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I'm looking to upgrade my CPU from an i5 6600k to an i7 8700k. I was wondering if I had to/advised to upgrade some other parts or if I could just pop in the new CPU, do a fresh install (something I've been meaning to do) and be on my way?

Currently I'm using:

  • Intel i5 6600k CPU
  • MSI Pro Solution Intel Z170A LGA 1151 DDR4 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard (Z170A SLI) Mobo
  • Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MH RAM

I feel like this is a stupid question and I'm just overthinking this but I don't want to mess things up. Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

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You have to upgrade your motherboard to a z370 chipset because of compatibility.

 

Make sure you have adequate cooling for the 8700K as well as a good power supply. I've heard it can hit 200 watts overclocked to 5GHz.

 

The RAM and video card should all be fine.

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Unfortunately you'd have to upgrade your motherboard,Z170 only supports up to 7700K. You can still reuse your ram,3200Mhz goes well with an 8700K.

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As other people pointed out, Z370 mobo. Dont buy the cheapest one, get something more powerful like the Asus Prime-A or Asrock Extreme4 as the power draw can cook weaker power delivery easily.

 

Good cooler as well.

Tier 3 should be enough, but I'd stick to tier 2 or above because the cooler the better. It's pretty much entirely liquid coolers at tier 1.

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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Thanks for the info guys, really appreciate it! I'm going straight to T1 on that cooling list and getting a corsair H100i to replace my H60 by them. 

Is MSI a good brand for a Mobo? My friend told me about them and I've been using one of theirs for a little over a year and i love it.

Any recommendations on a decent PSU? I think currently I have a 600w one in now. 

 

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