I've got a serious bottleneck

[ChowChow]

So I've been having the same rig for the past 4 years. Here are the specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k 4.00GHz

 

Ram: 2x8GB DDR4 G skill 2133 MHz

 

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7

 

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X

 

Storage: 447GB KINGSTON SUV400S37480G(SSD),  Seagate ST2000DX001-1NS164 (SATA )

 

CPU cooler: Corsair H110i

 

Almost forgot to mention I have 1000W corsair power supply

 

 

But recently I got a Gigabyte Vision GeForce RTX 3080ti. And now as a result I cant properly Utilize this beast, that's why I'm asking for your help.

I want to renovate my pc and switch the hardware that cant keep up.

 

So I would like to ask what would you recommend me to switch when my budget is at 800-1000$(if you can dive lower in terms of price go for it)(as long as I'm getting rid of this bottleneck to some extent)

 

P.S: I use the PC mainly for gaming

 

Ty for reading.

 

[suedseefrucht]

9 minutes ago, ChowChow said:

i7 6700k

 

9 minutes ago, ChowChow said:

Z170A

Did you overclock your CPU?

Do you want to overclock with the new components?

[ChowChow]

Just now, suedseefrucht said:

 

Did you overclock your CPU?

Do you want to overclock with the new components?

No I didn't overclock my CPU, and no

[BetteBalterZen]

You need a new CPU, and with that, a new motherboard and preferably a 3200MHz CL16 dual channel RAM kit as a minimum, then you will feed the beast

[suedseefrucht]

17 minutes ago, ChowChow said:

No I didn't overclock my CPU, and no

800$ will be more than you really need to get a new CPU and mainboard.

For gaming, single core speed is what matters. So you could get a Core i5 11600 (non K), which is like 260$.
It should be slightly faster than the Ryzen 5600X and it makes your graphics card bottlenecking your CPU a little bit, so the graphics card can be maxed out.

Since you dont want to overclock the CPU, you could get a B560 mainboard with the connectors you want.

[GeorgeMKane]

36 minutes ago, ChowChow said:

P.S: I use the PC mainly for gaming

Since you're not overclocking, I added an option for air cooling your cpu. It's probably time to replace that HDD anyways, so I swapped your storage. I went with full SSD storage (transfer that Kingston SSD over too, because you can always use it for something (like backup game storage?).

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sRFBMv

 

Alternatively, you can get a 5800X to last you longer, but it'll put you very close to your budget limit.

Edited September 16, 2021 by GeorgeMKane

[Ankh Tech]

12 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

800$ will be more than you really need to get a new CPU and mainboard.

For gaming, single core speed is what matters. So you could get a Core i5 11600 (non K), which is like 260$.
It should be slightly faster than the Ryzen 5600X and it makes your graphics card bottlenecking your CPU a little bit, so the graphics card can be maxed out.

Since you dont want to overclock the CPU, you could get a B560 mainboard with the connectors you want.

I'm sorry but this is just incorrect. The 5600x beats i5 11600, Get a 5600x with a b550 gaming edge wifi and some 36000mhz cl16 ram

[suedseefrucht]

3 minutes ago, Ankh Tech said:

I'm sorry but this is just incorrect. The 5600x beats i5 11600

This is my source:
UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600

What's your's?

[Ankh Tech]

4 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

This is my source:
UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600

What's your's?

I'm sorry, but you probably didn't know this. Userbenchmark is so biased towards intel, nobody uses them anymore. Ask anybody on the forum who is relativley old

[ChowChow]

Thank you guys for your responses:)

[Somerandomtechyboi]

12 minutes ago, Ankh Tech said:

I'm sorry, but you probably didn't know this. Userbenchmark is so biased towards intel, nobody uses them anymore. Ask anybody on the forum who is relativley old

Yep

 

I was abit confused when @suedseefrucht said that an 11600 is faster than a 5600x, tbh id say they prob perform the same though id go for a cheaper 10400 or 11400 since 11600 is the same price as a 5600x

 

Not worth getting an 11600 over a 5600x considering efficiency and cooling, though if you can find a cheap 10400 or 11400 then sure those would be great options cause they are usually cheaper than a 5600x and not much performance diff either, efficiency is something to consider but then again 10400 is usually ~50-100$ cheaper than a 5600x so who cares?

 

 

Op just overclock your i7, safe volt max around 1.52v (14nm intel spec), if you cant keep temps under 80c id say max 1.45v for stability reasons

 

Plus you already have a decent board and a half decent aio so just overclock it for now till you can get a better cpu + mobo + ram

[suedseefrucht]

17 minutes ago, Ankh Tech said:

I'm sorry, but you probably didn't know this. Userbenchmark is so biased towards intel, nobody uses them anymore. Ask anybody on the forum who is relativley old

So which website shows neutal results?

Or how do you compare CPU's before you buy/recommend them?

[Ankh Tech]

7 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

So which website shows neutal results?

Or how do you compare CPU's before you buy/recommend them?

tbh there is not one perfect site, I just look through reviews on tech power up and tom's hardware forum and watch youtubers such as gamer's nexus and jayz2cents for info

[Pixelfie]

New CPU and RAM should do. If you need it now get a 5600X + B550 + 16gb 3600mhz. If you can wait I would wait for Alder Lake.