Upgrade to kaby lake or ryzen?

[Daans0608]

Last christmas i built myself a pc:
I3 6100 (intel screwed me with the pentium)
Asus h110m-k
8gb kingston hyperx fury
1tb wd blue
Gtx 1050 ti
Vs450
Nzxt s340

My birthday is coming up and i have some money saved. Combined with what i get from my parents its about 300 euros. Now my question is: should i upgrade to kaby lake? That way i dont need to buy a new mobo. Or should i upgrade to ryzen? For better performance maybe? Or should i just not upgrade? Cuz i only have had the pc for 4-5 months.

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€197.13 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€78.04 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€139.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €415.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 05:33 CEST+0200

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (€231.40 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€93.55 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€127.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €452.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 05:30 CEST+0200

Sorry for German sites, but it's the € that counts. Basically the Ryzen is the better system overall, but as shown you don't quite have the budget for either. Personally, there's nothing wrong with Skylake at all, the H110 mobo is quite capable of doing the job, you just have a limitation with a 2c/4t cpu. This would be my way to go.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€310.70 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €310.70
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Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 05:36 CEST+0200

It'll be a hair slower in some games, probably not noticeable, that depend on single thread performance, but for any game requiring the use of 3 or more threads, it'll kick that i3 in the teeth.

 

[Chugalug_]

Update yourself to the Kaby Lake BIOS before you upgrade.
Replacing the motherboard would mean getting a new windows license if you installed an OEM version.
In that case, your best upgrade is an i7 7700, and then a new graphics card next year.

 

[Gon Freecss]

You don't need to upgrade. The i3 is plenty enough for your graphics card.

 

[Chugalug_]

While it is most suitable to the graphics card, an i7 7700 would greatly speed up anything, and provide a good long term option, especially until he can upgrade his GPU.

 

[unreal9400]

Get a better graphics card.

 

[A17_GaminG]

Personally, i'd recommend changing your Power Suply before doing anything. 450 Watts arent going to power a high end GPU and CPU. Plus Corsairs VS series are poor quality.

 

[Chugalug_]

With a system with as low power draw as a 1050ti it doesn't matter, if you were trying to run a 1070 with it, sure, upgrade, but it's not a pressing issue, best to wait until PSUs get better until he wants a new GPU.

 

[Daans0608]

the thing is, i already have a skylake/kaby lake mobo. so itd be cheaper to upgrade to kaby lake but if its better to upgrade to ryzen i could do that. if you have other suggestions for my build you could post them on this thread aswell.

 

[Chugalug_]

No way, stick to Kaby Lake.
Be sure to update your BIOS via the product page before slotting in the new CPU.
Get this from local retailers.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $294.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-13 10:57 EDT-0400