Upgrading from i5 6400 to i7 8700k

[aaronwonghy]

I'm looking to upgrade my cpu from an i5 6400 to an i7 7700k/8700k, I bought a prebuilt pc over a year ago for a good price and I felt like the biggest sacrifice that was made was the cpu, currently i am using:

GTX 1060 3gb
16gb ram
1tb hdd + 40gb ssd

I feel like my cpu is slightly behind the rest of my system though I am not a massive pc expert. I do aim to play most games that have been released this year or last on at least high settings (or the settings 1 step before the highest) at 60fps 1080p. I'm looking to upgrade for the sake of future proofing as well as upgrading in general as I rarely upgrade parts of my pc especially at the cost of an 8700k but I am happy to make the purchase.

Is it worth upgrading my cpu at this time? Also is it worth spending £80 more to upgrade from the 7700k to an 8700k?

 

[Countgreen]

Your cpu if fine compared to the rest of the system. You will get 60fps easily with your system. If you really wanted to you could put a 7700k in your current system. All you would need is a bios update. An 8700k would require a new motherboard.

 

[Scottray]

DO NOT buy the 8700K. It will not be compatible with the motherboard! Next, you'll need to check if you can update the BIOS to support a i7-7xxx CPU. If you confirm if the BIOS supports a i7-7xxx CPU, buy the i7-7700. The "K" version is for overclocking and I very much doubt that the mobo in your pre-built PC supports overclocking.

 

[aaronwonghy]

Thanks for the advice, I'm using a gigabyte h110m-s2h and it doesnt look like it supports 8th gen.

 

[Paul NZ]

It doesnt. You need a Coffee Lake mobo for a Coffee Lake CPU.