Upgrade from 1150 to 1151 (MOBO,CPU & RAM)

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hi i need help with upgrading from 1150 to 1151

i currently have :
MSI z97 gaming 5
i5 4670k
ram dominator platinum CMD8GX3M2A1600C8
GPU MSI GTX 1060 gaming x 6GB
psu corsair RM550x
HDD WD 2TB
M.2 128MB for system
Corsair H80i water cooling already running for 1 yr

i wanna upgrade to 1151 for skylake, i know its a waste for gaming rig since it doesnt affect very much as long i have i5 for AAA gaming.

i need opinion for upgrade, looks like im going to downgrade it, since i will use single GPU (mentioned above) , Mobo (prefer MSI H170 that can support HDD WD 2TB and M.2 128MB for system) , CPU (prefer i5 not overclock), RAM (prefer a durable lifetime),

im not going to overclock and only use single GPU to play BF 4 , BF 1, etc.

thanks in advance
 
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I would keep your old platform and lose money only once rather than lose money every year to change platform to avoid re-sell price. In the long run you are wasting more money by trying to keep up with the latest platform.

I had an i7-2600 since it was released and I upgraded to i7-6700k 2 weeks ago when my CPU died. I would be down upwards of 600$ if I had upgraded platforms with each iteration.

Just keep your computer till something breaks, then upgrade.
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Waste of money to upgrade to Skylake, your better off getting a Xeon or i7 Haswell Refresh if you need the extra hyper-threading.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($334.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $334.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 14:01 EST-0500

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $239.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 14:02 EST-0500

If you just looking for improvements in gaming then get a better GPU.
 
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I agree with the other responses. No need to upgrade yet. What are you after? more FPS? Then get a 1070 or 1080. Finding CAD/Design software struggling? Then move to i7 and increase RAM. No need to needlessly shift to skylake platform especially with Kaby Lake desktop cpu's most likely coming out in Jan/Feb 2017
 
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i havent heard of kaby lake coming out in jan/feb 2017. looks like i have missed some info about it.. because in my place, the price for mobo and cpu gonna be cut to half when there's 2 new versions for mobo and cpu. i plan to sell it because i feel like my rig too overkill just for gaming. that's why i plan to move to H170 for downgrade it..
 
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LOL WHAT!? How is your system too overkill? A Haswell i5 and GTX 1060 is good for the games your playing as long as your playing at 1080P/60 FPS. All your going to accomplish by "downgrading" is wasting money for no reason. And even if you don't care to overclock then leave it as it, it's not going to hurt anything by leaving it at stock performance.
 
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Why do you want to spend money to downgrade your system?

Also, a google search reveals 'predicted' date of 5th Jan 2017 for Kabylake desktop and some of the supporting evidence/sources seem solid to me. Expect Intel to remain quiet because AMD seem to be making some strides with their new architecture.
 
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well that kaby lake changes my opinion for downgrading. what im concerned is that my mobo right now sells only 150$ when i bought it around 230$ that's why i don't wanna w8 for it to be cheaper. because i expected when kaby lake is launched, the sell price for my mobo gonna be around 100 more or less... i want to sell it tho without getting cheaper
 
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I would keep your old platform and lose money only once rather than lose money every year to change platform to avoid re-sell price. In the long run you are wasting more money by trying to keep up with the latest platform.

I had an i7-2600 since it was released and I upgraded to i7-6700k 2 weeks ago when my CPU died. I would be down upwards of 600$ if I had upgraded platforms with each iteration.

Just keep your computer till something breaks, then upgrade.
 
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@engineer5261, Agreed and if your CPU didn't die the i7-2600 would still be good for today's standards. I have the 4770K and will be using it until it fails or until well into 2018/19 before even considering upgrading (as long as it keeps pace with current GPU's).
 
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I agree 100%, my i7-2600 was still running strong and I play a lot of the latest games. Same as you I did not feel the need to upgrade at all.

WildCard999 is right that CPU advances have slowed to a crawl in the last few years and software needs to catch up to make use of multi core/threading.

 
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