99 problems but the b*tch ain't one

Go X99 to guarantee she leaves

That's true that ROG is overpriced. Anyway Asus is not my choice. I'm still deciding between MSI M5 or Gigabyte Gaming 5.

i5 2400 @ 3.7ghz...

Take it can get about 4.2ghz out of this probably?

Worth it? hmmm...

awful choice for mobo = cold, It's like buying a BWM M3 and putting budget tires on it... better go with another available bundle with Asus ROG Z170 Maximus VIII Ranger.

Ah yeah, true. But then buying 3 more 980 Ti's would be disaster on my bank balance so I probably wouldn't venture there any ways! Could always go SLi if they drop in price nicely in a year or so though :smiley:

2nd gen i5 only has 16 2.0 pci-e lanes. Quad sli 980ti would surely be a disaster

Got i5 2500k any point upgrading?

I have a i5 2500K as well, was possibly looking to upgrade to be occulus ready, but looks like I might be better in putting the money into a better graphics card first.

Really struggling to not upgrade to Skylake / DDR4 with deals like this... Such a cheap upgrade over my 2500k, but considering it's still not a massive upgrade, I'm trying my hardest to hold back!

Personally i'd pay slightly more and buy elsewhere, fine for those who haven't been on the receiving end of Scan customer services but for me there's more to a deal than the bottom line.

Good luck too all going for it though, I won't vote either way

So I spent part of yesterday researching other potential builds and couldn't beat this price in terms of price. Although the motherboard put me off the deal as it's essentially a business-class board disguised as a gaming one (in my opinion) - not bad by any means, but it has a pretty bog standard audio controller (Realtek ALC 887 and not the ALC1150 that's on the slightly more expensive boards) - the main problem for me is it lacks a headphone amp. And from looking at it I can see it's not going to be a brilliant overclocker worthy of a 6600K.

I decided to Flubit some Amazon prices and got a pretty good markup for a 6600K System based around the MSI Z170A KRAIT. I got these prices after Flubitting:

Kingston 8GB 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM HyperX FURY Black Series* - £29.93
i5 6600K Retail - £181.01
MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 4 Motherboard - £101.36
Total: £312.30

Or with an MSI Z170A GAMING M5 it was £332.76.

*Yes, single channel ram isn't preferable, but they offered a whopping 14% discount which demolished the offers (3-4%) I had for dual kits!

OK you may not get the MSI cashback with these Flubit builds, but there's a slight chance as I believe they do use some of the retailers offering the promo who could include their own invoices?

Any ways, after much umm'ing and arr'ing, I opted against an upgrade. I have a 2500K, which games don't make break a sweat and the best motherboard for the Z77 range (Asus Maximus V Extreme) which is going to destroy entry/mid level 1151 gaming boards in terms of overclocking potential, build quality and, in a way, upgrade potential (could go quad SLI 980Ti's if I wanted! (EDIT: Scrap that, probably not the best idea)) - although the fact it currently sells for ~£180-200 on eBay is really making me re-contemplate my u-turn!

99 problems but the b*tch ain't one

Nice price. Might actually get onto that DDR4 build the missus keeps telling me not to do or she'll leave me... :smile:

http://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/Z170A-G43-PLUS.html#hero-overview according to the official site the board only supports Crossfire.

Really thought about getting it, but it doesn't support SLI
(...I think?)

Exactly what I'm looking for cheers OP :-)

They come to £299.96 bought separately- CPU from Aria and MB from Novatech.

Well it's up to you but I doubt anyone but the tecky people would know if this is a good deal or not. What I'm saying is I would have included the price of each item from something like amazon so people could see the cost saving of this bundle.

It might help if you compare this bundle to buying them separately so people can see the saving. I think most like me, won't have a clue if this is a good deal or not.