I5-8600k Cheap upgrade.

[Gurky]

Budget (including currency): £ 120?

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming with a RX low-end card (RX 6700xt or a RX 6650 XT)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Will be for gaming with 
G7 Oddsey 1440p 144Hz

32GB Ram @ 3200Mz

Gigabyte Z370P D3 (rev. 1.0) F15 Bios. 

 

 

 

Hi, I'm just thinking of doing a little upgrade to my I5 8600k to tick me over another year, I've attached a link to the list of supported CPUs and wondered if there are any bangers I should aim for! I will go used of course due to age. I can get an I7-9700F for £95 so a bit of generation a tier jump! The current CPU is 95w so it would be nice to keep it at that since my 120mm AIO runs it comfortably. 

 

I know going a B550 and as Ryzen might be a better shout but just trying to keep cost low for a while. Then this PC will probably become my PLEX server down the line! 

 

Thank you all. 

 

Link to CPU list: https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10/support#support-cpu

 

 

 

[191x7]

12 minutes ago, Gurky said:

Budget (including currency): £ 120?

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming with a RX low-end card (RX 6700xt or a RX 6650 XT)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Will be for gaming with 
G7 Oddsey 1440p 144Hz

32GB Ram @ 3200Mz

Gigabyte Z370P D3 (rev. 1.0) F15 Bios. 

 

 

 

Hi, I'm just thinking of doing a little upgrade to my I5 8600k to tick me over another year, I've attached a link to the list of supported CPUs and wondered if there are any bangers I should aim for! I will go used of course due to age. I can get an I7-9700F for £95 so a bit of generation a tier jump! The current CPU is 95w so it would be nice to keep it at that since my 120mm AIO runs it comfortably. 

 

I know going a B550 and as Ryzen might be a better shout but just trying to keep cost low for a while. Then this PC will probably become my PLEX server down the line! 

 

Thank you all. 

 

Link to CPU list: https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10/support#support-cpu

 

 

 

Well, the i9 9900K would be the only worthwhile upgrade, and even it is outdated.

 

The i7 8700K would be a better choice than the 9700K. 

The 9700K is the 8600K with 2 additional cores and it doesn't have hyperthreading just like the i5. 8 cores 8 threads.

The 8700K is the 8600K with Hyperthreading meaning it has 6 cores 12 threads and it's comparable to a Ryzen 5 3600.

The i9 9900K has 8 cores 16 threads and it's comparable to a Ryzen 7 3700X, just slightly weaker than a Ryzen 5700X.

 

But the i9 9900K holds a high price.

 

You are way better off switching the whole platform. The CPU and the motherboard, and eventually the RAM too.

For example, i5 13600K with a B760 board with ddr4 support.

 

TL;DR - no cheap upgrade to an 8600K.

[jaslion]

17 minutes ago, Gurky said:

I can get an I7-9700F for £95

Nope do not. It's a pure 8 core and that is literally MINIMUM at best for games these days.

 

The only "good" options are a I7 8700(k) or 9900(k) and both are way expensive.

 

Basically to the point that a b550 + 5600 is about the same cost

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

TL;DR - no cheap upgrade to an 8600K.

Absolutely this platform has 2 cpu's "worth" their while which ain a whole lot.

[Dedayog]

19 minutes ago, Gurky said:

Budget (including currency): £ 120?

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming with a RX low-end card (RX 6700xt or a RX 6650 XT)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Will be for gaming with 
G7 Oddsey 1440p 144Hz

32GB Ram @ 3200Mz

Gigabyte Z370P D3 (rev. 1.0) F15 Bios. 

 

 

 

Hi, I'm just thinking of doing a little upgrade to my I5 8600k to tick me over another year, I've attached a link to the list of supported CPUs and wondered if there are any bangers I should aim for! I will go used of course due to age. I can get an I7-9700F for £95 so a bit of generation a tier jump! The current CPU is 95w so it would be nice to keep it at that since my 120mm AIO runs it comfortably. 

 

I know going a B550 and as Ryzen might be a better shout but just trying to keep cost low for a while. Then this PC will probably become my PLEX server down the line! 

 

Thank you all. 

 

Link to CPU list: https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10/support#support-cpu

 

 

 

Ne platform.  The 9900K as above is the only way to go and it's not a good value, as prices are just too high for it.

 

Save up a little more.  Even 95 for a 9700F isn't a good upgrade value.

[Gurky]

25 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Well, the i9 9900K would be the only worthwhile upgrade, and even it is outdated.

 

The i7 8700K would be a better choice than the 9700K. 

The 9700K is the 8600K with 2 additional cores and it doesn't have hyperthreading just like the i5. 8 cores 8 threads.

The 8700K is the 8600K with Hyperthreading meaning it has 6 cores 12 threads and it's comparable to a Ryzen 5 3600.

The i9 9900K has 8 cores 16 threads and it's comparable to a Ryzen 7 3700X, just slightly weaker than a Ryzen 5700X.

 

But the i9 9900K holds a high price.

 

You are way better off switching the whole platform. The CPU and the motherboard, and eventually the RAM too.

For example, i5 13600K with a B760 board with ddr4 support.

 

TL;DR - no cheap upgrade to an 8600K.

Wow yeah thank you, honestly done a little Excel looking at the 8/9th gen and all around the 13K PassMark score a little search for 13th gen and just shy of 40k worth saving a few months and upgrading when I hit a bottleneck a lot, for now, I only had issues in BF2042 but with a a 1660 super capped at 60FPS never ran in to issues. 

[filpo]

1 hour ago, Gurky said:

£ 120?

I'd get a 3600 and a b450 

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£68.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: R5 3600 with cooler (£70.00)
Total: £138.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-04 14:08 BST+0100

[SorryBella]

16 hours ago, filpo said:

I'd get a 3600 and a b450 

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£68.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: R5 3600 with cooler (£70.00)
Total: £138.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-04 14:08 BST+0100

If you dont slack off you can find both in a used bundle for the same price but with boards that can actually take a 5800X3D.