Need a cheaper CPU alternative

[Zalazaar]

I am looking for a cheaper alternative to an Intel Core i7-6700K. I want to run newer games smoothly at as high quality as possible. I initially chose the 6700K, but now I might be facing some budget cuts due to getting less hours at work than anticipated, so I am looking for an alternative that can achieve the same goal, but for less cost. I'll be making an alternate budget build plan which I can fall back on to varying degrees depending on my funds.

 

Any suggestions?

[NoxiousOdor]

I would go with Ryzen or if you don't mind used parts with limited upgradeability you could look at used xeons

[MasterRaceMcqueen]

You have mobo and ram?

[Ordinarily_Greater]

Ryzen 5 1500X is Quad Core and much less expensive than the i7

[NoxiousOdor]

I love how both of you had car profile pics but they are so vastly different

 

@Ordinarily_Greater @MasterRaceMcqueen

[MasterRaceMcqueen]

Ka-chow

[EPPHO]

Ryzen 5 1600

[ARikozuM]

You can get a Ryzen 1600 or a G4560 so that you can upgrade when you're able.

[Zalazaar]

3 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

You have mobo and ram?

In my build plan I have a Maximus IX Hero and Trident Z RGB 300MHz 4x8GB, but I haven't bought them yet. I have also looked at one of the ASUS Strix mobos, also for 1151, but I am willing to look at the AM4 equivalents, too.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

The GT-R Egoist in Red!

[Guest]

Just now, FourEyes said:

In my build plan I have a Maximus IX Hero and Trident Z RGB 300MHz 4x8GB, but I haven't bought them yet. I have also looked at one of the ASUS Strix mobos, also for 1151, but I am willing to look at the AM4 equivalents, too.

U can get a cheaper board really, IX is very expensive 

R5 1600 is significantly worse than i7 6700k or 7700k in gaming mind you

[doomsriker]

Why not get an old Xeon?

 

 

[Aytex]

3 minutes ago, FourEyes said:

In my build plan I have a Maximus IX Hero and Trident Z RGB 300MHz 4x8GB, but I haven't bought them yet. I have also looked at one of the ASUS Strix mobos, also for 1151, but I am willing to look at the AM4 equivalents, too.

Can you post the pcp build

[Shiv78]

5 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

The GT-R Egoist in Red!

1) That's not an Egoist, it's just a 2017 GT-R

2) That's orange

 

Get Ryzen 5 1600 or 1500X

[Ordinarily_Greater]

3 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

1) That's not an Egoist, it's just a 2017 GT-R

2) That's orange

 

Get Ryzen 5 1600 or 1500X

Yes the Thing that you just talked about is sufficing those two requirements!

and i did not change my profile picture yet

 

Ryzen 1500X is born in 2017

Ryzen is orange (wait?)

[Zalazaar]

3 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Can you post the pcp build

Case: Corsair Carbide 400C (Already purchased)
Mobo: ASUS Maximus IX Hero or Strix Z270F Gaming (Willing to look at AM4 alternatives)

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K (Looking for alternatives)
RAM: G.skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000MHz 4x8GB

GPU: Nvidia GTX GeForce 1070 or 1060

I am also getting a Samsung EVO SSD for my OS and essential programs, and a Crucial MX300 for games and other non-essential programs.

[Cyracus]

depends a little on the resolution and fps targets you want to play at, ryzen will push 1080p 60fps without an issue, most games it will be able to do more, and it will perform about the same as an i7 at 4k. And if you choose ryzen there's the question of whether you are OCing it yourself, in which case get the cheaper r51400 or 1600 as the 1500x and 1600x are just factory OC'd chips and you'll be able to do just as well on their cheaper variants, leaving a bigger budget for that graphics card, maybe get a 1080 instead of a 1070 since the cost difference is so small right now 

[MasterRaceMcqueen]

Ka-chow

[Bananasplit_00]

you have two options, either you go with a R5 1600 or you get a G4560 right now to upgrade to a 7700K later

[Zalazaar]

8 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

depends a little on the resolution and fps targets you want to play at, ryzen will push 1080p 60fps without an issue, most games it will be able to do more, and it will perform about the same as an i7 at 4k. And if you choose ryzen there's the question of whether you are OCing it yourself, in which case get the cheaper r51400 or 1600 as the 1500x and 1600x are just factory OC'd chips and you'll be able to do just as well on their cheaper variants, leaving a bigger budget for that graphics card, maybe get a 1080 instead of a 1070 since the cost difference is so small right now 

I am not overclocking at all. I have no interest in it since it is essentially a russian roulette of computer hardware. I know that I sacrifice performance, but I really don't want to gamble.

EDIT: My resolution target is 1080p, and my FPS target is 60.

Edited June 27, 2017 by FourEyes

[Eastman51]

Ryzen CPUs are fairly cheap, if you want an up to date CPU. I recently swapped my old CPU for a Core i5-4670K (which is an OEM chip, so you may be hard pressed to find one for under $200 like I did). But I know there's a similar i5 and a i7 of the same series you might be able to find relatively cheap. Be aware that they are LGA 1150 CPUs, not LGA 1151, like the 6700K

[Cyracus]

3 minutes ago, FourEyes said:

it is essentially a russian roulette of computer hardware. I know that I sacrifice performance, but I really don't want to gamble.

Not sure where you get this idea, as long as you get a good psu and a good mobo the only way you're going to break your cpu is if you don't cool it (which some modern cpus have shown they'll throttle and be just fine, don't try at home) or you try to give it way too much voltage, and you can figure out safe ranges in overclocking guides. 

[Zalazaar]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

Not sure where you get this idea, as long as you get a good psu and a good mobo the only way you're going to break your cpu is if you don't cool it (which some modern cpus have shown they'll throttle and be just fine, don't try at home) or you try to give it way too much voltage, and you can figure out safe ranges in overclocking guides. 

In all the detailed coverage of overclocking that I have seen, they usually say that if it can be sustained varies from CPU to CPU, GPU to GPU, chip to chip, etc.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

49 minutes ago, FourEyes said:

I want to run newer games smoothly at as high quality as possible.

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Any suggestions?

Focus on your GPU decision then.

[jeffery7466]

For the same price, you could get the ryzen 1700 which comes with a decent cooler.

 

Gotta get those cores.