Upgrading 10 year old HTPC

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Hello,
I was looking at upgrading a10 year old HTPC with a new i5 8600k and new motherboard. It already has a Nvidia 1050Ti GTX, and with a 750W PSU and 4GB DDR2. I will have to buy new DDR4 memory also but I was wondering if the PSU will become a bottleneck. I want to be able to wake up the PC via wifi wake on lan. There is no way I can get an ethernet cable to the HTPC and I don't want the system to be up all the time wasting power. Which motherboard will work best? I usually play turn based strategy games with not very heavy loads but would preferably like the system to be VR ready. Also I think this would mean that I will have to reinstall Windows and all my software again?
 
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Well first 750W psu is over kill assuming its a good quality ( you don't mention brand) you could probably get away with a 400-500 PSU (look at seasonic brand). You will need to re-install windows since your changing out the Motherboard, that being said a 1050ti is not really considered VR ready you would want something like a Gtx1070 but with GPU prices the way that they are not a good time to buy. Your CPU choice to be honest is also over kill unless your planing to overclock you maybe better served with an i5 8400 and use the money you saved for upgrading the gpu.

You may want to look into Powerline adapters for your cabling issues personally I find it alot better than wifi.
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Well first 750W psu is over kill assuming its a good quality ( you don't mention brand) you could probably get away with a 400-500 PSU (look at seasonic brand). You will need to re-install windows since your changing out the Motherboard, that being said a 1050ti is not really considered VR ready you would want something like a Gtx1070 but with GPU prices the way that they are not a good time to buy. Your CPU choice to be honest is also over kill unless your planing to overclock you maybe better served with an i5 8400 and use the money you saved for upgrading the gpu.

You may want to look into Powerline adapters for your cabling issues personally I find it alot better than wifi.
 
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You're really building a new system, vs "upgrade".

What OS is this?
 
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