Need a new good intel CPU

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seang2001

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my current specs: GPU: RX 480 4Gb

CPU: Intel i5 6400 2.7gHz
Motherboard: B150M-DS3H DDR4
RAM: HyperX FURY Black Series 8 GB DDR4
PsU: Corsair CX 650M
Hard drive: 1TB Seagate hard drive

need a new decent intel processer for around 200-250 pounds (with a cheap but good cooler if possible)

i would also like a new hard drive (1TB) thats around 50 pounds and a sturdy case around 40 pounds that will hold these new specs with my old specs.

many thanks
 
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If you update the BIOS before you change cpus you'll be fine. That SSD is pretty slow in most cases, a SanDisk ultra II would be a lot faster for not a lot more money
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Barty1884

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What are you trying to achieve with these upgrades?

You're looking at ~270 fora modern, compatible i7...... a little extra for the K variants. Going for a locked chip would make sense, as you don't need the CPU cooler (they come with a stock cooler), and your board can't OC anyway.
 
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seang2001

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my CPU is old and doesnt perform very well. and also my hard drive is 2 years old and its slowing my computer's startup etc
 
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Barty1884

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Doesn't perform very well in.....? Without knowing what you want to achieve specifically, it's hard to recommend anything. The i5-6400 is by no means "old". Sure it's not current gen, and it was the lowest clocked i5 from Skylake, but it should still be more than usable for most use cases.

As for your HDD, at 2 years old, it shouldn't be failing. Run a health check with the tool Seagate provides - if it's ok healthwise, keep it. As for an upgrade, a clean install of your OS would likely speed things up a bit.....but an SSD upgrade, as captaincharisma suggested, would feel like a huge upgrade over a traditional HDD.
 
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captaincharisma

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going with another mechanical HDD will give you the same or very little improvement. the only thing i can see wrong with your CPU is that it is an entry level I5 so upgrading to at least an I5 6600 will give you a better experience

 
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Going from a i5 to another i5 of the same gen would be no improvement (other then a couple of points in benchmarking), and that i5 isn't a slouch either, and its not going to beat anyone with an i7, but in gaming it should be sufficient. And if you trying to game better, a gpu upgrade would be more noticeable but not with that budget you better off saving for a i7-6700/7700 or a gtx 1070 or equivalent (400$) only those upgrade paths would put you in another class of performance, anything lest would be marginal, and sending you back here for another upgrade. But a ssd would help alot in load times you'll only be able to get a small one with out blowing the budget (I've picked up a 256gb nvme m.2 ssd for 100$) and standard 2.5 should be cheaper.

And what exactly are you doing, cause you already at decent anything above is great, and that rx 480 should do very well at 1080p, my 480 8gb handles 4k low to medium (with a 4770k@4.2ghz) and shows out at 1080p
 
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Those 6400s are just clocked so dreadfully slow.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6400-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3550/3512vsm846


Here it is losing to mid range i5s from ivy bridge. I have a 3350p oced to 3.6/3.7 I struggle a bit with a few newer games, that slow thing isn't going to be any better. I agree I'd never Upgrade to to another locked i5 in the same gen, but a 7700 would be a large upgrade for him.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-7700-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6400/3887vs3512

30% improvement per Core and adding hyperthreading is pretty substantial
 
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seang2001

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so i've come to a conclusion and here is what i think i am going to get these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7-7700-QuadCore-Cache/dp/B01N0L41N7

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-PLUS-Sata-inch-Internal/dp/B01F9G414U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1501774876&sr=8-2&keywords=120gb+ssd

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Computer-Cases/Bitfenix-Nova-Midi-Tower-Case-Window-BFX-NOV-100-KKWSK-RP/B016CMS1IW/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1501774918&sr=1-2&keywords=computer+case

just need a clarification. all of these are going to work together yes? the CPU wont have any problem in my motherboard right?
 
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captaincharisma

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no, but you will need to update the BIOS to the latest version for it to support that CPU

 
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