I purchased an HP Omen from Best Buy.. I couldn't swing the i7 version at the moment, so I went with the core i5 7400. According the HP's website about the motherboard (HP-82F1) it'll run the i7-7700, or the i7-7700K with something called "only with Ariia+ chassis" (which I honestly have zero idea what that means)
What I was wondering.. I've been told by some people that the new Kaby Lake motherboards are backwards compatible with Skylake CPUs. Is that true? And if so.. which would be the better option staying with Kaby Lake (probably the 7700) or would I benefit more from dropping a generation to Skylake (again, if that's even possible)
I know everyone is against pre-built computers, but I got a killer deal on this one, and according to PCPP I couldn't have built it from scratch for what I paid.
Please, be kind.. my first post here, lol
What I was wondering.. I've been told by some people that the new Kaby Lake motherboards are backwards compatible with Skylake CPUs. Is that true? And if so.. which would be the better option staying with Kaby Lake (probably the 7700) or would I benefit more from dropping a generation to Skylake (again, if that's even possible)
I know everyone is against pre-built computers, but I got a killer deal on this one, and according to PCPP I couldn't have built it from scratch for what I paid.
Please, be kind.. my first post here, lol