Dutchdeviant

To be really honest, I am not a fan of the current mobo I have. Don't like the bios, RGB is stuck in amber or off, no type c usb, onboard sound is horrible( even for onboard sound), not enough usb. But, it is going to be pointless to sell it since I'll only get 50 for it probs. cpu and mobo combo might get me 125 to 150 if I'm lucky. So, if I am going to spend 300 pound, is it smart to get a 9700k on a mobo I don't like, or spend that money on a strix b450 mobo and a 2700x or get a combo like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-i7-5960X-Gigabyte-GA-X99-UD4-32GB-RAM/184041104562?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D754186f1977a4bee870f3075a76a5418%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D163953470620%26itm%3D184041104562%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042 for about the same money. I know I'll have to make a choice but none of it is easy for me... Took me 3 months to pick a new phone and I don't even really care half as much about that as I do about my pc. Sometimes I wish I could just be happy with a console.... Bless the simpleminded plebs

I was thinking that too, just wasn't sure if my mobo was up for it... It was the cheapest z370 I could find, should have spent a bit more. I suppose I could always upgrade that next payday. Thanks for the tip

So... Black Friday, Cyber Monday and most of all Pay day are coming up. Which means my upgrade hormons are going nuts. I currently have the following I5 9400f Coolermaster 212 Black Rgb Gigabyte z370p d3 2x8GB 3000Mhz Corsair Vengeance GTX 1070 (Pailt Game Rock) Corsair MP510 960GB I'm running in to a few situations (BF 1 and V, Borderlands 3 and some more) where the i5 is holding me back. So a cpu upgrade seemed like the thing to do. But where to go from here? I am willing to spend around 300 pound, so I though of an i7 9700(k). But my motherboard wouldn't handle overclocking very well, so don't know if that's a smart plan. Do I sell the MOBO and cpu combo and put that money towards something else? Do I change platform? Does it have to be newer? x99 is getting pretty cheap now... Do I go team RED???? For years I have avoided AMD after 2 horrible weeks with a fx6300, but those Ryzen cpu's are looking pretty interesting. I can't think of a better place for an honest answer or a bit of help then the Almighty LTT community.. please help!!!!