Upgrading my AMD FX8350 to Intel i3 6th gen.

[Guest]

Hi, I just want to know your opinions about my planned upgrade. What do you think?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Couple misconceptions there, first off you do not need a Platinum or Titanium PSU to overclock, in fact the one you are getting will overclock fine.

Z boards do not have any "better heat tolerance" they just have the Z chipset, now they do tend to be higher end boards so they may have better VRM heatsinks, however high end H and B boards have this as well.

You can do a mild overclock with a $40 Cryorig H7, it comes with the thermal paste for free in the box.

Hi, thanks for your reply.

I agree with you in terms of PSU rating. As you've mentioned, I maybe do some very "mild" OC'ing in the future.

For the Air cooling, I was aiming for Noctua NH-D15 (based on reviews and peers) <--- is this a good cooler?

Any aftermarket thermal paste you can suggest?

Thats an excellent cooler I have one in my wife's PC, it is super quiet and very efficient. I use a low profile noctua in my server as well.

It comes with a large tube of an excellent thermal paste in the box, no need to buy another.

Thank you and I hope noctua will do real good with my CPU. thanks for your input.

I'll be doing some store visits this week to check motherboard prices in my area.

Any tips on what brands and features to look out for? What to avoid if I may add.

 

[Rogue Leader]

My wife's system is built with an ASUS Z170-M-PLUS its an excellent board that I highly recommend. Generally I go all ASUS when it comes to boards, they sometimes cost a couple dollars more, but I never have a problem.

 

[Guest]

My wife's system is built with an ASUS Z170-M-PLUS its an excellent board that I highly recommend. Generally I go all ASUS when it comes to boards, they sometimes cost a couple dollars more, but I never have a problem.

That I agree. I like ASUS, especially with quality(from my friends/peers experiences).

I am eyeing on Z170-A, I know it's expensive but I think I have to buy atleast a good one.

Jeez, a Asus Z170-a and an i3 processor. That is so funny.

Anyways. To ALL, thank you for giving me insights on non-K and K boards, procs, and etc.

I've learned a lot today. I will update you the soonest when I get the proc and board.

 

[Inkiad]

Hi, thanks for the tips, I might now be overclocking the i3. I am not that ready yet(forgive my fear).

I was eyeing a kingston ddr4 ram 2133Mhz. Is that a good one? Thank you.

Atleast get a 2400MHz if you want to overclock, 2666MHz will be better. Otherwise you won't be able to overclock the i3 processor.

 

[Guest]

Hi, thanks for the tips, I might now be overclocking the i3. I am not that ready yet(forgive my fear).

I was eyeing a kingston ddr4 ram 2133Mhz. Is that a good one? Thank you.

Atleast get a 2400MHz if you want to overclock, 2666MHz will be better. Otherwise you won't be able to overclock the i3 processor.

I'll think about it. Thank you for pointing about higher ram frequency to be able to OC i3.

Thanks.