What CPU should I use with a 1060 6gb GPU

[Lewis1000]

I'm not too sure which CPU would be good for a 1060 6gb GPU. I don't have an unlimited budget so need some help please.

[Zando_]

What budget you looking at? R5 2600 is usually the first suggestion, or an i5 8400 but it's a worse value than the R5 and you can't OC or anything. 

[Lewis1000]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

What budget you looking at? R5 2600 is usually the first suggestion, or an i5 8400 but it's a worse value than the R5 and you can't OC or anything. 

My overall budget for the whole pc will be around £800-900 so if you could think of some good CPUs which won't leave a huge dent in my budget then I'd appreciate it.

[GGPLAYING]

Buy R5 1600. Best budget CPU for 1060.

[Lewis1000]

1 minute ago, GGPLAYING said:

Buy R5 1600. Best budget CPU for 1060.

What should I spend the remainder of the money I have on though. I'd still have several 100s of pounds left.

[GGPLAYING]

Also consider R5 2600 or get 1600 and spend the extra money on a better GPU or more storage.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, Lewis1000 said:

What should I spend the remainder of the money I have on though. I'd still have several 100s of pounds left.

Do you already have the 1060? 

[Zando_]

If you don't already have the 1060, I'd go for something like this: 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7KNhXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7KNhXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£144.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.47 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£97.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.89 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£55.14 @ PC World Business) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card  (£329.32 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.83 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £893.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-15 18:13 GMT+0000

 

Unless you need all the peripherals in that 900 quid budget, you can get quite a beefy tower. The R5 2600 is a damn good CPU and the RTX 2060 performs slightly better than a 1070 Ti. There's not really any compromises in this build either. Even the case is amazing, I've built in one and for the price it's really, really impressive. A bit thin steel but still solid, cable management is great, solid airflow, good hardware compatibility, and the RGB actually looks really nice. 

[Lewis1000]

9 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Do you already have the 1060? 

No. I'm planning to get a pc around June time. It will be the first pc I have brought so need good tips on what to buy. 

[Lewis1000]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

If you don't already have the 1060, I'd go for something like this: 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7KNhXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7KNhXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£144.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.47 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£97.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.89 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£55.14 @ PC World Business) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card  (£329.32 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.83 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £893.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-15 18:13 GMT+0000

 

Unless you need all the peripherals in that 900 quid budget, you can get quite a beefy tower. The R5 2600 is a damn good CPU and the RTX 2060 performs slightly better than a 1070 Ti. There's not really any compromises in this build either. Even the case is amazing, I've built in one and for the price it's really, really impressive. A bit thin steel but still solid, cable management is great, solid airflow, good hardware compatibility, and the RGB actually looks really nice. 

It looks like a great pc. Does it come with Windows 10 though and what gb is the ssd

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Lewis1000 said:

It looks like a great pc. Does it come with Windows 10 though and what gb is the ssd

250GB SSD, you could fit in a 500 if you went a teeny bit over budget or got a cheaper SSD. And it doesn't include Win10, but you can get an OEM Windows 10 Pro key for $7 or so on eBay, whereas retail 10 Home is $130, Pro is $199. 

[Oliver Murphy]

Ryzen 5 2600 will be the good choice

[Mister Woof]

13 minutes ago, Lewis1000 said:

No. I'm planning to get a pc around June time. It will be the first pc I have brought so need good tips on what to buy. 

Save up more money.

 

Ryzen 3000 is slated to launch around there.

 

You can either get that or find discounted 1st or 2nd generation Ryzen parts.

 

Also 1660/1660 ti possibly Navi may be along by then.

 

Ask again around that time as prices and the parts dynamic will be different from now.

[Lewis1000]

18 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

250GB SSD, you could fit in a 500 if you went a teeny bit over budget or got a cheaper SSD. And it doesn't include Win10, but you can get an OEM Windows 10 Pro key for $7 or so on eBay, whereas retail 10 Home is $130, Pro is $199. 

Okay so that's a decent ssd. And can you really get a key that cheap for Windows. 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Lewis1000 said:

Okay so that's a decent ssd. And can you really get a key that cheap for Windows. 

Done it multiple times. Usually they have a guarantee so if a key doesn't work you just DM the seller and they get you a new one, be sure and check for that. 

[Lewis1000]

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Done it multiple times. Usually they have a guarantee so if a key doesn't work you just DM the seller and they get you a new one, be sure and check for that. 

Yeah. I'm just a little anxious because eBay can be dodgy sometimes but like you said you ca  contact the seller. What happens if you get sold a used key and the seller doesn't reply to you. 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, Lewis1000 said:

Yeah. I'm just a little anxious because eBay can be dodgy sometimes but like you said you ca  contact the seller. What happens if you get sold a used key and the seller doesn't reply to you. 

IDK. I've bought 3 keys from one seller so far, one didn't work but I couldn't be arsed to contact them since it was like $7 and I didn't need it at the time. 

[Lewis1000]

4 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

IDK. I've bought 3 keys from one seller so far, one didn't work but I couldn't be arsed to contact them since it was like $7 and I didn't need it at the time. 

I guess £5 isn't that much tbh