Upgrading i3 system. Start with this motherboard?

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Hello All.

It's difficult to know where to start. I have looked at bundles but they often seem a bit of a compromise?

I have a case that is OK, not new but up to date. It has a fairly new and little used (as a "spare" pc") modular power supply / SSD and storage HDD BUT only a low spec motherboard and an i3 processor and 16GB DDR3 memory).

It has a Radeon RX580 graphics board.

I want to upgrade the thing so that when my grandson visits it will run his games (e.g. MS flight simulator, Forza, etc...)

So I need - motherboard, processor and DDR4 memory.

Thinking of this motherboard as I seem to have had no issues with GIGABYTE motherboards (or ASUS come to that):

Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Stock Code MB-58F-GI - Was: £249.95, now £199.99 (post free as long term Forum member).

Then thinking of an i5 CPU - which one do I need for grandsons gaming please?

This one OK? (no overclocking planned)

Intel core i5-10600 3.30GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail £209

Any advice welcome please? Thanks, Mel
 
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