Upgrading a pc to play planet coaster

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freestuff4keith

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I plan to upgrade my existing pc

Asus Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB DDR5 - 6 PEG 20A 450W - - 2x DVI-D VGA HDMI Full height
Asus Micro ATX H81M-P-SI LGA 1150 2x DDR3 DVI-D VGA USB 3.0 Front x2 & Back x2 Mono Speaker 1K LAN
1155/1156 Fan CPU Cooler
PC31037 MicroATX Gloss Black Stone Chrome Mini Tower PSU Chieftec 500Watt APS500S ATX12V 80 Plus PSU
Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz 22NM 6MB Cache 4 Cores 4 Threads HD 4600 Turbo Boost vPro VT
Kingston 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Non ECC CL11 DIMM F/Height PC3-12800
Microsoft Wired Desktop 400 for Business keyboard mouse bundle USB - 5MH-00002
Windows 10 pro 64 Bit Digital Key
Samsung Black Sata 24 X DVD Writer
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gbps 7200RPM 64Mb Cache

By installing
Intel Core i5 8600K, Coffee Lake, 6-Core, 3.6GHz, 4.3GHz Turbo [Overclocked - CPU professionally overclocked up to 4.8GHz]
With a dark rock cooler
Plus

Zotac ZT-P10800C-10P GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8GB GDDR5X Graphics Card

And an extra 8GB of ram ( same make I am told )

The other alternative to start again is too expensive ( £1300)

Will these components fit on my existing motherboard ok ?

As the I5 comes with the cooler attached, is,it easy to replace with the existing I5 CPU ?

Will the bios need any changes made to acomadate he new hardware ?

 
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clarkjd

That would be best, but still no guarantee that it will work.
Getting un-matched ram to work together is problematical at best, and impossible at worst. Even same brand, model, voltages, timings, etc., if the sticks were bought at different times. The best chance for success is to use a matched kit of two sticks of ram. Ram manufacturer's sell matched kits guaranteed to work together for a reason.

According to this:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H81MP/HelpDesk_CPU/
the best I5 CPU supported by your motherboard is an I5-4690K. anything better is an I7-47xx.
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Your motherboard will not work with that processor.
You would also need a new motherboard and DDR4 memory.
The processor you have now should be fine for that game you need a new video card (possibly a new PSU also)

RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
Processor: Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
 
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freestuff4keith

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Hello
Thanks, why is it that the OC I5 is not suitable ?

I am looking at GTX 1070 hopefully this will fit, and I will upgrade the power supply...

Would I need another 8 GB same make RAM

This is for my grand daughter whom is severely autistic, so if I modify it, she must see some big improvement or there will be trouble for me...

Hope you can advise further

Thanks

 
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The i5 8600K does not work with the motherboard that you have. It would work with the game but not work in your motherboard. I said nothing about it not being suitable just that to use it you would also need a new Z370 board and new DDR4 memory.

You never listed the power supply so I don't know if it needs replacing or not.

The GTX 1070 would bee a good choice for the video card that is all you need to upgrade (unless you need the upgraded power supply to power it)
Adding 8GB more memory could help since it says 12GB recommended.

This is the recommended specks for the game not the exact parts you need.
https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/planet-coaster/13269
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
Processor: Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
 
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freestuff4keith

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Thanks again
Believe it is 550W but will check
So what is the upper limit for an I5 for my Mobo ?

I am told it’s always best to get the same make Ram when adding an extra stick, is that true if the specs match ?

Graphic cards seem to be very expensive at the moment , apparently in high demand for crypto mining....
 
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That would be best, but still no guarantee that it will work.
Getting un-matched ram to work together is problematical at best, and impossible at worst. Even same brand, model, voltages, timings, etc., if the sticks were bought at different times. The best chance for success is to use a matched kit of two sticks of ram. Ram manufacturer's sell matched kits guaranteed to work together for a reason.

According to this:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H81MP/HelpDesk_CPU/
the best I5 CPU supported by your motherboard is an I5-4690K. anything better is an I7-47xx.
 
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