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[Cwangbr]

I am a tad confused. I have a 7year old Dell XPS with i5 750 which I upgraded 3 years ago with an SSD, more RAM (8GB now) and a gtx760. Now I feel like I need a whole new PC since the case is really tight and have old USB 1 ports. I spend about 40% of my PC time gaming, 30% photo editing (mostly Adobe Lightroom) and maybe 30% web browsing. I wish I had more power for some video editing on Premiere (mostly vacation footage) that I don't do mainly because it's a pain with my rig. So that's what I first thought:
http://pcparts with i7600k. and h110 board
But then I was wondering wether it´s worth to pay extra for i7 7700k for the extra base clock or stick to i7600 or even i7700. Comparing i7 7700 non k with 7600k the second one has higher base clock.
I don't think the extra money for a z170 or z270 plus after market cooler is worth the extra if not gonna overclock (i think its too much of a hassle for low practical results). What I probably will do is upgrade to 32GB ram when I feel like needed. Is "future proofing" mobo even a thing since they change chipset from time to time?. I plan on upgrading my rig again only in maybe 5 years. Also, I live in Brazil where some non mainstream parts are about 40% more expensive than US and mainstream stuff about 30% extra. Budget is not so limited but I hate wasting money for nothing.

 

[Lutfij]

Since you're upgrading from the Lynnfield architecture it's best to get the latest and greatest. I'd side with the Kabylake drop in and ofc switch to a Z270 motherboard. Might I interest you in going SFF with an matx/mitx build?

You will eventually overclock and it's one way of having you to stick with your components for a longer period as opposed to getting a non overclocking SKU. For rendering video's you're going to benefit with a lot of ram and CPU horsepower. Overclocking the ram will also help with a responsive system. For gaming though, those addages don't give you much return on invenstements. If you're going through family video's then might as well just stick with the non K suffix parts and drop down to the B250 chipset. SPeaking of chipsets, you're build has a major flaw, you're on a H110 board when you should be looking at a Z170 board with memory clocked at least at 3000MHz.

Might it be possible to pass on a budget and a link to the store we can source parts suggestions for you? Using PCPartpicker may not yield favorable results for you(wallet wise). You might want to read through this too.

 

[geofelt]

Some thoughts for you:

1. On the cpu.
Your I5-750 has a passmark rating of 3719 and a single thread rating of 1136. The single thread rating is most important for gaming.
A I5-7600K has a rating of 9218 and a single thread rating of 2399.
A I7-7700K has a rating of 12215 and a single thread rating of 2591.
Worth is something only YOU can determine.
My take is if the $100 price difference is not a show stopper, buy the I7-7700K or you will forever wonder if you should have.

2. Buy a motherboard with a 200 series chipset. They cost no more.It will enable you to use optane memory in the future.
Exactly what that does and details are uncertain at this time. I would buy the Z270 motherboard to keep the overclocking option open.
Most samples of the7600k and 7700k can be overclocked to 4.9.
Here is a chart of what you get with each chipset:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1151

3. On ram, buy up front the maximum ram kit that you might ever want.
Photo editing responds to lots of ram.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when 4 sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
It is safer to get what you need in one kit.
But, it is a bit more expensive because of the added matching of all the sticks to insure compatibility.
Since kaby lake is dual channel, look for a 2 x 8gb kit or even a 2 x 16gb kit.
The amount of ram trumps ram speed. 2400 is fine.

4. The K chips require a cooler. $35 buys you a sufficiently good cooler.
Scythe kotetsu would be my pick, here is a review.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Scythe_Kotetsu
Cryorig H7 is more compact and equally good.
A step up would be noctua, one of the new s variants like the NH-U12s.

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