Upgrading CPU and recommendation for SSD

[Dhage]

Hey I got Asus B150 Pro Socket LGA1151 Gaming Motherboard with paired with  Intel Core i5 6400  2.70 GHz Processor now I want to upgrade my processor to 7th Gen core i7 or so, but i want minimum 4 core with 4 threads  and also suggest me an SSD of 250 gig and 500 gig.

[Sernefarian]

Depending on where you live one of these NVMe M.2 drives will work great and likely be within budget.

 

Each of the following 4 NVMe SSDs bench in the same ballpark as the 970 Evo 250 GB at a !generally!  lower  price point while being capacity peers.

 

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/480586/ADATA-SX8200NP - outperforms it by around 5%

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/482421/WDS250G2X0C-00L350 - nearly the samehttp://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/515464/MKNSSDPL250GB-D8 - ~90% 

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/211350/BPX - pretty much the same as the Mushkin pilot.

 

They also all compete relatively close to the 970 Evo at 500GB range.

 

For 2.5" The top performers are

 

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Samsung-850-Evo-500GB/Rating/3477

and

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/418385/CT500MX500SSD1

[Fasauceome]

Since you got a b150, save and go for the 7700 instead of the 7700k. they are on ebay around $250 at this time, so it wouldn't be a terrible idea. Just make sure to get proper cooling, instead of stock intel heat sink.

[jiyeon]

7700 for CPU, Samsung 850 EVO 500GB version for SSD. 250GB vs 500GB Samsung 850 SSDs are always usually around $20 of each other.

[Dhage]

On 22/7/2018 at 7:28 PM, fasauceome said:

Since you got a b150, save and go for the 7700 instead of the 7700k. they are on ebay around $250 at this time, so it wouldn't be a terrible idea. Just make sure to get proper cooling, instead of stock intel heat sink.

Can you suggest air cooler ?

[Fasauceome]

17 hours ago, IamDhage3 said:

Can you suggest air cooler ?

depends on budget. with a good cooler, you can get higher turbo frequencies, but something cheap like the hyper 212 evo or low profile like the cryorig c7 will do just fine.