CPU to pair with my GTX 770.

[Hemanse]

Replacing the GTX 770 in my main rig with a GTX 970, gonna use the 770 in my other pc which is an old thing (Q6600 with a 7800GT), but im unsure what kinda hardware i should get, i wanna get something relatively low cost, but still something thats not gonna bottleneck my 770.

 

I have put together 2 bundles that i thought might be decent:

 

Pentium G3258 3.2Ghz Dualcore Anniversary Edition
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz 8GB Black KIT
MSI LGA1150 Z97-G43

 

250$

 

Intel Core i3-4170, Socket-LGA1150

ASUS B85M-G, Socket-1150
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz 8GB Black

 

290$

 

This is in Denmark just so you know, eu prices ... but what would people recommend, either of those bundles or are there better options out there? Not gonna get AMD btw, gonna stick with Intel.

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i3 rig.

[themaniac]

i3

[Hemanse]

Thought that might be the case Guess the 40$ extra is probably worth it to get an i3.

[arnavvr]

The Q6600 will be perfectly fine.

[i_build_nanosuits]

The Q6600 will be perfectly fine.

no

get the core i3.

[XTankSlayerX]

Thought that might be the case Guess the 40$ extra is probably worth it to get an i3.

Get a i3 with Hyperthread.

 

It does well in BF4

[TheKDub]

i3

[Suffokation]

The Q6600 will be perfectly fine.

No, it won't be at all.

Get the i3 OP.

[Hemanse]

The Q6600 will be perfectly fine.

 

I know the Q6600 isnt bad at all, but i also really wanna make a small form factor build, so the i3 with the micro-atx board is probably what im gonna go with.

[Hieb]

The Q6600 will be perfectly fine.

 

A Q6600 bottlenecked my GTX 560 in almost every single game I played on it. World of Warcraft, Battlefield Bad Company 2, BF3 & 4, SMITE, even Team Fortress 2. It would definitely hold back the GTX 770.

[i_build_nanosuits]

A Q6600 bottlenecked my GTX 560 in almost every single game I played on it. World of Warcraft, Battlefield Bad Company 2, BF3 & 4, SMITE, even Team Fortress 2. It would definitely hold back the GTX 770.

yeah i had one with a massive overclock to 3.6ghz (that's a 50% overclock over the baseclock of 2.4ghz) and it was still greatly limiting my HD7950 GPU which has similar performance and even a bit less than a 770...it's no match for those modern GPU's...the Q6600 is nearly 10 years old and with an overclock would be a good match for a 750ti or an R7 260 at 1080p...not much more than that.

[arniks8]

i3 or x5450@4.2Ghz

[TheCaptain53]

@Hemanse, it might be a LITTLE out of the price bracket, but what about an i5-4460? My only concern is that whilst the i3 chips are good (from what I've heard, at least), they're still technically a dual-core (albeit a slightly beefed up one). 

An i5-4460 with a GTX 770 and you have yourself one badass 1080p rig (and a well priced one at that).

[Hemanse]

@Hemanse, it might be a LITTLE out of the price bracket, but what about an i5-4460? My only concern is that whilst the i3 chips are good (from what I've heard, at least), they're still technically a dual-core (albeit a slightly beefed up one). 

An i5-4460 with a GTX 770 and you have yourself one badass 1080p rig (and a well priced one at that).

 

I have thought about it and might do it, but then i might aswell get the 4590 it seems, 4460 is about 70$ more expensive then the i3, but the 4590 is only 80$, guess i might aswell spend that extra 10$.

[TheCaptain53]

I have thought about it and might do it, but then i might aswell get the 4590 it seems, 4460 is about 70$ more expensive then the i3, but the 4590 is only 80$, guess i might aswell spend that extra 10$.

That would be a good shout.

Of course, if budget constrains, then the i3 would be an excellent choice. But if you can, I'd say stretch to an i5.

[IateMApoo]

Definetly i3.

 

G3258 will botlleneck like crazy.

[Guest trucker2]

Jayztwocents stuck a 770 in a a10-7850k and it ran great with no bottleneck, Vid on youtube. Obviously only the 860k part of the A10 was being used.

[Hemanse]

Jayztwocents stuck a 770 in a a10-7850k and it ran great with no bottleneck, Vid on youtube. Obviously only the 860k part of the A10 was being used.

 

cool, tho its costs about the same as a i5, atleast around here, then i would still rather stick with the i5 since im only gonna use the CPU, not the bulld in gpu

[Hieb]

Jayztwocents stuck a 770 in a a10-7850k and it ran great with no bottleneck, Vid on youtube. Obviously only the 860k part of the A10 was being used.

If you're talking about the video I'm thinking of his test was basically just playing Golmud Railway conquest in Battlefield 4 and taking the average... which isn't a good representation of how the CPU will perform in demanding situations since it's one of the least strenuous maps and really GPU dependent, whereas something like Paracel Storm during the storm is a hell of a lot more hungry for CPU power (and I consistently see Athlons and such struggling to maintain even 45-50 fps through).

[Hemanse]

Might also be worth considering just using my 4670k, mobo, ram and 770 for the "small" pc and getting some skylake for my main pc, isnt skylake pretty close to being released?

[EzioSan]

if u can get the i5 4460 it would be really good..

but i would vote for the i3 build