Scan have this MSI motherboard for sale. Was £90.49 now £49.99!
Looks a decent price considering it`s around £100 on Ebuyer, Amazon and CCL.
MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK, Intel Z170, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3 6Gbps, M.2 (PCIe/SATA), 2-Way CrossFire, GbE LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, ATX.
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FloatingWilson
7 Oct 17#1
Heat added. :thumbsup:
Chanchi32
7 Oct 17#2
:thumbsup:
vassy1
7 Oct 17#3
Heat added :smile:
nazmanchester
7 Oct 17#4
great find op! especially as I'm looking for parts for a new biuld
coventgamer to nazmanchester
7 Oct 17#14
Better to go down the ryzen route
Ev0lution to coventgamer
7 Oct 17#20
Not if you put a 7700K in it isn't.
xepa to Ev0lution
7 Oct 17#21
You can get a Ryzen 7 1700X which has double cores/threads for less, why would it be better to get a 7700K? I'm genuinely interested if there's something I'm missing apart from the clock speed, which I believe the Ryzen can be OC'd to 4.2GHz.
montana78 to xepa
7 Oct 17#22
I had the fx 8350 which is much better than i5. But i had to downgrade to i5-4670k as amd chip gave jerky gameplay. It would handle games well but there would be drop in framerate roughly every 5 seconds. It was very annoying. I'm an amd fanboy but now I've moves to intel. My next upgrade would be the i9
bankbandit to xepa
8 Oct 17#24
You are right, it makes no sense to buy into 7700K just for this mobo. There are wiser ways to spend your hard-earned 350 quid (7700K + this mobo) these days. Ryzen 7 1700X (or just Ryzen 7 1700, OC it and save some money) is a better alternative, not to mention the future proofing that comes with the AM4 platform.
Besides, any motherboard that limits you to a max of 4 core/8 threads is simply yesterday's news.
Ev0lution to bankbandit
8 Oct 17#25
Or you could buy an 8700K which exceeds every ryzen CPU at £350 plus whatever Z370 mobo you choose to buy.
Ryzen is simply old news now. In gaming AND multi-core performance. The reviews have an 8700k running at 5.1GHz with a simple slight voltage increase.
Although AMD have to take huge credit. They have forced Intel to respond and respond they have.
The real CPU to watch for gamerswill be the i5 8600K for price/performance ratios.
sion22 to Ev0lution
8 Oct 17#29
There is a big different between getting both cpu and mobo at £350 and getting a cpu at £350 with £120+ for the cheapest z370 mobo. also 8700K is Top performance but performance per dollar wise, Ryzen is still better than 8700K.
Currently running a 2500K but i probably upgrade to a 8600K since i only use it for games
davem to Ev0lution
8 Oct 17#33
All aboard the paper launch hype train - choo choo!
Lets see your total system build cost and silicon lottery 8700 running at 5.1Ghz . Check out the Gamer Nexus review of his chip which only managed 4.9 stable. If you're building budget, good luch finding a cheap z370 and just when you think you've been hard done by, Intel are releasing another new chipset to replease z370 early next year. Intel know how to please shareholders.
Ryzen is stlill a top contender choice given it's widely available with cheaper motherboards. More and more games will be suited to multicores which means those extra cores/threads will keey your system going longer.
nazmanchester
7 Oct 17#5
used very good at Amazon £46.81 prime or new £59.10 with free delivery
ro888
7 Oct 17#6
Not sure if it is still worth to invest on such old platform. For the same price, ZEN + B350 seems more future proof.
dxx to ro888
7 Oct 17#7
Such an old platform? The Z170 supports up to Intel's 7700K, which was their flagship consumer CPU until two days ago. Despite being two days out of date, that combination will still maul comparable Ryzen setups in most real-world applications.
f_a_b_i_o_48 to dxx
7 Oct 17#18
But it doenst support the new 8700k.. also, the z170 is at least 2years old.. get your facts right before talking sh***
Ev0lution to f_a_b_i_o_48
7 Oct 17#19
It doesn't support AM4 either so what is your point?
Its a £50 mobo with a feature set you would normally only get on a mobo double that price.
FloatingWilson to f_a_b_i_o_48
7 Oct 17#23
Well that was rude!
vardx to dxx
8 Oct 17#27
I bought an MSI Z170 board, to use with a G4560, to find out that it needed a bios update in order to support the chipset. So I had to buy an additional older compatible CPU just to update the bios. Worth keeping in mind.
Rabmac1
7 Oct 17#8
Very tempted at this price, although I am finding it hard to justify the spend as my current setup is running everything fine.
Opening post
Looks a decent price considering it`s around £100 on Ebuyer, Amazon and CCL.
MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK, Intel Z170, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3 6Gbps, M.2 (PCIe/SATA), 2-Way CrossFire, GbE LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, ATX.
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Besides, any motherboard that limits you to a max of 4 core/8 threads is simply yesterday's news.
Ryzen is simply old news now. In gaming AND multi-core performance. The reviews have an 8700k running at 5.1GHz with a simple slight voltage increase.
Although AMD have to take huge credit. They have forced Intel to respond and respond they have.
The real CPU to watch for gamerswill be the i5 8600K for price/performance ratios.
Currently running a 2500K but i probably upgrade to a 8600K since i only use it for games
Lets see your total system build cost and silicon lottery 8700 running at 5.1Ghz . Check out the Gamer Nexus review of his chip which only managed 4.9 stable. If you're building budget, good luch finding a cheap z370 and just when you think you've been hard done by, Intel are releasing another new chipset to replease z370 early next year. Intel know how to please shareholders.
Ryzen is stlill a top contender choice given it's widely available with cheaper motherboards. More and more games will be suited to multicores which means those extra cores/threads will keey your system going longer.
Its a £50 mobo with a feature set you would normally only get on a mobo double that price.
Heat added though.