Upgrading my current system.

[Charlskie]

Hi guys, could someone let me know which upgrades would be best for my current system:

MODO: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P
CPU: AMD FX6300 Black Edition 6 Core
RAM: 16GB Corsair
GPU: GTX 970 Strix
PSU: 550w

I have a budget of £300 at the moment and my main focus is upgrading the CPU to Intel and upgrading the motherboard as it only supports AMD CPU's. Could you tell me the best CPU and motherboard for my GPU that will not bottleneck the GPU please.

 

[WildCard999]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£53.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £297.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-27 18:07 BST+0100

 

[Charlskie]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£53.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £297.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-27 18:07 BST+0100

Would it be worth adding another 16GB's of RAM as I already have 16GB?

 

[Dunlop0078]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£53.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £297.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-27 18:07 BST+0100

Would it be worth adding another 16GB's of RAM as I already have 16GB?

Yes thats DDR4 ram, you cant use your old DDR3 in that board.

 

[WildCard999]

Well you have 16gb of DDR3, Skylake performs best with DDR4 and even the MB that support DDR3 its actually DDR3L. If you were to use your RAM it would actually damage the CPU.

 

[Charlskie]

It's a bit petty but if I buy the i5 6600k and all the other parts on Amazon they won't arrive when I need them too but if I buy the i5 4690k it will arrive when I need them too, would buying the i5 4690k be just as good as the i5 6600k?

 

[WildCard999]

Well if you went Haswell (4690K) you would be able to use your current DDR3 RAM, the performance difference between the 4690 and 6600 is minor but personally I would go with the newer tech and have to wait a bit longer. If your overclocking just make sure the CPU is the K series and the MB is compatible (1150=Z97, 1151=Z170).

 

[Charlskie]

Well if you went Haswell (4690K) you would be able to use your current DDR3 RAM, the performance difference between the 4690 and 6600 is minor but personally I would go with the newer tech and have to wait a bit longer. If your overclocking just make sure the CPU is the K series and the MB is compatible (1150=Z97, 1151=Z170).

So this would be good:

MOBO: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B014QPFIWY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

CPU: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KPRWB9G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

RAM: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0123ZCD36/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

 

[WildCard999]

No, the CPU (1150) is not compatible with that MB (1151).

 

[WildCard999]

Non-Overclocking Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.87 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£53.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £280.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-27 19:08 BST+0100

Overclocking Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£196.60 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£47.03 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£94.88 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£64.27 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £402.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-27 19:06 BST+0100

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