I didn't imply you should have waited a couple more months to get the next gen CPU, I implied you likely won't have the opportunity to use the same motherboard for your next CPU upgrade ;) I understand I can't upgrade to next gen Intel CPU's with this motherboard so I'd choose for some overkill / s...

Alder Lake CPUs are expected early 2022, with a new socket : LGA 1700. I've read about it and Alder Lake / LGA 1700, looks very promising but just can't wait any longer. I need a new system NOW and don't want to wait 6 months on new CPU's / motherboards. BTW I'm typing this message on a Intel Core ...

Christ, that's a $450 motherboard. If you're going to drop that kind of cash on a rig, and you're doing gaming not semipro 3d/video work, get a 5600X and a good 570 mobo Sorry about the confusion, I had to choose the topic title better. Of course I will use this system not only for Factorio, althou...

The only consumer (non-server) expansion cards that use x16 slots are graphics cards, and how many of them do you intend to add to your PC? Really more than 1? All the other pcie cards use x1. Some storage (SSDs) might use x4 speed, but you will use the M.2 slots or SATA for these. You're absolutel...

From what I know, Factorio is all about the RAM/CPU, and looking at your RAM, well you could have saved a lot of money. The G.SKILL from looking on Amazon UK is around £280. Working out its Latency = CL * 2000 / Frequency = 14 * 2000 / 3200MHz = 8.75ns. A look on overclockers, you can get Patriot V...

The mainboard is much too expensive - do you really need all the features it provides? I seriously considered other (cheaper) Z590 boards but none of them offered 3 PCI-E x16 and 2 PCI-E x1 slots, a big plus for me for future upgrades. All other boards I examined had drawbacks like noisy chipset fa...

I would have added a graphic card (unless this will be dedicated to Factorio and office work : Intel integrated gpus are pretty weak for anything else than 2D to date (might change soon). Good point! The iGPU also use processor RAM and bandwith so I decided to re-use the (passively cooled) GeForce ...

Hi All, Since some time I like to play Factorio multiplayer on my old workstation with an antique i7 920 CPU, in the years upgraded with faster storage and 4K display. I could catch up and play with my old PC surprisingly well, until end game. With multiplayer games on larger bases I get big lags an...