Upgrading 2500k to 6600k £500 budget

[pr2thej]

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.

 

[pr2thej]

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.

 

[pr2thej]

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.

 

[pr2thej]

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