I lost my money by stupid build decision?

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Gazi

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Last year i made an build with i5 6600k, 16gb 2400mhz ddr4(only 2400 and i read 3200mhz give quite boost to performance) and gtx 1060. I bought i5 6600k because i thought its future proof and for a k version i paid like double for motherboard. Now i see that gtx 1060 struggles at 1080p 60 fps at most AAA games. So i thought no problem i will buy gtx 1070 or 1080 in the future, but now i see i5 bottlenecks most of those cards, specially in openworld games like gta 5, ghost recon, witcher 3 or even battlefield 1(low gpu utilisation, i saw bf1 benchmark with gtx 1080ti 1080p i5 3xxx vs i7 6700k and i7 had double the fps at some spots.

So i think i made very bad investment. My previous build was phenom 2 550 unlocked to 4 cores givibg performance of phenom 955. i paid like 600zł for cpu and mobo while i5 6600k + mobo cost me nearly 1800zł. And its intel, there is alredy new platform so i cant upgrade cpu in the future, only option is 6700k which wont give such a huge boost if we consider changing cpu in 4or 5 years. Iam dissapointed. i think i should go with twice less cheaper mobo that wont support k processors and buy i7 6700(not k) that gives same performance of i5 6600k at 4.5ghz and is future proof with its HT. Thats sucks, changing my gpu will be pointless, because my cpu will bottleneck it(at 1080p atleast). I saw some videos and it reduces gpu utilisation even to 75% at some spots at certain games.
 
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there will always be new platforms and new cpus on the horizon you cant worry about that.

you have a solid build. 2400 vs 3200 ddr4 only makes a difference in some games and then only if gpu is being bottlenecked. usually the gpu will be the bottleneck itself and ram speed wont make much of a difference. i have 2400 ddr4 as well.

yes, the 6600k will bottleneck a 1070, or better card, at 1080p, where a i7 will not, despite what some say. but you didnt waste your money. a 7700k is available as an upgrade path(which is exactly what i did) and will last you years(as would a 6700k).

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there will always be new platforms and new cpus on the horizon you cant worry about that.

you have a solid build. 2400 vs 3200 ddr4 only makes a difference in some games and then only if gpu is being bottlenecked. usually the gpu will be the bottleneck itself and ram speed wont make much of a difference. i have 2400 ddr4 as well.

yes, the 6600k will bottleneck a 1070, or better card, at 1080p, where a i7 will not, despite what some say. but you didnt waste your money. a 7700k is available as an upgrade path(which is exactly what i did) and will last you years(as would a 6700k).

 
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A 1060 6gb shouldn't struggle at high settings in games. A 6600k is quite a bit better than a ivy bridge i5. However bf1 is a game that isn't coded in the best way and even struggles on an i7. Ram speed makes no difference with intel (maybe 1-2% more performance at most). A 6600k does not bottleneck a 1070 unless in extremely cpu intensive games (an i7 will also struggle then because it's just ht).

You didn't waste your money however what games struggle with you and at what settings?
 
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