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You can put any 6th and 7th gen CPU on there, even unlocked ones (though you cant overclock).

 

Your RAM is fine. DDR3 runs at a higher voltage than DDR3L, but many mobo manufacturers use independent memory controllers for DDR3 support anyway so it doesnt matter.

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Hello, im new here <3

Was wondering if anyone would help me

Specs of my PC:

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 DDR3 socket LGA 1151

INTEL i5-6400 2.7ghz LGA 1151

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 950 2GB

RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1866mhz

And thats the relevant stuff

So im looking to upgrade my CPU, and i was wondering if i need to change my RAM too, for example, im lookin at a i7-6700 6th gen, it matches my motherboard in every way, BUT it says it supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V only, wich i dont have, so would i need to change my ram in order to be able to use the CPU at its max capabilities? Would there be any trouble if i installed this i7 with the same RAM i have?

My goal is to have a good gaming pc, that can pretty much run any game with no major trouble. Looking to upgrade my gpu later

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

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You can get a 6700. DDR3L and DDR3 are basically the same. I'm not aware of any trouble other than a very minor performance drop from DDR4 to DDR3

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You can put any 6th and 7th gen CPU on there, even unlocked ones (though you cant overclock).

 

Your RAM is fine. DDR3 runs at a higher voltage than DDR3L, but many mobo manufacturers use independent memory controllers for DDR3 support anyway so it doesnt matter.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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15 minutes ago, alexacojar said:

Hello, im new here <3

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So im looking to upgrade my CPU, and i was wondering if i need to change my RAM too, for example, im lookin at a i7-6700 6th gen, it matches my motherboard in every way, BUT it says it supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V only, wich i dont have, so would i need to change my ram in order to be able to use the CPU at its max capabilities? Would there be any trouble if i installed this i7 with the same RAM i have? Thanks.

 

 

 

 

Honestly, i wouldn't say much in the rig is worth upgrading, other than your GPU. the motherboard will only support either DDR3 or DDR4, not both, so you can't just upgrade to the newer RAM generation. it's probably worth if to populate your RAM slots fully instead. 

 

your CPU could be upgraded to the 6700, and you could upgrade to 4x4 or 4x8GB RAM sticks. (in DDR3)

 

again, if you're trying to get more game out of it, just get a better GPU. 

if you want more multitasking, grab a 6700 and some moar RAM.

 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

You can put any 6th and 7th gen CPU on there, even unlocked ones (though you cant overclock).

 

Your RAM is fine. DDR3 runs at a higher voltage than DDR3L, but many mobo manufacturers use independent memory controllers for DDR3 support anyway so it doesnt matter.

are you sure you can put a 7th gen CPU in that socket? intel has a thing about macthing chipsets to CPU generations.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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1 minute ago, VioDuskar said:

are you sure you can put a 7th gen CPU in that socket? intel has a thing about macthing chipsets to CPU generations.

7th needs a BIOS update but it can. What cannot fit is 8th gen.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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30 minutes ago, alexacojar said:

Hello, im new here <3

Was wondering if anyone would help me

Specs of my PC:

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 DDR3 socket LGA 1151

INTEL i5-6400 2.7ghz LGA 1151

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 950 2GB

RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1866mhz

And thats the relevant stuff

So im looking to upgrade my CPU, and i was wondering if i need to change my RAM too, for example, im lookin at a i7-6700 6th gen, it matches my motherboard in every way, BUT it says it supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V only, wich i dont have, so would i need to change my ram in order to be able to use the CPU at its max capabilities? Would there be any trouble if i installed this i7 with the same RAM i have? Thanks.

 

 

 

 

What is your budget?

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Yeah you could do a cpu upgrade.

 

However, your cpu really isn't an issue right now so I would suggest you go for a GPU upgrade instead. Maybe get a 1060 6gb.

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2 hours ago, alexacojar said:

about 300-315 US$

you have a good CPU but your GPU is trash...so get a new graphics card, not a new CPU.

After that, consider getting another 8GB kit of RAM and you'll be good to go..the i5-6400 is by no means a bad CPU for gaming.

For RAM, get another of the same kit you already own to ensure compatibility and have 16GB.

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