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I want to buy an i5 7600K this Black Friday and a new motherboard. I have 16Gb DDR3 RAM and I don't really want to buy new sticks. is the new i5 compatible? if so what motherboards could I get along with it?

Seems like a dumb question but I'm not sure how to figure it out.

 

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No, you need DDR4 RAM.

There were a couple 100 series boards that were DDR3L compatible but that's it. DDR3 is all but dead on the newest platforms.

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1 minute ago, UnicornOnTheCob said:

I want to buy an i5 7600K this Black Friday and a new motherboard. I have 16Gb DDR3 RAM and I don't really want to buy new sticks. is the new i5 compatible? if so what motherboards could I get along with it?

Seems like a dumb question but I'm not sure how to figure it out.

 

No it requires the use of DDR4 so you will need to replace your RAM. 

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Just now, UnicornOnTheCob said:

ok are there any intel processors that support DDR3 that wont bottleneck a 1070?

The 4790K or the 4690K shouldn't, pair it with a Z97 chipset and you'll be good.

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Get the i7 4790k as stated if you already have compatible motherboard or simply wants to reuse your RAM, the i5 7600k is a terrible processor for the cost and in a dead platform, better get the i3 8350k with z370 since it is the exact same 4c/4t processor but better upgrade path.

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1 minute ago, UnicornOnTheCob said:

I mean its cheap and won't bottleneck me, what's wrong?

 

An 8100 could come close to beating it.

An 8350K or 8400 could definitely beat it out in almost all scenarios.

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oh thanks, then why is it an "i3", Isn't that the whole point of the name? lol 

It's a quad core processor, and has very similar performance to a 7600K. Intel has changed the lineup a fair but this time around so it's not the same as before.

https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/cpus/intel-core-i3-8350k-review/3/

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Just now, UnicornOnTheCob said:

won't the 2 cores be a drag? I haven't even looked at the i3's because of that.

the i3 8350k is a rebranded 4c/4t i5 7600k.

6 minutes ago, UnicornOnTheCob said:

I mean its cheap and won't bottleneck me, what's wrong?

It isn't cheap it is actually over priced considering the z270 already dead platform high costs still.

 

4c/4t processors are already on their limit, getting fully 100% max out on many games like BF1, PUGB, Assassins Creed Origins, Watch Dogs 2 and many other titles which has been impacting in a bottleneck on graphics cards equal or higher to a GTX 1070 / 980 Ti, it's minimums are bad and even averages are shitty considering the recent 6 cores processors from both AMD and Intel.

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1 minute ago, UnicornOnTheCob said:

OK thanks, everyone! I think the i3-8350 is the one for me. Thanks for the clarification and everything!

 

The 8400 costs the same, and you get 2 more cores, which will benefit you. The issue is finding it in stock. 

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