Got mine for $53 more (included upgrade from z170/6700k to z270/7700k)


'Murica

exactly. It's also an upgrade you didn't really need. He isn't upgrading from 6700k to 7700k, but from 8350.
So for only a lil extra, why wouldn't you purchase 7700k from the get go? it already paid itself just by being a new tech by almost 2yrs.
but ey, it's OP's monies so whatevs.

nobody has mentioned that the 7700k runs hotter than a 6700k.... I mean that's something I'd wanna know before purchase.

This. The 6700K can run on a good air cooler or a smaller AIO to 4.5.

The 7700K you need a 240mm + aio to get any decent OC out of it.

So the total cost for max performance is much higher on the 7700k.

$350 + a $100+ cooler

vs $300 + a $30-40 cooler

This post was edited by kclla on Mar 10 2017 10:10am

???


you mean 6700?

what about 50 bucks on delid tool and liquid ultra

Skip the tool and save more.

Given the choice, it's not worth $70 more to me. I'd get the 6700k in this case.