8350 to a 6700k?

Xnitro67

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from what it looks like its been asked alot but want more personal stuff i guess. ive been thinking about switching over and heres what i have to what im switching to:

FX 8350 @ 4.5
4x4gb 16gb ddr3 1866 corsair @ 1600 (cant run 1866)
GA-970A-UD3P

to

i7 6700k (going to OC)
2x8gb g skill ( not sure what ram speed is best ?)
GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD5 TH (just seems like the best pick for me)


I do alot of gaming and but id like to do more streaming and such just havnt and yes i do need those usb ports. plus i play some emus
 
That'll work fine. The 6700K needs an aftermarket cooler, Intel "K" CPUs don't come with one. Skylake shows a small amount of scaling with faster RAM, but I wouldn't spend too much extra on it. Probably somewhere between DDR4 2800 and DDR4 3200?
 

spat55

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With RAM I always go for price to speed as normally you can get a big speed increase for very little extra money but eventually the jump gets big. 3000mhz - 3200mhz seemed to be the sweet spot last time I checked.

Going from a 8350 to a 6700k is going to be a huge difference for you anyhow.