looking to upgrade pc

[zack]

I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU not sure what to get, recently upgraded ram and GPU
I play games like ARK: survival evolved, Arma 3, Overwatch, Fallout 4
I have trouble running some games with even low graphics currently (get around 20 constant frames on medium-low settings for Arma and Ark)

currently have:
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3
Microsoft Windows 10 Home
AMD FX™-6300 Six-Core Processor, 3500 Mhz
24GB RAM(DDR3)
Nvidia GTX 960
2 hard drives 1 ssd

[veeg]

Hello

Hopefully some more of our members will chime in soon. Do you know the speed of your ram?

@Evan Omo

[zack]

Hello

Hopefully some more of our members will chime in soon. Do you know the speed of your ram?

@Evan Omo

i have no idea. im looking into an I5 but i’d need to get a new motherboard and if i get a new motherboard i need new ram sticks i think?

[Evan_Omo]

Hi zack, Welcome to PCHF!

If you are looking to upgrade your CPU, motherboard and RAM, do you have a preference with getting a new AMD or Intel CPU?

[zack]

Hi zack, Welcome to PCHF!

If you are looking to upgrade your CPU, motherboard and RAM, do you have a preference with getting a new AMD or Intel CPU?

intel i suppose

[Evan_Omo]

I would get these parts:

Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Extreme 4 LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard.

RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZ.

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor.

[zack]

I would get these parts:

Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Extreme 4 LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard.

RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZ.

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor.

might get those, i was looking at these

Motherboard: http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...b53s8itu88l7f7

RAM: http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...rodbo3atj86n02

CPU: http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...ogsv16jrfrd486
I also think I would need a cpu cooler. any recommendations for that?

[zack]

gonna be making my order on the 27th so any replies before that would be greatly appreciated

[Evan_Omo]

Those parts will work fine but why are you ordering the i5-6600K when that CPU is already one generation behind? Wouldn’t you want to get the i5-7600K instead?

[zack]

Those parts will work fine but why are you ordering the i5-6600K when that CPU is already one generation behind? Wouldn’t you want to get the i5-7600K instead?

was trying to stay in a budget, but i think im going to go with what you recommended thanks for the help

[Evan_Omo]

Yeah you are welcome.

Do you have any other questions or would you consider this thread resolved?

[zack]

no further questions thanks for the help

[Evan_Omo]

You are welcome.