So I just read that in my best Shatner impression . This really must be why he talked . like . that . <| sep |> it ' s about 9 % faster but priceperf of a 6500 should be better . it will be a bit more future proof but in my opinion there are a lot better ways to go about that like getting a z 170 board which allows for OC and faster RAM , both making your system a lot faster compared to those 300 mhz you get from the CPU . judging from the rest of your system , i ' d recommend against it . what you should do instead is get 2 x 4 gb memory instead since dual channel actually makes a good amount of difference compared to single channel and the price should be the same . if you ' re after performance , 256 gb SSD will work a lot better than a HDD but i don ' t know how much space do you need . honestly , if you plan on keeping the system for years , i ' d wait for kaby lake and zen which should take like 23 months because it should give you a better deal on both motherboard and a CPU compared to what you can get now . you ' re buying the cheapest motherboard possible which also gives you basically no ways to improve your CPURAM related performance down the line .