UPGRADE TIME - New CPU & Mobo? £600 max.. help!

rmonkey100

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Posted originally in General Hardware but may be more suitable in here? So I'm thinking of upgrading my system since the CPU & mobo are coming up to 5 years old, looking to may get a new CPU, Mobo, Ram & Case? £600 ish max.. my current specs are:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor @ 4.3 ghz OC
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Air CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
AMD RX480 8GB Graphics Card
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM 2133hz
XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs Solid State Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gbs 32MB Cache - OEM
Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11BGN Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case
Acer 27" 75 hz 1080p monitor

Looking to upgrade with:

Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2 GHz QuadCore 8MB Cache Processor
MSI Intel Z270 SLI PLUS 7th/6th Gen USB2 Motherboard - Black
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz CL15 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Red
Corsair CC-9011052-WW Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid-Tower ATX Gaming Case with Red LED Fan - Black

in the future I will be getting a 144hz 1440p monitor too

Will those upgrades all work together, and with what will be remaining of my current hardware? would you recommend anything different?

Thanks!
 
Thanks for the reply!

Would the i7 7700 be worth getting for long term benefit & future proofing?

Also I like the motherboard you recommended, does it have extra connections, for extra tower fans if I choose to install more?

What would you recommend for a new tower? the one I suggested seems okay?
 
Very interesting.. I have looked at the Ryzen CPU's but just can't decide, on gaming benchmarks the Intels still seem to be on top?... with Ryzen been better for video editing etc

How well would the Ryzens overclock?

As for longetivity, my current i5 3750 is coming up 5 years old and is still going strong OC at 4.3ghz

After 4-5 years I'd probably look to upgrade the CPU again anyway?.. or do you mean the actual motherboard socket, in that it will accept much more future generations of AMD processors?
 
Such a hard choice, that is the thing now, not knowing in the future whether games will take on to any big degree & optimize the ryzen threads/cores to go ahead of the Intel CPUs..?!

I will probably look to keep my next CPU for at least 4-5 years before upgrading again.. so by then I might have to buy a new motherboard anyway... all ifs, buts, and maybes at the minute regarding what may happen in the future haha, so hard to decide.

I do like the fact the AMD sockets last longer with regards to been able to just drop in newer CPUs. it is annoying that Intel change socket every couple generations.. my 3750k is so far behind now!
 
Yeah weighing everything up, I think this time I'm edging towards staying with Intel... I mean in 3-4 years I'll have a much better idea about how well the AMD Ryzens are doing, and if they end up been superior by then, can always upgrade to them next time!
 
Yeah the choice now is great to have! I still keep weighing up both sides.. looking around at Ryzen stuff.. which Ryzen CPU is best bang for good competing with the 7700? the Ryzen 7 1700, for around £295?

also what would be a good mobo for it? around the £140 ish mark... would my remaining components go with that mobo fine too, the 212 cooler etc?
 
The Ryzen 1700 is certainly tempting now, for around £290, overclocking it could you hit 4ghz?

Would a X370 be the best type of motherboard to get for future proofing?
 
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