Should I go with an i3 7100 with 1080 or i5 6600k with 1070?

[inlowj]

Hey I am wondering whether I should get an i3 7100 with a GTX 1080 or should I buy a i5 6600k with a 1070? I will be using this build for mainly gaming. Also 1 more question, will these bottleneck?

[Skiiwee29]

i5/1070 would be the better choice here. 

[StormEye]

There will be more games REQUIRING you to get 4 core for minimum spec.

 

You are better off getting 4 cores minimum now.

[rn8686]

i5 with 1070, i3 will bottleneck 1080. 

[Droidbot]

6600k and 1070

But I strongly tell you to consider Ryzen 5 in place of Intel's architectures, it's many more cores clocked higher and it's better for general tasks

 

7100 + 1080 will bottleneck hard

[inlowj]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

i5/1070 would be the better choice here. 

Will they bottleneck?

 

[Damascus]

Absolute best choice here is an i7 7700 + h110 mobo or ryzen 5 1600 + GTX 1070

[Guest]

Just now, inlowj said:

Will they bottleneck?

 

depends on the game

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, inlowj said:

Will they bottleneck?

 

nope. 

 

EDIT: You may have to slightly tweak some settings, such as AA, but nothing that will dampen your gaming experience. 

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, inlowj said:

Will they bottleneck?

 

A little at 1080p, need i7 for 144hz, but 1440p+ will be fine. 

[Brooksie359]

For sure the i5 with the gtx 1070. With those two paired together you will have a much more balanced system and one won't bottleneck the other that severely for the most part. That being said there is always a way to make a GPU and cpu paired bottleneck each other but that's okay. With the i5 and the gtx 1070 you will be able to get a more solid build than the i3 and a 1080

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Absolute best choice here is an i7 7700 + h110 mobo or ryzen 5 1600 + GTX 1070

slippery slope, h110 =/= compatibility with kaby, stay with skylake to make sure it's compatible

[Damascus]

Just now, Droidbot said:

slippery slope, h110 =/= compatibility with kaby, stay with skylake to make sure it's compatible

True, OP can get a B250 + 7700 or h110 + 6700

[shadowbyte]

tbh ryzen 5, something like a 1600 and a 1070 will give you an amazing gaming experience, as well as the ability to do much heavier stuff if you ever need to in the future

[i_build_nanosuits]

18 minutes ago, Damascus said:

True, OP can get a B250 + 7700 or h110 + 6700

this

[Moress]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.39 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($374.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $799.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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$50 less than the I5 build