Upgrading my PC

[edwin1314]

Hello everyone, I'm upgrading my PC but i am unsure about a few things. So I am going to upgrading my motherboard and my CPU mainly.

My graphics card right now is a Geforce GTX1070 

My Power supply is EVGA 850 B2

16GB DDR3 Ram

I have a 3TB hard drive and a 256GB SSD

I also have a Optical Drive

And some extra USB slots

 

So I was thinking about getting this CPU Motherboard bundle

 Intel Core i5 6500 3.20 GHz Quad Core Skylake Processor, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache & ASUS LGA1151 DDR4 HDMI DVI M.2 ATX Motherboard with AC Wi-Fi and USB 3.1 Z270E Bundle

and I wanted to get some opinions on the situation. 

 

The Second thing is if I get this I will need a new Case because my case is a mid-tower so does anyone have any good case options that will fit this motherboard and have room if i ever want a second Graphics card.

 

And finally I saw there is DDR4 but I Dont know if thats anything I will need to worry about.

 

Please let me know what you think I should do.

[The Sloth]

get a i7 7700k and a z270 mobo

[edwin1314]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

get a i7 7700k and a z270 mobo

Is there a specific reason you say to get a i7 because I don't stream to much or upload videos so I don't see a great reason to get a i7 for a gaming pc.

 

[The Sloth]

Just now, edwin1314 said:

Is there a specific reason you say to get a i7 because I don't stream to much or upload videos so I don't see a great reason to get a i7 for a gaming pc.

 

 

i7 for gaming is a thing now before getting a i5 would have been good enough, more games are taking advantage of more core and threads of a mainstream i7 7700k especially AAA games. 

[stealth80]

What is your current CPU?

 

1 minute ago, edwin1314 said:

Is there a specific reason you say to get a i7 because I don't stream to much or upload videos so I don't see a great reason to get a i7 for a gaming pc.

 

oh gawd here we go again

 

[edwin1314]

 

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

i7 for gaming is a thing now before getting a i5 would have been good enough, more games are taking advantage of more core and threads of a mainstream i7 7700k especially AAA games. 

That's a good point I will keep this in mind but do you have any good cases that I could get for this.

 

[The Sloth]

Just now, edwin1314 said:

 

That's a good point I will keep this in mind but do you have any good cases that I could get for this.

 

 

cheap quality case would be s340 but a well cooled case would be air 540 

[CatXice]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i7 for gaming is a thing now before getting a i5 would have been good enough, more games are taking advantage of more core and threads of a mainstream i7 7700k especially AAA games. 

yes an i7 is better but its single figure if any difference in games in synthetic benchmarks they give better scores but thats coz the beanchmark maxs out the cpu and games dont they really really really dont a 7600k is more then fine to run any game at any resolution plz stop sayin this

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, edwin1314 said:

 

That's a good point I will keep this in mind but do you have any good cases that I could get for this.

 

Honestly never get a locked cpu with a z270 or z170 motherboard. It's such a waste of money. Alot of the cost of the board goes into components that allow you to overclock and if you don't plan on overclocking then that money is wasted. I would go and either pair it with a b150 b250 or h110 motherboard. Otherwise I would get a 6600k 7600k 6700k or 7700k cpu with a z270 motherboard if you really were set on getting a overclockable chipset. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, CatXice said:

yes an i7 is better but its single figure if any difference in games in synthetic benchmarks they give better scores but thats coz the beanchmark maxs out the cpu and games dont they really really really dont a 7600k is more then fine to run any game at any resolution plz stop sayin this

 

no a 7600k bottlenecks lots of games in lots of resolution, if you want to have the best gaming experience get a i7 7700k. 

[The Sloth]

8 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

What is your current CPU?

 

oh gawd here we go again

 

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i am not being bias here but a fact is if you can afford an i7 get an i7, it's worth getting especially in the long run. 

