Cheap CPU + GTX1060/RX480 [1080p@60hz]

kenchu

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Hello everyone, I am having a hard time deciding beetween the Pentium G4560 and i3 6100/7100 (exact same price in my country). The pentium is half the price, I'm not on a VERY tight budget but I want to spend the less possible. My plan is to play games at 1080p@60hz with a graphics card that can pull 60fps + at ALL TIMES at high/very high/ultra settings (Really hard for me to noice a difference, in most games I will keep 3 or 4 settings at ultra and the others at high / very high. I think I won't be using things like msaa at all). If I have a 60hz monitor and my graphic cards makes it never go down below 60fps, I won't get stuttering right? (I will only be able to see 60fps). So my options I though for graphics cards are:

-gtx 1060 [3gb or 6gb version? ]
-rx 480 [is the 8gb version really worth it?]
-rx 470 [will do 60fps+ at all times at that settings? Is it enough?]

I am aware of the bottleneck, but I am not trying to upgrade cpu until 2 or 3 years, so if the 470 does the job it's ok for me. I just want that for now, 1080p 60fps+ with a mix of settings at ultra/very high/high.

Sorry guys for the great number of questions, but I am an ignorant enthusiast. I would appreciate if you try to answer all of my doubts instead of doing a quick reply and answer only 1 question. Also your experience is appreciated! Thank you so much !
 
The problem is this insistence that framerate AT ALL TIMES is a certain number. That can't be guaranteed on a budget. The G4560 can get you to 60fps average, so there's no reason to spend more on an i3.

However, some games are not optimized well. On these kinds of games you might see framerate drops well under 60fps no matter what CPU you have. Other games will suffer framerate drops because they are designed for quad core CPUs and not dual cores with hyperthreading. Also, high or ultra settings on one game can be very demanding, while on another game they aren't too demanding, so it's impossible to guarantee framerate in ALL situations.

I think with the G4560/8gb system ram/RX 470 or GTX 1060 3gb, you'd have a really good budget system that would handle all games at 1080p with settings up around high and framerate up around 60fps MOST of the time.