Upgrading 2500k to 6600k £500 budget

pr2thej

pr2thej

pr2thej

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Hi folks,

Just a sense check on the below - budget is pretty much taken up and so if a price is going up then another has to come down. Ive gone for the H5 cooler due to weight concerns (skylakes cracking etc). Ill probably just get the Sentry 2 as well. All the purchased bits aside from the Z170 Deluxe are being reused from my current main PC.
Upgrade is so I can goto Windows 10 and have the activation locked to a newer motherboard than my current one.

Competitor links and prices.
 
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I have had to remove those links as many of them broke forum rules.

But instead of changing the cpu+board+ram how about leaving those as the 2500K is still decent and getting the new case and cooler, then maybe you can also overclock the 2500K if it isnt already.
 
Oh sorry, its been a while! Ill review the rules before updating the post.

My concern with leaving the i5 2500k in place is that I dont want my Windows 10 activation locked to that old motherboard. Unfortunately the platform is so old now that i have to buy a whole new platform. I figure Skylake is the way to go to cover the next 5 years or so.
 
upgraded for the same reason. 2500k might perform well, but if you want the extra features of a z170 motherboard then go for it i say, there is no drawback apart from the money perhaps.
 
Heres the list again...forum friendly this time!


CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£194.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£45.00)

Motherboard: Asus Asus Z170-DELUXE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 3.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £0.00)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £0.00)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£87.95)

Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For £0.00)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For £0.00)

Fan Controller: NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller (£28.99)

Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (Purchased For £0.00)

Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (Purchased For £0.00)

Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB RAPIDFIRE Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For £0.00)

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For £0.00)

Headphones: Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Channel Headset (Purchased For £0.00)

Total: £496.91

Im losing an i5 2500k, crappy kingston RAM, Gigabyte mobo nothing special and a bequiet 530w. Should net me around £200.
 
Thanks, yes I was very tempted by the bundles, but found an openbox Z170 Deluxe for £100....would have been rude not to! It was missing the backplate and the wifi antenna. Of course any decent coooler has iuts own backplate and I scored the antenna for £12 off fleabay.
Id be happy with 8GB RAM tbh, certainly at least for now so yeah, could certainly make some room for 3000mhz
 
 
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