Z170/X99 for development (security)

[esprade]

I'm concepting a machine to be used for videogame development and music production, and with all things private, security is a big factor. I know wireless modules can be a big weakness in security and ideally I'd only be interested in using a temporary wired connection for when the machine will be connected to the internet. Are there any recommended motherboards out there that lack a wifi module and would be good for helping protecting my data from potential theft? Obviously software security is the next big step but I'm thinking of the simple things first that can help protect my machine. Feel free to discuss X99 boards also as I'm in two minds about which route I'll be going for a dev machine.

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

For developing any i7 would be fine. Most motherboards don't come with wifi equipped so that is something you have to do. The i7 6700K (Skylake) or 6800K (Haswell) are good options. Intel said that X99 is the future so I'd go with the 6800K.

 

[trampus123]

X99 will be a better as you can get 6-8 and 10 core CPU this is better for development.
I like the ASUS sabretooth or the ASUS WS board the WS is pricey but you can put lots of drives on it.

 

[ryguybuddy]

Whats your budget? I can whip up a pretty good workstation build with lots of processing power and storage.

 

[esprade]

I'm already discussing builds in another thread, but my budget is £1800 for the PC, monitor and accessories. It's a development machine for videogame and music production. I'll be casual gaming regularly and using software like Unreal Engine 4, Blender or similar, and FL Studio or similar with a Roland a-800 pro MIDI controller which needs to be lagless with no latency.

I've went from knowing nothing about PCs to learning quite a bit in the past few days. So I know that if I was solely gaming and just wanted all the CPU power to go into those kinds of tasks then the Z170 would be the choice, but if I was rendering and doing a lot of multitasking that X99 would be the way to go. Me personally I'm falling in the middle, this is to be an all purpose machine that's going to give me the most gaming performance from a GTX 1080, but I'll be using it for development purposes so for example I might be building and environment and testing an environment at the same time. With Blender I'll be using cuda cores most likely so I don't know how CPU performance will come into that. In the future I'll be getting a capture card, and I'll likely be using software like fraps for video capture.

But yeah, security is a big priority, I don't want wifi nor Bluetooth from the motherboard, just a wired internet connection that can be used temporarily for updates or perhaps for a little online gaming or streaming should I feel like it at the time.