windows 10 upgrade question

>>55723708
Also if anyone has an Intel Mobo recommendation it would be appreciated. What I'm looking for:

The 3 important aspects of the mobo to me are:
1. Sound, ideally Realtec 1150 or some other premium audio. It's actually important for gaming as many earlier chipsets mess up positional audio in games. I'm done with discreet soundcards.

2. Ethernet - I'd like to go with an Intel gigabit chip this go around. My current board is a ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer with the Killer E2200 which was not well reviewed by people checking up on its performance. A big part of the reason I'm rebuilding is the random DPC latency spikes. I want to have the best small packet sorting performance possible and the first gen Killer chipset doesn't seem like a good candidate. If I have to the newer Killer chips like the E2400 seem to better.

3. DPC latency. The two things most affected by it are twitch FPS gaming and video playback. I cant watch a Twitch.tv stream without getting hiccups and I'm sick of it. I've done everything I can to diagnose the DPC stuff but the problem seems to be endemic to the board design/drivers available for my mobo.

>>55723708
Have you tried to use the regular qualcom drivers like everyone suggests?
Asrock is using Intel nic's this generation if that helps any.
I guess you are buying 1151?

>>55723769
hardocp tests for dpc, go find some reviews there

>>55723708
I had z87 and z97 and hear my words
Buy fucking skylake

>>55723708
>will that windows 8.1 license still be valid for use on that machine if I change my mind about windows 10?

yes till still be valid

>>55724407
Yeah it didnt seem to help too much, the dpc stuff could be somewhere else.

Yeah I'll be going 1151
>>55724487
I've used z87 and z97 too, boy am I ready. They fixed those bugs at intel right? Last I heard people were waiting on a BIOS fix that might never fully cure it. I know it was a fringe case thing but I'd really rather not have bugs in my CPU if avoidable. I usually stick with a build for 3-5 years.

>>55723769
If you don't mind Skylake, the ASRock Z170 gaming itx/ac

http://www.modders-inc.com/asrock-z170-gaming-itxac/7/

>>55725175
I have that, its pretty nice.

>>55725111
The p95 issue has been fixed. Technically speaking, Sklake has half the bugs the Haswell generation has.