Cheapest CPU for 1080 GPU

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ive been looking through some PC's on https://www.freshtechsolutions.co.uk/ and found some that have 1080's with i5 8400 etc for under £1050 (my budget).
I was wondering what the cheapest CPU is to match with the 1080 and will be good for rendering videos (sony vegas), multitasking e.g. playing games with Spotify and discord and getting 1080p60fps in pretty much all games at ultra/high.

Best one ive found - https://www.freshtechsolutions.co.uk/intel-core-i5-8400-1tb-8gb-3000mhz-gtx-1080-8gb-rampage-computer-gaming-pc.html Could be oc'd????

Please link me any pre-builds that you would recommend under £1050
It could be a 1070 / 1070 ti if it has a really good processor.
could a ryzen 2400G do it?

Thanks for taking ur time to read this!
 
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as already mentioned, GTX 1080 is way overkill for 1080p@60Hz.
if you are going to use 60Hz monitor for the next few years, all you need is GTX 1070.
the best CPU for 60Hz monitor and your tasks would be ryzen 1700 or 1800 with good X370 motherboard.
if plan on high refresh monitor (100+ hz) you'd be better with intel. 8400 is nice, but in a couple of years will have problems handling games without freezes/lags. same goes for 8600K.
so for you, intel way is either 8700 or 8700K.
as already mentioned, GTX 1080 is way overkill for 1080p@60Hz.
if you are going to use 60Hz monitor for the next few years, all you need is GTX 1070.
the best CPU for 60Hz monitor and your tasks would be ryzen 1700 or 1800 with good X370 motherboard.
if plan on high refresh monitor (100+ hz) you'd be better with intel. 8400 is nice, but in a couple of years will have problems handling games without freezes/lags. same goes for 8600K.
so for you, intel way is either 8700 or 8700K.
 
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