rig right now with the 1060 3gb and upgrading to Volta when it comes out in a few years. Will the budget B150a motherboard support GPUs down the line?

 

[13thmonkey]

Yes, but will the budget CPU that you likely have cause a problem.

 

[rgd1101]

Sure. doubt it will required pcie 4.0 mobo

 

[Odd Arne]

Yes, but will the budget CPU that you likely have cause a problem.

That's actually what im contemplating now. I was thinking about going for the i5-6500, but another alternative would be to go with a z170 and 6600K + cooler. Unfortunately that is quite more expensive. If planning to change GPU would you do that route or nah?

 

[geofelt]

I doubt that any future graphics card will not run on current pcie x16 equipment.
You are ok there.

B150 and a I3-6100 would be a very reasonable mid-range combo.
Better than a i5-6500, I think.
Here is a review; note that i3-6100 compares well with a more expensive i5-6600.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10543/the-skylake-core-i3-51w-cpu-review-i3-6320-6300-6100-tested

If you think you might want a I5-6600K in the future, I would buy the Z170 motherboard up front
to go with the i3-6100

 

[13thmonkey]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/multi-core-cpu-scaling-directx-11,review-33682.html
i5 might still be the sweet spot.

 

[vincent123]

Hi Geofelt, I plan to a build deep learning PC with i7, Asus X99-WS and 2units of 1080ti this month, then replace 1080ti with Volta cards (GTX-20xx?) in future.
What are the considerations to make sure my system is compatible with both Pascal and Volta cards? Thanks for your advice.

 

[13thmonkey]

Hi Geofelt, I plan to a build deep learning PC with i7, Asus X99-WS and 2units of 1080ti this month, then replace 1080ti with Volta cards (GTX-20xx?) in future.
What are the considerations to make sure my system is compatible with both Pascal and Volta cards? Thanks for your advice.

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