Hi,
So, yes I know they only just come out (barely even) and we don't have benchmarks for the new CPUs and stuff, but I want to ask a few other things unrelated to that.
I have a Full-Tower build, and as such I like having an E-ATX in it, because well, that's what they were made for, essentially... This would put me in the direction of buying a Godlike, but it's like double the price of an ACE, so is it worth it?
Now, I plan to add more M.2 drives, I have 1 already in my build, but I plan to buy another pretty soon. Now, the thing is, I'd prefer if I could avoid any incompatibility with my SATA drives and DVD-readers, which would make me interested in an M.2 expansion card. One, supporting 2 M.2, already comes with the Godlike, while the ACE doesn't get that luxury.
Now, I could buy an ASUS Hyper M.2 and get 4 slots instead of 2 on my expansion card, though the one that comes with Godlike has thermal pads that cover mor of the M.2 cards.
Thing is, as far as I know, M.2 drives are x4 PCI-E, meaning (if I'm correct) if you had that ASUS Hyper M.2 expansion card, it'd need a x16 slot running at x16 and not at x8 like most MOBOs do, both Godlike and ACE are like this (while my current Z170 has 4 PCI-E x16 slots two running at x16 and two at x8). But, most consumer processors, like my current 6700K, the 7700K, 8700K, the upcoming 9700K and 9900K, none support two x16 slots...
So, in the end, is a 4 slot M.2 expansion card even useful when it can only run at x8 instead of x16?
Is it fine as long as the drives don't work full-speed at the same time?
Anyhow, how will this affect my experience?
On top of that, in JayzTwoCents review of the Godlike, he briefly mentioned and explained the OC turning knob on it that supposedly would help you OC easier, but how does that integrate with th 9700K which has a supposedly guaranteed OC, turbo speed, of 4.9GHz?
Cause I know when you OC from scratch, your CPU starts from base clock, which on the 9700K is 3.6GHz. Will the knob actually make you go above 4.9 if you want to?
Like, I don't really fully understand or see how well these would work together.
Would I be better off just overclocking on my own without a knob? If so, that'd give another plus to the ACE. Also, btw, whilst we're on the topic, if I save and buy an ACE instead, do you think buying the 9900K is more worth it than the 9700K?
The Godlike has a lot of quality of life stuff that I want, but is it really worth the extra $300?
Bare in mind I'm in Sweden so manufacturer-to-retail shipping as well and 25% tax bumps up the prices significantly.
Money isn't an issue necessarily, I got plenty, I just want a second (third, fourth, fifth...) opinion of this. My perfectionism feels more at ease with an E-ATX in my case rather than the cramped AT, also how will and ATX affect my air-flow? (I have a Corsair Graphite 780T case)
But again, is the price worth it? Is the MSI M.2 Xpander-Z expansion card better than the ASUS Hyper?
Feel free to smack my fingers with a ruler and teach me a bit about computers that I don't know. xD
So, yes I know they only just come out (barely even) and we don't have benchmarks for the new CPUs and stuff, but I want to ask a few other things unrelated to that.
I have a Full-Tower build, and as such I like having an E-ATX in it, because well, that's what they were made for, essentially... This would put me in the direction of buying a Godlike, but it's like double the price of an ACE, so is it worth it?
Now, I plan to add more M.2 drives, I have 1 already in my build, but I plan to buy another pretty soon. Now, the thing is, I'd prefer if I could avoid any incompatibility with my SATA drives and DVD-readers, which would make me interested in an M.2 expansion card. One, supporting 2 M.2, already comes with the Godlike, while the ACE doesn't get that luxury.
Now, I could buy an ASUS Hyper M.2 and get 4 slots instead of 2 on my expansion card, though the one that comes with Godlike has thermal pads that cover mor of the M.2 cards.
Thing is, as far as I know, M.2 drives are x4 PCI-E, meaning (if I'm correct) if you had that ASUS Hyper M.2 expansion card, it'd need a x16 slot running at x16 and not at x8 like most MOBOs do, both Godlike and ACE are like this (while my current Z170 has 4 PCI-E x16 slots two running at x16 and two at x8). But, most consumer processors, like my current 6700K, the 7700K, 8700K, the upcoming 9700K and 9900K, none support two x16 slots...
So, in the end, is a 4 slot M.2 expansion card even useful when it can only run at x8 instead of x16?
Is it fine as long as the drives don't work full-speed at the same time?
Anyhow, how will this affect my experience?
On top of that, in JayzTwoCents review of the Godlike, he briefly mentioned and explained the OC turning knob on it that supposedly would help you OC easier, but how does that integrate with th 9700K which has a supposedly guaranteed OC, turbo speed, of 4.9GHz?
Cause I know when you OC from scratch, your CPU starts from base clock, which on the 9700K is 3.6GHz. Will the knob actually make you go above 4.9 if you want to?
Like, I don't really fully understand or see how well these would work together.
Would I be better off just overclocking on my own without a knob? If so, that'd give another plus to the ACE. Also, btw, whilst we're on the topic, if I save and buy an ACE instead, do you think buying the 9900K is more worth it than the 9700K?
The Godlike has a lot of quality of life stuff that I want, but is it really worth the extra $300?
Bare in mind I'm in Sweden so manufacturer-to-retail shipping as well and 25% tax bumps up the prices significantly.
Money isn't an issue necessarily, I got plenty, I just want a second (third, fourth, fifth...) opinion of this. My perfectionism feels more at ease with an E-ATX in my case rather than the cramped AT, also how will and ATX affect my air-flow? (I have a Corsair Graphite 780T case)
But again, is the price worth it? Is the MSI M.2 Xpander-Z expansion card better than the ASUS Hyper?
Feel free to smack my fingers with a ruler and teach me a bit about computers that I don't know. xD