Looking to upgrade from i7 2600 non k

[kingxtriton]

I am deciding on how to upgrade my system at the moment. I have an i7 2600 non k on an Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM motherboard with 16gb of 1333mhz ddr3 ram and a gtx 1060 3gb gpu. with my budget of appx $375 I was thinking of either doing an i5 6600k/z120 board with 8gb ddr4 or i5 7500 non k/h270 board and 8gb ddr4 or even a ryzen 5 1500x/b350 board with 8gb ddr4 ram. I mainly use the computer for gaming so streaming/video rendering or other multi threaded applications are not really used. The other option I thought of was that if my current i7 2600 non k cpu wouldnt bottleneck a gtx 1070 then I could use the money to upgrade just the gpu. Can anyone help me make a good decision here?

 

[urbancamper]

I think you should go with the R5 1500x. My reasoning is the am4 socket is going to be around for quite some time. What your doing with your computer now you may end up doing more with in the future. Heck you can put an 8 core 16 thread cpu on that motherboard just as easy as the 4 core 8 thread. As the generations progress so will the cpus. It also comes with a fan heatsink combo so you save on that and i think you can probably save a few off that 375 bucks.

 

[Ecky]

The 1500X is about ~15%(?) faster per clock than your current CPU, and clocked slightly higher. I don't think it's all that much of an upgrade in terms of absolute performance, but you'd be getting a slew of new features and connectivity with AM4. The sweet spot for gaming is probably 8 threads now though, so it's not a bad choice, better than a locked i5. An i7 7700 would be much better, but it's also not even remotely near the same price.

 

[elbert]

Get the Ryzen 6 core 1600 instead of the 4 core. Its more on par with the higherend Intel CPU's. The stock cooler should allow an overclock of 3.7~3.8Ghz.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($218.55 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($84.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $375.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-06 22:04 EDT-0400

 

[hdgaming]

I would just keep the i7 2600, its still a very capable cpu and "upgrading" to an i5 would not even be an upgrade since games are finally starting to use more cores and the i7 will benefit from that due to hyperthreading. Get the gtx 1070 and sell the 1060. Its a mucher better upgrade.

An i5 wont give you any extra performance and raw powerwise your i7 is stronger. Both the new i5 and your i7 2600 are strong enough to max out a gtx 1060. The gtx 1070 will give you a good performance boost.