Upgrading build or even buying new one (rather not)

nobody4life

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Hello, I'm currently looking into upgrading my pc. The only real problem is I don't know if the parts I have do even work together and if I'm not buying wrong things. The first pc is the one I currently use and want to upgrade.

Current build:
Case: ZALMAN Z11 PLUS BLACK MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD FX-8320 Eight Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard: ASUS® M5A99X EVO R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s,CrossFireX/SLI, Windows 8)
Memory (RAM): 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk: 120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk: 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader: INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling: Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card: ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS


I'm thinking to upgrade to:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K
Motherboard: Asus B150 PRO GAMING
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (once it is released)

Is my power supply good enough and are all the other parts, like RAM still compatible with these items.


Greetings
Joran
 
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Yes, that motherboard is ddr4. You can't put ddr3 in a ddr4, and vice versa. DDR3 is 240 DIMM and DDR4 is 288 DIMM. You can't even accidentally put the wrong module in. Completely incompatible. If you want to upgrade to skylake,you'll have to buy new memory.

nobody4life

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Garilia

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Yes, that motherboard is ddr4. You can't put ddr3 in a ddr4, and vice versa. DDR3 is 240 DIMM and DDR4 is 288 DIMM. You can't even accidentally put the wrong module in. Completely incompatible. If you want to upgrade to skylake,you'll have to buy new memory.
 
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