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Spacemanrob

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I'm looking for a decent gaming CPU to compliment my RX480, I play at 1080p 60hz, I've done a bit of research and have an idea what I think might be suitable but am interested to hear your thoughts also. Would appreciate your advice. Will be making the purchase tonight.
 
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as a true gamer, i would say go for the 8600k,

two reasons
1.After a year or two , game will require more cpu power, i see a lot of user. having a i5 non-k cpu (i5 4460, i5 7500/6500) asking what to do with mediocre fps , and unfortunately, most of our response will be sorry CPU bottle necked, nothing you can do, replace mobo+cpu.. where as user having 4690k/6600k, we will say, oc it to 4.5 Ghz it should be good for a while. the OC headroom makes up for 1 generational change in CPU. (GPU gains tends to be more significant)

2.most 1080p gaming are CPU bound, you see a linear gains in fps by pushing the cpu, especially in those single threaded/poorly optimized game (PUBG and WOW).
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Well, we would need to know what the rest of your specs are...? AMD and Intel platforms/sockets aren't interchangeable. Furthermore you didn't state a budget. I'd personally ask you to go with a Ryzen 5 processor but if your budget allows, I'd ask you to get a Coffeelake platform.
 
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Spacemanrob

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Yeah sorry I'm currently rocking an I5 6500 on a H110 Motherboard, 16 GB DDR4 2133 but I'm not happy with 4c4t performance in some games. With current GPU prices I don't plan on an upgrade there for a good while, my budget allows for whatever makes sense in the long run.

 
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staying with Intel since they perform better in games.
two choices, from me, see which one is more comfortable to you.

1. 8400 plus a cheap z370 board, around 350$
2. 7700k with cm hyper 212 on existing h110, similar price range, but will need a bios update to support 7th gen CPU properly (i consider as low/medium risk)


worth mentioning that 7700 come with stock cooler and sells for $300, it's about 10% ~slower clock wise. you can probably sell your 6500 to recover some cost too.
 
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I would update your bios and go with the i7 7700. It will work fine on your current motherboard. Not much of a point in going with a "k" chip as your motherboard wont support overclocking. You will also save some money by not needed an aftermarket cooler. Microcenter has the 7700 on sale for $260 quite often if you live near one.
 
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Spacemanrob

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Sorry I'm not very good at this, also failed to mention I have a buyer for the I5 6500 and H110 MB, I'll definitely have to purchase a new MB along with CPU, I have a spare Evo 212x cooler though.
 
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as a true gamer, i would say go for the 8600k,

two reasons
1.After a year or two , game will require more cpu power, i see a lot of user. having a i5 non-k cpu (i5 4460, i5 7500/6500) asking what to do with mediocre fps , and unfortunately, most of our response will be sorry CPU bottle necked, nothing you can do, replace mobo+cpu.. where as user having 4690k/6600k, we will say, oc it to 4.5 Ghz it should be good for a while. the OC headroom makes up for 1 generational change in CPU. (GPU gains tends to be more significant)

2.most 1080p gaming are CPU bound, you see a linear gains in fps by pushing the cpu, especially in those single threaded/poorly optimized game (PUBG and WOW).
 
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