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rico1-marques

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i wanna upgrade from an amd 6300 fx to an Intel Core i7 8700K (3.7GHz) Socket 1151.

Specifications:
Power supply: 500W
CPU: AMD-FX-6300 Six-core 3.5 ghz 95W AM3+
Motherboard: ASROCK-N68-GS4 FX,AMD,AM3+
graphics card: NVIDIA GTX1050 TI 4GB
HDD: Toshiba 3.5 1TB SATA 3 6Gb/s 7200RPM
Ram: 8GB 1600 mhz Cl-11 DIMM

does these components work ?
Cooler: Cooler CPU Cryorig H7
Ram :Crucial 8GB DDR4 2400MHz Ballistix Sport LT Grey
motherboard: Motherboard Gigabyte B360M DS3H
 
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I5-8400 is excellent.
https://www.globaldata.pt/componentes/processadores/intel/processador-intel-core-i5-8400-28ghz-socket-1151-bx80684i58400

The B360 motherboard you picked is fine.

Buy a 2 x 4gb ddr4 ram kit.
Any speed will do.

Start with your current GTX1050ti.
If you upgrade the graphics card, make it a significant jump.
GTX1060 6gb card like this:
https://www.globaldata.pt/componentes/placas-graficas/nvidia/grafica-evga-geforce-gtx-1060-gaming-6gb-gd5-06g-p4-6161-kr
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geofelt

geofelt

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They are compatible, if that is what you are asking, but not best.

You would be very pleased with a I5-8400 upgrade.
Your GTX1050ti would be appropriate, and even a GTX1070 if your games were fast action shooters.

What you get with a "K" suffix processor is the ability to overclock to the 5.0 range.
You pick the number of threads you need. I3-8350K has 4, I5-8600K has 6, I7-8700K has 12.
8600K is the sweet spot if you are budget limited.
For overclocking you need a Z370 based motherboard.
It is not hard to do, it is simply raising the all core multiplier in the bios.

What is your case?
Do you have 160mm available for a cooler?

Cryorig H7 is overkill for a i5-8400 which comes with an adequate stock cooler.
It is not as good as you want if you will be overclocking a K.

8gb is ok for gaming. buy a 2 x 4gb kit.
I would recommend buying a 2 x 8gb kit up front since simply adding ram later is not guaranteed to work.

Lastly,
I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of games.
But, many things default to the "C" drive.
When a SSD nears full, it will lose performance and endurance.
240gb is the recommended minimum.
 
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geofelt

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I5-8400 is excellent.
https://www.globaldata.pt/componentes/processadores/intel/processador-intel-core-i5-8400-28ghz-socket-1151-bx80684i58400

The B360 motherboard you picked is fine.

Buy a 2 x 4gb ddr4 ram kit.
Any speed will do.

Start with your current GTX1050ti.
If you upgrade the graphics card, make it a significant jump.
GTX1060 6gb card like this:
https://www.globaldata.pt/componentes/placas-graficas/nvidia/grafica-evga-geforce-gtx-1060-gaming-6gb-gd5-06g-p4-6161-kr
 
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The i3-8350k AT STOCK is just 6-7% behind the 8400 ,with a gtx1080! at 1080p! and in several years when the next gen of consoles hits it has another 25% of future proof in it's O/C.
The 1050ti is the bare minimum and will severely hold back either one of those CPUs even at 720/low.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_7_2700/19.html
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