i5 6400 to what?

[warren_1979]

Hi.

I might be buying a gaming PC base unit from a work colleague which is made by Zoostorm. I was going to make my own G4560/1050ti budget build but this came up and it has a GTX 1060 6GB inside. Usually I would have declined it but the price is similar to my budget build so it's a no brainer.

Anyway it only has a i5 6400 inside. I was thinking of possibly selling this and the g4560 and putting the money towards another Intel but looking around it seems Intel is extremely poor VFM at the moment. I knew this already as I have been keeping my eye this forum and Ryzen but it seems I would need to put another £100 on top of the money I got for these two Intel CPU's for possibly a sideways move.

What do you think? Would the 6400 choke the 1060?

 

[warren_1979]

As cheap as possible.

I think I am better off just keeping it for now until I go Ryzen.

 

[warren_1979]

I'm not sure what board I have until I see the base unit. I think it is a cheapo job.

What about getting a ASRock K4 MOBO and adjusting the BCLK and trying to overclock the 6400?

 

[warren_1979]

Yes I will be running at 1080p60hz. Good to know thanks.

 

[warren_1979]

Thanks peeps looks like the setup will be fine then.

Fairly low clock on the 6400 but you can overclock it past 4Ghz on a Z170 board with correct bios, big boost in performance.

Can you recommend a Z170 than can clock my 6400. I have read reports on the internet that Intel is not happy about this and is blocking it somehow (possibly through windows updates).

 

[warren_1979]

Well it was price initially. I think I totted up a basic Ryzen build at about £700 ish all new. I haven't gamed in years and I could get bored with it after a month so I decided to do a budget build instead for about £400 with a G4560/1050ti inside and if I get into the gaming again sell it and get a good Ryzen PC, but then this base unit came up for a little extra over the budget build. So I was then thinking with the extra components I had bought for the budget build (CPU + RAM) make two systems and sell one and come away with a i5 gtx1060 build for not much cash.

Anyway after doing some research on the net it looks like the zoostorm MOBO is an MSI B150 Mate which looks pretty decent to me, and the PSU (which I thought would be turd and have to sell along with the mobo) is actually an FSP group PSU and I've heard they are OK. So I think the only thing I have to do with this PC is change the garish case. Saves the hassle of splitting it into two systems and buying extra components.

If I am still gaming in 3 months I will go Ryzen