Budget CPU to match a 980Ti

[Prolly_dyin]

If you're not planning to overclock, the 4460 on the Intel side or 8350 on the amd side. If used soley for gaming both of those CPUs will be able to handle the 980 ti.

[Mcmole]

Took a stab at the rest of your system...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.01 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.50 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $567.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 19:04 EST-0500

 

 

And Finally basically the cheapest 4K G-Sync Monitor:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-XB280HK-bprz-28-inch-Widescreen/dp/B00O0Z5682/?tag=amazon0606-20

[DunePilot]

Hi guys,

 

I have a Gigabyte Windforce 980Ti 6GB, and i'm currently building a pc around it

So i'm on a budget and i'm not sure which CPU (And Motherboard) to get... 

i'll probably be getting a 650W Bronze PSU.. i wont be overclocking it and there wont be SLI...

I'm trying to keep the build on the small size.. 

 

I cannot afford an i7 6700 currently, i want to have an OK CPU that won't bottleneck this beast...

 

 

Thanks for the help guys!

Do you already have a system? If so what is it?

[Low_Battery]

Kind of depends what you will be using it for...if mostly gaming, then I also vote for the i5 6600 for price / performance and having some room to grow / upgrade later.  If more CPU intensive, then either the i7 4790 or 5820 are good options (dont need more expensive "k" versions if you know for sure you will never want to OC.  Too many options for MBs to list...I just bought a new PC and went with MSI for various reasons, one of the main one being their higher quality per the hundreds of reviews i read.  I just bought the i7 6700k, MSI xpower titanium, and gigabyte xtreme 980ti ...but probably would have gone your gpu selection had I seen it!

 

edit: after taking a quick look at current prices, i think the i5 6600 / 6600k is the only way to go unless you know for a fact you need more than 4 cores.  Also, if you do go for trying to save some money by getting the non "k" version, keep in mind it isn't just the unlocking, they also have a slightly lower clock speed, though not by much.  My personal hypothesis is that those versions are similar to graphics cards with lower ASIC values (basically silicon quality), and require running at lower clock speeds to maintain the same wattage usage.  If you can spare the extra 36$ in this case, the extra assurance that you won't get CPU bottlenecked and can also squeeze some extra out of it in the future is worth it.  But there will always be that "just a little more for more performance option," so you really need to know what exactly you need OR what exactly the budget is to make proper decisions. 

 

best of luck and enjoy!

[Ben_Upde]

No one votes for an AMD CPU here?

 

 

If I had a do-over button to push when ordering my computer parts I would have changed my mobo/cpu choice in a heartbeat.

Kinda annoying when you buy a brand new chip that has a copyright date of 2013 on it, indicating they haven't changed anything about it in 3 years. It performs like this is the case too.....

[LifeWriter]

Took a stab at the rest of your system...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.01 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.50 @ Amazon)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)

Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $567.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 19:04 EST-0500

 

 

And Finally basically the cheapest 4K G-Sync Monitor:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-XB280HK-bprz-28-inch-Widescreen/dp/B00O0Z5682/?tag=amazon0606-20

Haha you were almost right! funny you picked the same case i did  and i took 2x8 HyperX,  The PSU though is a choice i didn't see. 

You forget the CPU cooler if you get this one right i'll be really amazed!

[LifeWriter]

Thank you all for helping!

[Mcmole]

Haha you were almost right! funny you picked the same case i did  and i took 2x8 HyperX,  The PSU though is a choice i didn't see. 

You forget the CPU cooler if you get this one right i'll be really amazed!

Also running a single 8GB stick of RAM is cheaper, and also leave you room to add another 8GB in the future if you ever wanted to do some light editing or so on.

 

That CPU comes with a stock cooler from Intel.

So unless you just want quieter lower temps I didn't see the "need" for you to add one.

 

But if you do want a cheap good little CPU cooler I would suggest getting this:)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $24.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-29 04:59 EST-0500

 

 

But Yea, honestly I would go with that Skylake build, its a solid choice, it will be fast and match a 980Ti perfectly.

[bomerr]

Haha you were almost right! funny you picked the same case i did  and i took 2x8 HyperX,  The PSU though is a choice i didn't see. 

You forget the CPU cooler if you get this one right i'll be really amazed!

 

 You are better off getting the i5-6500, a Z170 Mobo and an EVO 212 cooler then doing BLCK OCing. 

 

This will also let you upgrade later on to a Kaby Lake i7-7700k and OC that if you feel the i5 is starting to bottleneck the system. 

[LifeWriter]

Also running a single 8GB stick of RAM is cheaper, and also leave you room to add another 8GB in the future if you ever wanted to do some light editing or so on.

 

That CPU comes with a stock cooler from Intel.

So unless you just want quieter lower temps I didn't see the "need" for you to add one.

 

But if you do want a cheap good little CPU cooler I would suggest getting this:)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $24.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-29 04:59 EST-0500

 

 

But Yea, honestly I would go with that Skylake build, its a solid choice, it will be fast and match a 980Ti perf

I wasn't sure if i wanted to get a "big cooler" just for aesthetics.. so i thought of staying with that intel one and further down the line get a

Silverstone TD03-LITE 92.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 

since i like this one and its relatively cheap and quiet..

i know its not necessary but that will be later once i get this machine going and the pocket will be a bit more full  

[LifeWriter]

So many options....

[kameshss]

Took a stab at the rest of your system...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.01 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.50 @ Amazon)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)

Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $567.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 19:04 EST-0500

 

 

And Finally basically the cheapest 4K G-Sync Monitor:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-XB280HK-bprz-28-inch-Widescreen/dp/B00O0Z5682/?tag=amazon0606-20

I wouldn't touch NEX PSU, instead go for G2/GS/GQ or any Seasonic or Antec HCG or XFX TS.

[Mcmole]

I wouldn't touch NEX PSU, instead go for G2/GS/GQ or any Seasonic or Antec HCG or XFX TS.

 

Full review of the unit:

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=442

 

Its fine. In fact its decent.

[kameshss]

Full review of the unit:

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=442

 

Its fine. In fact its decent.

I wouldn't touch it tho.

 

More here:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404921-strmfrmxmns-psu-whitelist/

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/

[Mcmole]

I wouldn't touch it tho.

 

More here:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404921-strmfrmxmns-psu-whitelist/

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/

Personally, I put more trust in a site that is dedicated and verified by linus as being the best reviewer of PSU's you can get.

Then a list created by random people because they may have had a bad experience with defective unit.

 

Not that I don't agree with a lot of the "list" suggestions, But without links backing up your claim that this PSU is bad. Then I have no reason to discredit my choice.

[kameshss]

Personally, I put more trust in a site that is dedicated and verified by linus as being the best reviewer of PSU's you can get.

Then a list created by random people because they may have had a bad experience with defective unit.

 

Not that I don't agree with a lot of the "list" suggestions, But without links backing up your claim that this PSU is bad. Then I have no reason to discredit my choice.

Verified by Linus ?

[Mcmole]

Verified by Linus ?

He mentioned it in a older video, That it was the only place he trust for all the PSU reviews. He usually mentions it when doing PSU reviews.

 

Here is a quick reference of it in this video.

 

[kameshss]

He mentioned it in a older video, That it was the only place he trust for all the PSU reviews. He usually mentions it when doing PSU reviews

Good then.

 

But I'd avoid NEX just to be safe.

[Messisan321]

No one votes for an AMD CPU here?

They are really weak for this current thingy but zen might be better