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Msuni
By Msuni
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So i currently have an i5 6500 @ 3.2Ghz and i want to upgrade to an i7 8700k. My motherboard currently is a Gigabyte H11OM-S2H would i have to or would it be more beneficial to upgrade the motherboard first. I am PC noob, if that wasn't clear already. 

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You have to upgrade both at once. The 100 and 200 series chipset boards aren't compatible with the 8000 series chips and vice versa the 6000 and 7000 series chips won't work on the 300 series boards.

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Coffeelake (8000 series) physically fits in LGA 1151, but isn't compatible, meaning you will need to upgrade both for it to work.

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You need to upgrade the motherboard with the CPU. The 8700K won't work on your current board and your current CPU won't work with the new board. 

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Thanks guys for the fast reply, any recommendations of boards to get. Preferably an inexpensive one. Is the MSI Z370-A  a good choice?

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Thw ASUS Strix F is really good, if you want the most oput of a 8700k

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22 minutes ago, October22nd said:

So i currently have an i5 6500 @ 3.2Ghz and i want to upgrade to an i7 8700k. My motherboard currently is a Gigabyte H11OM-S2H would i have to or would it be more beneficial to upgrade the motherboard first. I am PC noob, if that wasn't clear already. 

Check if your board has a coffee lake bios (some do, maybe you can get away with it) then you can use the old motherboard temporarily, otherwise you have to do both at once.

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Depending on your need you probably could go with a second hand i7 7700

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

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CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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12 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Depending on your need you probably could go with a second hand i7 7700

To be honest I'd rather go with a brand new i7 8700k. Thanks for the suggestion though. :)

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Also, I don't know if anyone will be able to answer this but my case is an Enthoo Pro M would this be suitable for a motherboard compatable with a i7 8700k?

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ASRock Z370 K6 is probably the best midrange option

 

Don't buy Apple M1 computers with 8GB of RAM

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