CPU and Motherboard Upgrade

[lolsmurfzs]

I want to upgrade my current CPU and MB:

-AMD A8 5600k

-msi fm2-a55m-e33 (I think)

 

And i've been looking at the:

-Intel Core i5-6400

-Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7

-Corsair Vengeance lpx cmk8gx4m2b3000c15 (is there an actual name for this?)

(RAM is needed because the sniper MB has ddr4 slots and i have ddr3 ram)

 

I can get all of this at around €342,-

My question is if there is anything i should think of/change before buying.

(suggestions for something else are welcome but please keep it under €350,-)

[pwn_intended]

3 minutes ago, lolsmurfzs said:

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That should be a nice little upgrade, but what is the purpose of this system? will you be gaming on it (if so what GPU are you planning on using)

[m0k]

that motherboard supposedly only supports DDR4 2133 mhz
i dont know if your Corsair 3000mhz ram will work in this

[Blackhole890]

4 minutes ago, lolsmurfzs said:

I want to upgrade my current CPU and MB:

-AMD A8 5600k

-msi fm2-a55m-e33 (I think)

 

And i've been looking at the:

-Intel Core i5-6400

-Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7

-Corsair Vengeance lpx cmk8gx4m2b3000c15 (is there an actual name for this?)

(RAM is needed because the sniper MB has ddr4 slots and i have ddr3 ram)

 

I can get all of this at around €342,-

My question is if there is anything i should think of/change before buying.

(suggestions for something else are welcome but please keep it under €350,-)

so what are you going to do after the purchase?

[DolphinOps]

4 minutes ago, lolsmurfzs said:

I want to upgrade my current CPU and MB:

-AMD A8 5600k

-msi fm2-a55m-e33 (I think)

 

And i've been looking at the:

-Intel Core i5-6400

-Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7

-Corsair Vengeance lpx cmk8gx4m2b3000c15 (is there an actual name for this?)

(RAM is needed because the sniper MB has ddr4 slots and i have ddr3 ram)

 

I can get all of this at around €342,-

My question is if there is anything i should think of/change before buying.

(suggestions for something else are welcome but please keep it under €350,-)

What gpu do you have?

[pwn_intended]

Just now, mok said:

that motherboard supposedly only supports DDR4 2133 mhz
i dont know if your Corsair 3000mhz ram will work in this

the ram will definitely work, it may downclock to a slower speed though. Also, 2133 is the top "officially supported" speed for ddr4, like 1333 was for ddr3, but most motherboards will have no problem running at higher speed.

[lolsmurfzs]

I forgot to add that:

1. i already have a GPU: MSI R9 380 4GB

2. i will be mostly using it for gaming and a bit of video edditing every now and then

[DolphinOps]

1 minute ago, lolsmurfzs said:

I forgot to add that:

1. i already have a GPU: MSI R9 380 4GB

2. i will be mostly using it for gaming and a bit of video edditing every now and then

The upgrade may give you a slight gpu bottleneck but nothing serious.

[pwn_intended]

1 minute ago, lolsmurfzs said:

I forgot to add that:

1. i already have a GPU: MSI R9 380 4GB

2. i will be mostly using it for gaming and a bit of video edditing every now and then

In that case, it is a pretty balanced system. A more powerful CPU wouldn't hurt, but you shouldn't have any glaring bottlenecks as it is.