Hi! I have a Core i5-6600 (stock cooler) on a Z170M motherboard in my personal rig (* I honestly don't know why I opted to choose/pair both of them - but it was built in early 2016 and I was quite ill-informed then*). I was wondering if it would be wise to pickup a used Core i7-7700K on the cheap to replace my 6600 and pair it with my Z170M motherboard (with the necessary BIOS updates); or, replace the CPU and motherboard all together for a Ryzen 5 3600 processor and a B450 motherboard. I have a really tight budget of around ~100 to 200 USD (exclusive of the money I'd have from selling the 6600) - *and I'm also planning on picking up another 8GB DDR4 stick. I generally use my PC for programming, gaming, video/photo editing, and other forms of media/content creation.
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys!
System Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 (stock cooler)
Motherboard: MSI Z170M Mortar
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 2400MHz DDR4
GPU: MSI GTX 960 2GB OC
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD & (2) 1TB HDDs
PSU: Aerocool Rave 80+ 600W
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys!
System Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 (stock cooler)
Motherboard: MSI Z170M Mortar
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 2400MHz DDR4
GPU: MSI GTX 960 2GB OC
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD & (2) 1TB HDDs
PSU: Aerocool Rave 80+ 600W