Upgrade Help ;)

Nigochimaru · October 5, 2020

So I am upgrading from a I5-6600k to the I5-10600k reason I went for that is it is so much cheaper than the other 10th gens and it still is a great value since its so cheap and still so powerful. Big upgrade from my 600k to lol.I was looking for help with what mother board to get I need something that is cheaper so I can afford both the CPU and motherboard. Something cheaper but still reliable.

I have 16gb of ram and a ROG Strix 1080. Thank you in advance.

Stahlmann · October 5, 2020

Are you set on getting a 10600K? AMD will announce their new Zen3 CPUs later this week. They're expected to make a huge leap over current Zen2 performance. I'd just wait a few more days before deciding to go with a 10600K.

Carbonado · October 5, 2020

You can look for

ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4 ( $139.99)

MSI Z490-A PRO ($159.99)

ASUS PRIME Z490-P ($159.99)

Carbonado · October 5, 2020

Just now, Stahlmann said:

Are you set on getting a 10600K? AMD will announce their new Zen3 CPUs later this week. They're expected to make a huge leap over current Zen2 performance. I'd just wait a few more days before deciding to go with a 10600K.

So true, i'd rather go for AMD than Intel if it's a budget build, they're beasts at this point.

Nigochimaru · October 5, 2020

3 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Are you set on getting a 10600K? AMD will announce their new Zen3 CPUs later this week. They're expected to make a huge leap over current Zen2 performance. I'd just wait a few more days before deciding to go with a 10600K.

will they be less than 300 with similar performance to the 10600k?

Stahlmann · October 5, 2020

1 minute ago, Nigochimaru said:

will they be less than 300 with similar performance to the 10600k?

We can't tell for sure, but the 3600 is already 99% of the performance of the 10600K for currently ~170$. And the 3700X is better in almost any way for currently ~270$. Ryzen chips currently are around 5% worse in games but a lot faster in anything other than games in every price class. So next-gen Ryzen is expected to put the final nail in the coffin for Intel. Just my opinion and expectation.