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Can I upgrade my CPU without having to switch my motherboard?

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This may be kind of a dumb question....and I know that but I'm not sure how to find out myself so I'm going to ask anyway. With the coffee lake cpu's can I upgrade from my existing kaby lake cpu without switching my motherboard? Ive got a B250M motherboard.

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CPU: Pentium G4560  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC  RAM: 8GB DDR4 2400mhz  CASE: NZXT S340  POWER SUPPLY: EVGA 500B MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H  STORAGE: 1tb Wd Blue 7200rpm hdd  MOUSE: Redragon M711 Cobra Chroma RGB 

KEYBOARD: Corsair Strafe  MICROPHONE: Blue Snowball  DISPLAY: Dell S2440L 1080p 60hz  HEADPHONES: Audio Technica ATH-M30X's

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1 minute ago, Zeke_ said:

This may be kind of a dumb question....and I know that but I'm not sure how to find out myself so I'm going to ask anyway. With the coffee lake cpu's can I upgrade from my existing kaby lake cpu without switching my motherboard? Ive got a B250M motherboard.

What's your current CPU?

 

Coffee lake doesn't work in 2xx chipsets because intel said no even though it would totally work in those boards.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

What's your current CPU?

 

Coffee lake doesn't work in 2xx chipsets because intel said no even though it would totally work in those boards.

Pentium G4560

#BudgetMasterRace

CPU: Pentium G4560  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC  RAM: 8GB DDR4 2400mhz  CASE: NZXT S340  POWER SUPPLY: EVGA 500B MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H  STORAGE: 1tb Wd Blue 7200rpm hdd  MOUSE: Redragon M711 Cobra Chroma RGB 

KEYBOARD: Corsair Strafe  MICROPHONE: Blue Snowball  DISPLAY: Dell S2440L 1080p 60hz  HEADPHONES: Audio Technica ATH-M30X's

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5 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

Pentium G4560

Should be alright for 60hz gaming

 

wouldn't bother upgrading to an i7 on that platform unless it's a really cheap i7 6700 or i7 7700 non K.

*Ryzen 5 significantly devalued 4c/8t i7s IMO

 

At least you have Ryzen 3000 in a few months

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

Pentium G4560

Oof that is quite the low-end chip, you could try getting a new CPU from the SkyLake lineup.

Most stores still have them new here in Belgium.

It'll be a bit less value wise but if you wanted a better value you'd need to shell out extra $ for a new motherboard.

When the PC is acting up haunted,

who ya gonna call?
"Monotone voice" : A local computer store.

*Terrible joke I know*

 

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6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What's your current CPU?

 

Coffee lake doesn't work in 2xx chipsets because intel said no even though it would totally work in those boards.

If he really wanted Coffee Lake, there's BIOS mods out there for it. Not the most elegant solution, though.

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