Affordable Skylake upgrade?

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Hi, I got an A10-7850K/280x build and i'm looking to upgrade to Skylake or anything good for the purpose. I play some older CPU intensive or-so-they-say stuff like modded Skyrim for example. I eventually plan to get something like a 1070 or around that range, and I don't want a bottleneck. But right now I just wanna start by the CPU upgrade, which also means another motherboard and RAM perhaps. Budget for CPU, RAM, and Motherboard is "around" $400. But I'm open to suggestions outside the range.

Thanks in advance for the help!
 
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Trafalgar747
This would be a very good upgrade from your current processor and is under $400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $323.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 00:13 EDT-0400


If you can go out of over $400 (will handle and graphics card alive today)

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Skyrim is highly single-thread bottlenecked, so a Core i3 6100 would be a significant upgrade. In games that are well-threaded, such as Battlefield, it's only going to be a small upgrade. An i5 6500 would be far better in every way, but the i3 should help significantly in older games.
 
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Ecky

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For a more specific recommendation,

For non-overclocking:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226601&cm_re=DDR4_2400-_-20-226-601-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117563&cm_re=i5_6500-_-19-117-563-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128881

Total: $320


For overclocking:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226601&cm_re=DDR4_2400-_-20-226-601-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561&cm_re=i5_6600k-_-19-117-561-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157675
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&cm_re=hyper_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

Total: $410
 
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Trafalgar747

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This would be a very good upgrade from your current processor and is under $400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $323.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 00:13 EDT-0400


If you can go out of over $400 (will handle and graphics card alive today)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $507.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 00:11 EDT-0400

If you can go even higher (will still be considered powerful after a few years)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $607.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 00:14 EDT-0400


Also consider getting a Samsung 850 evo SSD or Samsung's 950 M.2 SSD if you have the dough.
 
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