Advice on upgrading PC

[Amin21k]

Hey guys, I'm gonna upgrade my PC and I already have a
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500gig HDD and a 450w PSU which I wanna keep them.
Here are my choices of hardwares:

CPU : Corei5 6600

Main : Gigabyte GA Z170 D3H

Ram : G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Dual Channel - 8GB

I mainly use this PC for coding and programs like MATLAB/SIMULINK , PSPICE,... So
1. do you think that these hardwares are wisely chosen based on my field of work ?
2. Is my HDD compatible with this main board ?
3. Is 450 w PSU enough ?

 

[Ketchup]

Power supply is fine barring a high-end video card. Any room in the budget for an SSD?

What are you upgrading from?

 

[Amin21k]

Honestly I'm tight on budget and I'm planning of getting an SSD in future
My current hardwares are
Cpu : Intel celeron 347 D 3.06ghz
Main : asus p5gc-mx 1333 lga 775
Ram : 1gb single channel ddr2
Vga: onboard
HDD : seagate st3500418as sata-||
ODD : asus drw 1814bl

 

[Ketchup]

Wow, that will be a huge jump for you. Nice! What OS?

 

[Amin21k]

Currently xp sp 3

 

[Ketchup]

That is going to be a problem for you. The oldest drivers you are going to find for any of the hardware on your list is Windows 7.

So set aside at least $60 of your budget for that:
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Profe...UTF8&qid=1453168085&sr=1-1&keywords=windows+7

Since you are going Skylake, I would recommend taking advantage of installing Windows 10 (it has full support for that CPU) and activate it with the Windows 7 license you purchased above (since the latest build allows you to do this).

 

[Amin21k]

Oh my bad, yes I'm gonna go for win 10 or win 8.1
Win xp is on my old PC currently installed
My biggest problem is finding a main board which has at least one sata-|| connector to use my HDD and also support Intel lga 1151 processor socket

 

[Ketchup]

You still can't find a board without SATA connectors, so don't worry about that. Are you seeing something that is making you pause there?

 

[Amin21k]

Yes it seems that new generation of main boards only support sata-||| connectors but my HDD is sata-||

 

[Ketchup]

Yes it seems that new generation of main boards only support sata-||| connectors but my HDD is sata-||

SATA 3 is fully backwards compatible with SATA 2.

 

[Amin21k]

So you mean that I can connect my old HDD to sata 3 slots ?

 

[Ketchup]

So you mean that I can connect my old HDD to sata 3 slots ?

With Windows 8 and up, yes. Windows 7 needs special drivers, and older chipsets needed a separate chip. But with the Z170 and Windows 10, you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[Amin21k]

Great it is really good news for me thank you so much for your help

 

[Ketchup]

Glad to help. A lot of good options out there, but Gigabyte and Asus have been my favorites for years.

 

[Amin21k]

Yes they show very good promises