Upgrade help

[DoogleGrand]

So im looking to upgrade my pc towards the of this year and was looking for some advice, at the moment i have an i3 6100, gtx 1050ti and 8gb of ddr4 and was wondering if i should get an i5 7600 or an extra stick of ram? or if i should get a new motherboard and a ryzen chip?

[Picklestine]

I would try get a 6gen i7 and another 8gb of ram. I dont think you can put a i5 7600 in the same as a i3 6100 i think it needs the 270 chipset. 

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, Picklestine said:

I would try get a 6gen i7 and another 8gb of ram. I dont think you can put a i5 7600 in the same as a i3 6100 i think it needs the 270 chipset. 

Z170 will run 7th gen CPUs with a BIOS update.

@DoogleGrand  What's your budget for the upgrade? What are you hoping to do with the system? Gaming? If so, what games and what settings.

[Bubbles_TPB]

Yeah get a Z270 board and then the I5. thats what my upgrade path is from my I3-7100. Then you could get a I7-7700K if you wanted but I would go 8th or 9th gen insted of the 7700K.

[Picklestine]

3 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Z170 will run 7th gen CPUs with a BIOS update.

@DoogleGrand  What's your budget for the upgrade? What are you hoping to do with the system? Gaming? If so, what games and what settings.

that's the why it should be, is it only Z boards for 170 or can any if they got a update. also Is it 270 to 370 that isn't compatible according to intel then?

[asus killer]

2 minutes ago, Picklestine said:

that's the why it should be, is it only Z boards for 170 or can any if they got a update. also Is it 270 to 370 that isn't compatible according to intel then?

all 7th gen Intel CPU's work on all 6th gen mobos, as long as you have an updated BIOS.

8th gen CPU's are not compatible with 6th or 7th gen mobos.

[DoogleGrand]

well i have a budget of about £300, i was thinking of maybe getting a ryzen chip instead to get more bang for my buck, but i appreciate the help anyway, thanks