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Best CPU pairing with a GTX 1080?

alenbasic
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I've got some spare parts laying around and when I do my GPU upgrade next year I'll have everything I need bar a CPU and mobo. I plan on using this as a media PC that'll do some couch gaming. So, with that in mind, I was wondering what's the cheapest way to get this up and running without the GPU being bottlenecked by the CPU? In other words, what's the cheapest CPU I can get that'll go well with this 1080?

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https://pc-builds.com/calculator/ this helps a bit but im not sure.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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A 3600 is enough. though you can get something better if you can afford something more expensive

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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If it’s a media PC it needs to be quiet too which means low power.  For gaming it needs some threads too if you want to play new stuff.  Some 65w zen2 cpu maybe?  Depends on what is cheap.  You don’t need a ton of CPU to avoid bottlenecking a 1080

 

there are some older used intel things that are cheap but they don’t tend to be low power.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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10 minutes ago, alenbasic said:

I've got some spare parts laying around and when I do my GPU upgrade next year I'll have everything I need bar a CPU and mobo. I plan on using this as a media PC that'll do some couch gaming. So, with that in mind, I was wondering what's the cheapest way to get this up and running without the GPU being bottlenecked by the CPU? In other words, what's the cheapest CPU I can get that'll go well with this 1080?

probably something along the lines of a R5 1600 or better on AMD and intel 4790K or 5820K used kit i guess...

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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10 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

Ryzen 5 3600

 

that would be the IDEAL CPU to pair with it...or a i7-8700 or something...but he asked the cheapest :)

i think you can have decent fun and pump up the graphics and have a good gaming experience with less CPU than that.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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26 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

that would be the IDEAL CPU to pair with it...or a i7-8700 or something...but he asked the cheapest :)

i think you can have decent fun and pump up the graphics and have a good gaming experience with less CPU than that.

cheapest probably $110 ryzen 5 2600 for 6c/12t budget gaming cpu.

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x86 :P . Ijust recently bought a R5 2600 and it does fine with my 5700XT. Jays2 cents recently did a great video on bottle necking. the reason i bought the 2600 over anything else is coz the price is so ridiculuosly low. I cant believe I can get a 12-thread CPU so cheap!

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Thanks for all the responses everyone. Will keep this mind as I get closer to the upgrade. Once again, appreciate the input!

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Depends on the res and FPS expected while on the couch. 

 

If you are capping the FPS or just gonna 1080p game and want the most the card can offer. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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