Upgrade to Skylake

[Guest]

I am currently using a computer I made with an FX4300 (stock 3.8), 8 GB DDR3, and a 500W EVGA power supply. I would like some help. I want to upgrade to Skylake. With parts I have found from Amazon, I figure that I can get the required motherboard, CPU, and ram for around 200USD, is it worth it?

 

Motherboard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F42W70A/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Processor: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015VPX2EO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

RAM: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMLUYVU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Cooler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1ZOQEVMARB9QE

[Guest]

I am also very open to parts suggestions.

[malon]

you can leave the coler of since the included stock cooler will keep the cpu cool as it is, for the rest it looks like a good budget set

[Slottr]

Kaby lake is gonna be released reeeeal soon. Just hold on for a while and see what that brings.

[Katsunaka]

Your motherboard isn't a Skylake board. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Motherboard-Micro-DDR4-H110M-HDS/dp/B019EOPC8W Is a skylake board, and is close to the same price as your current board, so it doesn't blow your budget out of the water.

[Cereal5]

Skylake requires a 100 series motherboard (H110, H170, B150, Z170). Plug your parts into pcpartpicker.com and select Amazon as your preferred seller. The stock intel cooler that comes with the CPU will do fine

 

Also Zen and Kaby lake are coming out in Q1 of 2017 so I'd wait to see what they offer. 

[JHY]

why no one notices that mobo isn't compatible.

[JHY]

Just now, Katsunaka said:

Your motherboard isn't a Skylake board. 

Finally a person who noticed.

[Clanscorpia]

Thats not a compatible cooler lol

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Katsunaka said:

Your motherboard isn't a Skylake board. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Motherboard-Micro-DDR4-H110M-HDS/dp/B019EOPC8W Is a skylake board, and is close to the same price as your current board, so it doesn't blow your budget out of the water.

Thanks! I didn't realise that it was 1150.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

Thats not a compatible cooler lol

Yes, it is.

[Clanscorpia]

9 minutes ago, Emma Nieuwenhuis said:

Yes, it is.

I meant motherboard sorry  Was thinking about the cooler I wanted as I was typing

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

I meant motherboard sorry  Was thinking about the cooler I wanted as I was typing

It's okay I do that often.

[Gonio]

You need a 1151 for skylake/kaby. And yes if you can wait a while for Kaby/Zen you should, is only 3-4 months I expect. Should lower the price, what is good for you. And you can go with boxed cooler for now as already mentioned before.