[SOLVED] looking to upgrading my rig

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chanbeompark23

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Hi, I have a rig that has a i3 8100, a 1050ti. I also have a water cooler for it. Should I get a i3 8350k with a new 1060 6g, or a i7 8700k and stick with the 1050ti? I have a budget of 400 dollars.. I also need to know if there is a good mobo out there within my budget, because the board I have right now is a cheap Chinese one (the soyo H311m-k). if there is not a mobo within my budget, then I will just stick with the one I have right now. Also, I just starting PC building, so im not a expert, but I know the "basics". thank you!
 
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logainofhades
If your power supply is adequate, quality and wattage wise, a new GPU would be the way I would go. That i3 is a pure quad core, and equal to a 7th gen i5. In the event your PSU isn't sufficient.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Mini Video Card ($329.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $399.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-13 15:09 EST-0500
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tennis2

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The i3-8350K isn't worth upgrading to. The i5-8400 would be the cheapest "upgrade" since that gives you 6 cores instead of 4 at the same 4GHz max.

Taking it to an i7-8700K leaves you with a CPU that should last another 6-7 years, but that has me worried that your mobo, which doesn't look fantastic (3+1 power phases?...) won't be able to drive an i7 reliably. Not to mention that only having 2 RAM slots will require you to replace your ram with higher density stuff down the road when you need more instead of simply adding 2 more sticks.
The big 4 are your best - Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, AsRock

Leave the 1050Ti for now. Upgrade in a year.
 
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logainofhades

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If your power supply is adequate, quality and wattage wise, a new GPU would be the way I would go. That i3 is a pure quad core, and equal to a 7th gen i5. In the event your PSU isn't sufficient.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Mini Video Card ($329.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $399.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-13 15:09 EST-0500
 
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