Help: Wanting to upgrade CPU/RAM/Motherboard

sirheinouslot · Oct 8, 2016

My Specs ATM:
MSI 760gm-p23
FX 4300 3.8 GHZ
GTX 960 (no OC)
Cheap 1600 mhz 8gb ram.

I won't be changing my graphics card.
I want to upgrade, would this list work out and could it be made cheaper? Main games I'd play is Simulation/Strat games.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qCq3RG

Zerk2012 · Oct 8, 2016

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/cTRkD8
A bit cheaper with a better power supply.
100 Bucks cheaper reusing your old memory but 1 generation older processor still much improvement over what you have and only a bit off the 6500.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KjCLyf

sirheinouslot · Oct 15, 2016

Would changing motherboard involve changing hard drive. Would my GTX 960 be compatible with the list you made (lower price list)

My huge list of questions:

12gb or 16gb ram?

I've done a bad OC before, it resulted in a BSOD and ever since the bad OC (I resetted my OC after BSOD) my computer has to be switched on/off twice in the morning to make it switch on because when I wake up in the morning and off I go to switch the computer on, when I do it switches on very fast then black screens not even keyboard lights will work. I have to restart via power button for it to switch on normally. Does this mean I have perm damage to motherboard and where else could this damage have went?

I know it sounds as if im lazy and I'm all like I don't want to do it myself but in reality I am not confident enough to pick PC parts, what if they aren't going to work together? Especially considering that I've made so many mistakes in the past.

badboyrog2 · Oct 15, 2016

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZHGMFd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZHGMFd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $427.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-15 16:40 EDT-0400

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