i5-8600k Vs i7-8700 Vs i5-8500 Vs Ryzen5 1600X Vs Ryzen5 2ndGen [ Please exclude OC ] With GTX 1060 6 GB.

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Hello World,

I understand this is quite a debated topic now and has been answered lot of times , but more i read about it more confused i get.

I'm a first time PC builder and i want it purely for gaming.

I don't want to get into OC stuff , i don't want to do that.

Please provide with your valuable feedback considering Multi-threading importance for newer games and Post Meltdown-Patch-Fix-Performance issues.

Appreciate your response and thanks in advance!

 
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For pure gaming an i7 is a waste, you're better off aiming lower and putting the money into a faster graphics card.

Don't worry TOO much about future games, any current 6 core part will be fine for some years to come, Intel or AMD.

As has been seen, the meltdown patches only have any noticeable effect in certain server/data centre situations, normal mortals won't even know the patch has been installed.


The key to your CPU/GPU question is really: What display/s will you use or upgrade to?

If you're going to stay with a 60Hz display ( any rez ) then any of those CPUs will be fine because you'll be capped at 60FPS regardless of CPU/GPU ( unless you want a huge mess or torn frames that is. ;) )

If you're going to use or upgrade to a...

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If you asking for a optimized CPU not best in this class just buy i5-8500 it will do just fine with gtx 1060. However since you have to buy a Z370 mobo for this setup which supports overclocking you may eventually going to experiment with overclocking, in that case you may buy i5-8600k if money is not a problem. If is a faster processor too. In any case,
1. You don't need i7-8700 since your target GPU is GTX 1060 so you will not need that much horse power.
2. Avoid Ryzen due to reduced single core performance or reduced IPC. Games always prefers higher IPC from CPU. In future games will be taking advantage of multiple cores but more draw calls by CPU can be processed better with higher IPC so with a 6 core cpu without hyper-threading you will stay in safe zone for 3-4yrs. But you may need to upgrade the GPU.
 
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Thanks for your response.

I have 2 more doubts -

1) would 8600k support Gtx 1070 (no bottleneck?), in future if i want to upgrade?
2) would the meltdown patch fix have any performance impact on games ?


 

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1. It can handle two GTX 1080 in sli without bottleneck for sure in 99% of games if those games supports sli:). So yes it can handle GTX 1070 and its next iteration also (GTX 2070 or what ever).
2. Meltdown patch has some impact on performance but there is a huge benchmark video by hardwareunboxed in utube where they have confirmed that tha gaming is not affected tangibly. So don't worry.
 
For pure gaming an i7 is a waste, you're better off aiming lower and putting the money into a faster graphics card.

Don't worry TOO much about future games, any current 6 core part will be fine for some years to come, Intel or AMD.

As has been seen, the meltdown patches only have any noticeable effect in certain server/data centre situations, normal mortals won't even know the patch has been installed.


The key to your CPU/GPU question is really: What display/s will you use or upgrade to?

If you're going to stay with a 60Hz display ( any rez ) then any of those CPUs will be fine because you'll be capped at 60FPS regardless of CPU/GPU ( unless you want a huge mess or torn frames that is. ;) )

If you're going to use or upgrade to a fast 1080 display then go Intel, they have a significant advantage at this resolution/refresh rate.

If you're going to use or upgrade to a display of more than HD resolution ( any refresh ) then any of the CPUs will be fine, Intel has little advantage outside 1080/fast refresh, regardless of their better IPC because it's usually the GPU that becomes the restriction.

Older games that rely on one or two cores like the higher frequency/IPC of Intel but TBH I usually find such games run so quickly that any differences are largely academic.
 
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I really apologies , I failed to mention that i would gaming on 32" FHD IPS TV , 1080p@60Hz. Should that change the decision if i pick 8500 or 8600k. Also I wanted to know how these 2 CPU will stand against Ryzen 2Gen ?
 
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I really apologies , I failed to mention that i would gaming on 32" FHD IPS TV , 1080p@60Hz. Now I was thinking how good GTX 1070 will perform. I like playing at all settings maxed out.

So , Would i be fine to play games like BF1 , FC5 , SC/S42 with 6-core, 6-thread with GTX 1070 ?