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Yeah.. that was THE main reason for me. I game @ 4K (Sony 55" x850). Dying Light @ 4K was dying pretty badly when I turned up the eye candy.. lol

I made the jump from (2) Zotac AMP! GTX 970'S to (2) EVGA 1080 SC cards. Not sure if it draws half the power but it certainly doubled my frame rates!

I love my Gaming 7..it's one of the most feature packed boards I've ever owned for as little as it costs.

Agreed.. and the OP is only @ 1920x1200. More than likely, he will not see any huge benefit at that resolution from "upgrading" from a 2gb to 4gb card. He may want to consider a second card for SLI. Initially, I thought I was going to have some big troubles gaming on my dual 970 GTX's in SLI at...

Guess the stock levels are finally starting to normalize. It would seem the initial run of customers buying this processor is finally starting to stabilize. Coming from a Core i7 2600K (DDR3 1600 memory), this is a decent upgrade for me. I am digging the M.2 drives offered on the Z170 chipset. I...

...and I just confirmed that my Sony receiver is receiving the digital 5.1 signal via SPDIF. My receiver is outputting it as a 5.1 / 5.2 signal (I have 2 subwoofer outputs on the rear of the receiver). So, I've got two 12" subs running, a left and right front set of tower speakers, a center...

I just pulled out my motherboard box: GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Intel Z170/Socket1151/rev.1.0 4DDR-4 2-CH/PCI-Ex16/ATX USB3.1/Gbe LAN/SATA Express TYPE-C/5.1 HD Audio/SATA The UPC is: 8||| 89523 || 00142 |||4 So, it does appear that I do have the 5.1 HD Audio version. Does yours have an -EU designation?

I have the same mobo.. I can report that NO issues running 6700K at 4.8ghz. Get's a bit toasty after a few hours of running CPU stressing under a Promlimatech Megahalems after 6 hours of testing. Hit a high of 76c on one of the cores.. the other three cores hit a high of 75c and 74c...

I have the same mobo.. I can report that NO issues running 6700K at 4.8ghz. Get's a bit toasty after a few hours of running CPU stressing under a Promlimatech Megahalems after 6 hours of testing. Hit a high of 76c on one of the cores.. the other three cores hit a high of 75c and 74c...

That was the EXACT issue when I made the leap. Back on opening day when the 2600K was released, I stood in line outside of my local Microcenter in the snow during a snow storm, freezing my butt off. I was mainly focused on the processor and only gave a small consideration to the motherboard. I...

Good combo.. I bought my Gigabyte Gaming 7 from Newegg but actually picked up my 6700K from Microcenter. Keeping my fingers crossed for 4.6ghz - 4.7ghz.

That's exactly what my thought process. So, here is what I just purchased a week ago: Gigabyte Gaming 7 Intel 6700K (plan on 4.6 - 4.7ghz OC) Gskill DD4 3000 x 16gb's Windows 10 x64 Samsung EVO 850 1tb SSD Zotac AMP! GTX 970 x2 for SLI EVGA 1K Platinum PSU Sony 55" x850C 4K 120hz monitor

I'm running a Sony 55" 4K (XBR55X850C) that runs 120hz natively. Obviously, 120hz is AWESOME compared to a 60hz monitor so maybe the smoothness gained on my monitor helps keep the action flowing as intended. Pushing my graphics are (2) Zotac AMP! GTX 970's in SLI on my i7-6700K setup. I can...

Yeah.. it started out simple enough. New processor. Of course, it's a socket change so I needed a new mobo. Then, I needed DDR4. My psu was aging plus I wanted a platinum rated power supply. After it was all said and done, I just threw in the towel and bought all new stuff.. haha. Darn you, new...

I just drove to Microcenter in Richardson, Texas two days ago. I called them and they had (3) i7-6700K's in stock. I arrived an hour later, they were gone (except for mine that I purchased).. $359 plus tax. I drove back home and said might as well buy the rest of my new rig parts online at...