What Skylake Cpu to pair with the GTX 1070?

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Hey, so i'm going to be upgrading my computer in a couple days and need to know what would be most beneficial for my new build in terms of new processor to get. I do intend to overclock and am looking for a lasting processor (2-3 years). So for prices and sources i can get a couple types of processors from a friends business that is clearing out. Here's the prices and types -

- 6700k / £240
- 6700 / £195
- 6600k / £165
- 6500 / £140
- 6400 / £120

I have a maximum spending limit of £170 for a processor at this time. So would it be worth buying a 6600k now and sticking with that? Or buy a 6400 that holds it's value and then upgrade to a 6700k upon my next paycheck?
Ow yeah, it's to go along with these parts -

Cooler Master Hyper 103
Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB JetStream Video Card
Other parts aren't really applicable haha

Thanks in advance for any responses.
 
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geofelt
If your main use is for gaming, then the i5-6600k with an overclock will be just as good as a I7-6700K
The reason is that few games can use more than 2-3 threads and bot processors overclock to about the same limits.
As of 5/2016
What percent can get an overclock at a somewhat sane 1.40v Vcore.

I5-6600K
5.0 2%
4.9 11%
4.8 36%
4.7 64%
4.6 88%

I7-6700K
4.9 2%
4.8 17%
4.7 59%
4.6 93%
4.5 100%

As to the other parts on your list:

Hyper 103 is a poor choice. The 92mm fan will be noisy and you will not be able to oc well.
I would suggest the cryorig H7 or any other tower type cooler with a 120mm fan or better.

Motherboard needs to be a Z170 in order to overclock.

8gb is fine, if you are not heavily multitasking.
but make...
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if you are planning to get the 6700k in the future why not just go for the non K version of the 6600 and then upgrade to it later on?

also if you are planning to get a K version to overclock then you will need to find a mobo with a Z series chipset. you cannot overclock on the B7 chipset
 
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If your main use is for gaming, then the i5-6600k with an overclock will be just as good as a I7-6700K
The reason is that few games can use more than 2-3 threads and bot processors overclock to about the same limits.
As of 5/2016
What percent can get an overclock at a somewhat sane 1.40v Vcore.

I5-6600K
5.0 2%
4.9 11%
4.8 36%
4.7 64%
4.6 88%

I7-6700K
4.9 2%
4.8 17%
4.7 59%
4.6 93%
4.5 100%

As to the other parts on your list:

Hyper 103 is a poor choice. The 92mm fan will be noisy and you will not be able to oc well.
I would suggest the cryorig H7 or any other tower type cooler with a 120mm fan or better.

Motherboard needs to be a Z170 in order to overclock.

8gb is fine, if you are not heavily multitasking.
but make that a 2 x 4gb kit so you can run in faster dual channel mode.


 
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Jake_65

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Thanks for the response. I'll be sure to find a better Cooler and Ram aswell as a new motherboard haha. I'm coming from my dreaded AMD build i've been squeezing life out of so am a bit rough with intel. Appreciate the help.
 
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