TristanKing

Yes, it would. I think Oshino's comment is from a perspective of never having used a 4k 15inch screen vs a 1080p one. The difference is certainly noticeable, and certainly usable.

"The vram is not enough, and bottlenecks hard." Citation? Even with any "bottleneck", it still outperforms the competition.

Because people don't use their laptop just for gaming, they use them for 4K video content and productivity too. Same reason this laptop has 16gb of RAM. And also, there are plenty of low demanding games that WILL run in 4K 60fps on a GTX 1060.

GTX 1060 3gb if it were me for sure. Down to raw performance. 3gb of VRAM may be a problem in the future but that depends on how long you keep the card for, and it won't be a big problem at 1080p which you'll probably be playing everything on anyway. I wouldn't consider DX12/Vulkan performance a useful factor in buying a card right now unless you're looking at keeping it for 4+ years, as 99% of games aren't DX12/Vulkan, nor will they be for the foreseeable future. However as you can see by the video anyway, AMD's DX12/Vulkan performance have been severely overrated in most games. I would like to add though, that I don't recommend getting the 3gb 1060, and would advise you squeeze for the 6gb version.

Agree with above but, Plati dip > Tape. You could even do some sweet design/ colour combo.

So is the 7700k pretty much a replacement for the 6700k?

550w is more than enough for a GTX 1060, and could even power a GTX 1080. As long as that PSU is decent quality, you'll probably be able to power every new graphics card that ever comes out with it... GPUs are getting less power hungry every generation.

If you've seriously managed to screw up multiple PC builds, there's obviously something wrong with you, and I would definitely just stop... No offence.

"Do we really need" questions should be removed. Whether you "need" something or not is up to you and your specific needs. If you want numbers and facts then word the question accordingly.

He also said it freezes, which clearly means it's more than just long boot speeds. A 6+ year old laptop will be awfully slow now. Even when they were released, high end laptops weren't so great back 6 years ago. I don't think spending anything on a laptop like that is really justified. Considering even a small SSD is 40-60 dollars, and he'd likely need a big one to replace his 500gb HDD (assuming he'd need to replace it), and since the RAM is 4gb, there isn't really be much point upgrading that either in a laptop with 6+ year old mobile specs. Of course it's up to OP, but I'm just giving my honest opinion here.

I agree with this, but I wouldn't recommend it. All you can really do with a laptop that old, is chuck it out and get a new one. More RAM, an SSD, a clean install, "optimization" etc, wont really make much of a noticeable difference.

How much do you get paid? It's obviously your choice on how much/when you want to spend your money. But if you can wait, obviously saving up more for the best possible base system is a smart idea, because it will give you more performance, and will save you more money in the future when upgrading. For example, if you got the i3 now, you'd have to upgrade that as well next time you want a better GPU. But if you got a decent i5, you wouldn't have to worry about that. Also, a 500w PSU is great now, but there's a possibility you may need a 600w one in the future for new hardware, and you'd have to change that too. Etc If you want to build it over time, you could actually build a usable PC with the CPU, PSU, Motherboard, RAM, Case and an SSD. Then you could add a HDD and a GPU after to start playing games on it. But as it is, that build with the i3 and GTX 1060 would give you some awesome, very high 1080p performance in all games. So don't feel like you need to spend loads more to have a great gaming PC.

Huh? What do you mean? That 500w PSU could even power a GTX 1080 (Although I wouldn't recommend it), when Volta cards come out they'll probably be even less power hungry, so that PSU may last forever... (Theoretically speaking)

Well anyway, this here. Is probably the best PC he could build right now. I'd stick with that, it's awesome. Upgrades for the future. (I'm talking in a few years to keep it up to date, don't think you need to upgrade every year or 2) CPU + Motherboard SSD for operating system and games Another 8gb stick of RAM Possibly a higher watt PSU if you get a new graphics card, but I doubt it

The rx 470 may come close to the GTX 1060 3gb in some Vulkan games, yet it's crushed in non dx12/vulkan, which is more than 99% of games at the moment, and will be for the next few years. Getting a card solely for DX12/Vulkan is like buying an Xbox One instead, solely for Halo. It's ridiculous. The 1060 3gb is the best option here. If OP could ask his grandma for a few extra bucks though, I'd say a GTX 1060 6gb would be the best possible option. But It's not necessary.