[CatXice]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

no a 7600k bottlenecks lots of games in lots of resolution, if you want to have the best gaming experience get a i7 7700k. 

look at my build and it will run bf1 at 1440p ultra at 80fps 4k medium/high at 60fps 

[The Sloth]

Just now, CatXice said:

look at my build and it will run bf1 at 1440p ultra at 80fps 4k medium/high at 60fps 

set it to ultra than see what happens. 

[CatXice]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i am not being bias here but a fact is if you can afford an i7 get an i7, it's worth getting especially in the long run. 

this is true but a better gpu will do more then a i7 vs a i5

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, CatXice said:

yes an i7 is better but its single figure if any difference in games in synthetic benchmarks they give better scores but thats coz the beanchmark maxs out the cpu and games dont they really really really dont a 7600k is more then fine to run any game at any resolution plz stop sayin this

not this again - i5 is fine now, people don't build PC's to last for "now" they want them to last a number of years,

 

This picture is from the thread in my signature

 

 

Also look at that Battlefield shot, its not just about FPS, but about frame times. the minimums are usually a lot higher on an i7 vs an i5, average FPS doesn't tell the whole story. Admittedly only over the last sort of 6 - 9 months that games have started to benefit from the extra threads that i7 provides - DX12 is only going to compound. Obviously the higher the res the lower the impact of the CPU

[CatXice]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

set it to ultra than see what happens. 

thats 60fps in the middle of a fight i can get 60fps in ultra if am away from the fight but when u get to the fight drops to like 45-50

[The Sloth]

Just now, CatXice said:

this is true but a better gpu will do more then a i7 vs a i5

sure, i rather get a i7 with a 480 than a i5 with a 1070. i5s are a waste of money if you can afford a i7. 

[CatXice]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

sure, i rather get a i7 with a 480 than a i5 with a 1070. i5s are a waste of money if you can afford a i7. 

am not talkin to u anymore after then comment a 1070 would kill the 480 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, CatXice said:

thats 60fps in the middle of a fight i can get 60fps in ultra if am away from the fight but when u get to the fight drops to like 45-50

fps is a issue, i5s have lower minimum fps also please read this 

 

5 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i am not being bias here but a fact is if you can afford an i7 get an i7, it's worth getting especially in the long run. 

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

not this again - i5 is fine now, people don't build PC's to last for "now" they want them to last a number of years,

 

This picture is from the thread in my signature

 

 

Also look at that Battlefield shot, its not just about FPS, but about frame times. the minimums are usually a lot higher on an i7 vs an i5, average FPS doesn't tell the whole story. Admittedly only over the last sort of 6 - 9 months that games have started to benefit from the extra threads that i7 provides - DX12 is only going to compound. Obviously the higher the res the lower the impact of the CPU

 

 

[The Sloth]

Just now, CatXice said:

am not talkin to anymore after then comment 

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[CatXice]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

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y u cut half my comment?  am done am sooo done yr the reason people that r non pc guys think u need a 10k gaming rig that u have to upgrade every 2 weeks

[stealth80]

I'm not saying i5's are terrible for gaming, i'm not even saying if you  have an i5 then you should upgrade. Ive been trying to make this point for months - I'm speaking purely from a long term perspective and purely at upgraders/new rig builders who have the budget for an i7. I'm not saying put an i7 in at the cost of dropping from a 480 to a 1050ti

[edwin1314]

Cat what case do you have

 

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, CatXice said:

this is true but a better gpu will do more then a i7 vs a i5

This seems like a short sighted viewpoint. Most likely the GPU will be outdated quite quickly and will need to be replaced anyways. When that happens they will be glad they got the i7. This is not to say getting an i5 with a better gpu isn't a bad decisions I'm just saying there is merit to both options. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, CatXice said:

y u cut half my comment?  am done am sooo done yr the reason people that r non pc guys think u need a 10k gaming rig that u have to upgrade every 2 weeks

 

well kid, skipping school is not a favorable option for you.