Need upgrade advice (LGA1150 or LGA1151)...

[Nalydyenlo]

Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading my CPU to something like an i5-4690K (or similar). I have an AMD FX-6300 CPU, so obviously I'll have to change out my mobo too. The i5 I mentioned above uses an LGA1150 socket which would suit me fine because I could then keep my DDR3 RAM and save a few bucks.

Or, for future proofing sake, should I go with a chip with the newer LGA1151 architecture and splash out extra for new DDR4 RAM?

Will the LGA1150 sockets and chips eventually become obsolete to the point where they won't be on sale anymore, at which point I'd have to throw away yet another motherboard to upgrade my CPU in the future?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Or just get a Z170 Motherboard that supports DDR3
And then use 6th or 7th Gen LGA-1151 based CPU

What kind of budget did you have in mind for new Motherboard and CPU?

What are all your current hardware specs?
Especially Power Supply and RAM.

You'll want to do a clean install of Win10 64bit as well after such a hardware change.

[Nalydyenlo]

What kind of budget? .....a tight one to be honest! I just don't want to throw away 8 gigs of good DDR3 RAM. The less money I need to spend, the better.

I didn't know you could get LGA1151 mobos that support DDR3 RAM. Thanks, I must look into that.

As for LGA1150, I just read that it's at the end of the line - Intel won't be producing any more CPUs for it, so it will be passe in a few years. Having said that, LGA1151 will probably go out of date some time after that when they come up with the next type of socket. So, you can't win!

My specs:
2 x 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
Corsair 550W PSU

[pasa]

It's safe bet that in 1-2 years Intel will use a new socket. So the current also becomes obsolete. Certainly with little more delay.

Depending on budget and your expectations on performance and use time buying 4th gen may be a good option (if you have access to reliable HW and fair price diff).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Anything you buy regarding electronics like this will be outdated rather shortly anyways.
That is not the point really. Still best to buy something more current so it can possibly last you as long as possible.

Don't see the point of looking back before 6th Gen because of such limited options for older stuff when it comes to boards and cpus, so why bother. Something newer and faster generally costs roughly the same.

[Squirrell]

Have you checked if your current mobo supports faster cpus? Here is a list of cpu's that use am3+ socket.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id11

Upgrading to a new mobo can be expensive - cpu, mobo, memory and maybe a new copy of windows. There is little point doing it for a small jump in performance.

Often it is the graphics card that needs the update, not the cpu.

The new ryzen cpus may be a better choice than an i5 intel at the moment.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Faster than what? You won't really see much difference over any of the other FX CPUs compared to a 6300 really.

Plus it would be a waste for such a CPU change; such as going from FX-6 to FX-8

First off, OP can get a DDR3 Intel Motherboard, like I suggested.
And you never need a new OS, period.