Whats with "gaming" oriented hardware? I seriously

if your not overclocking why buy an overclocking board in the first place?

>>56313492
>you'll never use
First thing I do when getting a new CPU is increase core clock by like 800mhz

>>56313492
most of these are featuring the zx7 chipsets which are specifically built around having overclocking as a feature though

because gamers are literally the only ones keeping consumer desktop hardware companies in business.

>>56314412

That's the truth.

>>56313492
Good thread m8, thanks for making it!

Rather have a 6 car garage with three cars than a three car garage with three cars.

>>56314377

I have a z97 but I don't know about overclocking, should I let the Asus software handle it? I don't even know the point of overlcocking my 4690k.

>>56314578
>buys a K processor
>doesnt OC it
The only reason that thing has a K is that so people can overclock it. Otherwise buying the K version is a waste of money.

>>56314640

Why would I overclock son? More snappy factor when draggin windows?

I bought an USB 3.0 card for my old computer. It is faster, but also added two more ports, which were direly required. 12 would be extravagant, but 4 for controllers, a few for phones or external drives, keyboard, mouse, joystick. WIFI dongle, etc. etc. I wouldn't mind another dozen USB 3.0 ports.

I don't overclock, but wouldn't mind the color coordination, and there very well might be some more effort put into the BIOS.

overpriced shit that will go in the trash as soon as a new processor socket is needed, because people which buy that sorta stuff will buy a new proc even if shit from 2011 still kicks butts, same people that still overclock CPUs even if it's not needed since we passed the 3ghz mark a long time ago, but hey, old habits are a bitch sometimes

>>56313492
Because people generally only build high end desktops for gaming or for workstations. Therefore that's what companies are going to market towards.

>>56314691
Muh vidya games

You don't have to overclock, but why would you pay extra for a K processor when if you don't overclock the non k is exactly the same?

>>56315078

The core of non-k 6600 is not exactly the same as the 6600k.

>>56315078
because I want cool nerds to think I'm a cool nerd, overclocked CPU and waifus are the bare minimum to fit in