upgrading my cpu

[matthew.m]

Budget (including currency): £150 ish 

Country: the uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: multiple games including wow,diablo,poe2, and lots more

Other details 

 

Asus p8z77-m motherboard

intel i7 -2600 cpu

Amd Radeon rx6600 gpu

2x8gb ddr3 ram cards (not sure on the make )

 

looking at the intel core i7 6700k as the next upgrade but would like some advice please

[matthew.m]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Processor-Threads-LGA1151-Socket/dp/B010T6DQTQ?th=1

[Lurick]

What board are you pairing the CPU with?

[tkitch]

do not waste your money on that upgrade, holy shit.   You'd have to buy CPU, Board, RAM, and possibly a cooler to run a 10 year old CPU.  DO NOT.

 

That would be the absolutely worst thing ever to buy.

 

If you're trying to stay cheap:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-5600-Processor-12-thread/dp/B09VCHR1VH/

Similar price for a Ryzen 5600

16-32GB DDR4 is *cheap* (esp if you poke around at used)

And you can get an AM4 board for well under 100 ukp. 

 

Alternatively, look around at FB Marketplace or similar and see who is selling off older PCs of theirs, and get a barebones setup there.  

[Tetras]

1 minute ago, matthew.m said:

looking at the intel core i7 6700k as the next upgrade but would like some advice please

I don't know how feasible it is used for your budget, but I'd prefer something like a Ryzen 3600/5600 or a i3-12100F/i5-12400F. You can get cheap boards for these CPUs, like H610, though DDR4 has increased in price a lot lately (at least, it has new).

 

A 6700K is not a bad CPU, since it can play most games, but ultimately still outdated with no real upgrade path.

[OddOod]

Welcome to the forums!
Sorry, but I agree with Lurick, that's a dead end build. Best CPU that fits that mobo is a 3770k and it's still trash. You can't even salvage the RAM because you'd be looking at a 4790k at best which is still abysmal at this point and you'd need a new mobo.  FAR better to get a used (non-prebuilt) low-mid range AM4 build as it will stomp your current CPU and you can keep upgrading it over time

[matthew.m]

22 hours ago, Lurick said:

What board are you pairing the CPU with?

Ive have listed the board i have wasn't planning on upgrading that unless I have too because I'll need too re buy windows again 

[matthew.m]

So this is the parts I've decided on what do you think ? 

 

 

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, matthew.m said:

Ive have listed the board i have wasn't planning on upgrading that unless I have too because I'll need too re buy windows again 

You cannot put a different socket CPU into the board, you need to upgrade the board to upgrade the cpu and also the ram and whatnot as mentioned.

The 6000 and 7000 series Intel CPUs are socket 1151v1

The 2000 series Intel CPUs are socket 1155

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, matthew.m said:

So this is the parts I've decided on what do you think ? 

 

 

On the right track but I'd shave a little off the pricing... Unless you have the budget to spend?

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£81.64 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£72.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£109.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £374.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-08 15:39 BST+0100

 

[matthew.m]

25 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

On the right track but I'd shave a little off the pricing... Unless you have the budget to spend?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£81.64 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory  (£70.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£109.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £340.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-08 15:08 BST+0100

What would you recommend as a cpu cooler not a fan of the water cooled systems 

[Dedayog]

5 minutes ago, matthew.m said:

What would you recommend as a cpu cooler not a fan of the water cooled systems 

Peerless Assassin...

 

Sorry, changed RAM as well.  Didn't see it was CL22,  this is better.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£81.64 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£72.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£109.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £374.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-08 15:39 BST+0100

 

 

[matthew.m]

16 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Peerless Assassin...

 

Sorry, changed RAM as well.  Didn't see it was CL22,  this is better.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£81.64 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£72.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£109.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £374.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-08 15:39 BST+0100

 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/GJmVzP

 

Says there would be issues ?

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, matthew.m said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/GJmVzP

 

Says there would be issues ?

It's basically telling you that the B550 board MAY have issues, if it was manufactured BEFORE the release of that CPU.  It was not, as stock that old is LONG gone.  UNless you're buying a new in box board that was sitting on a shelf for 5 years (when the microcode was released for the 5xxx series)....

 

 

[OddOod]

On 8/8/2025 at 8:50 AM, Lurick said:

You cannot put a different socket CPU into the board

Even worse! There are same socket CPUs that require a different chipset. Intel is kind of a monster like that