CPU & Motherboard upgrade

Ocean_Dan · 22 Sep 2019 at 14:19

Looking to replace my motherboard and existing CPU and would like some of your opinions on what is optimal for my machine. Existing specs are as follows:
CPU: i5 6400k 3.2ghz
GPU: 1070
RAM: 16 gb ddr4
Motherboard: some scuffed HP board called 828A
PSU: 550W

My GPU is good enough for me but my CPU bottlenecks on every game. As my motherboard is pretty trash I guess I would need to upgrade this in order to support a better CPU. I was thinking of an i7 for a replacement and am looking to spend about £400-£500. Thanks in advance guys.

Ocean_Dan · 22 Sep 2019 at 15:21

Seems pretty solid for that price.

Ocean_Dan · 22 Sep 2019 at 18:33

Just ordered the MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX. Cheers for the advice lads.

Ocean_Dan · 23 Sep 2019 at 19:31

On CPU-Z it says my NB Frequency is 3200MHz ish, and underneath in my DRAM frequency it is around 1060 MHz. I do not have the original PSU, I upgraded that like a year ago so it does have up to 8 pins for the cpu. If the motherboard doesn't fit my case I'll just buy a new one. My current one is quite small.