6600k Upgrade Help?

[OneSaltyDog]

So I just sold my fx 8150, Crosshair V motherboard, and my xfx 7970 and I got $305, which i was hoping to buy a new Cpu, Ram(If its DDR4) and motherboard.

I have $305 right now, but I could probably get around $350-400 within the next week. What is the best processor and motherboard I can get or DDR4 if its skylake?

I was thinking a 6600k to oc because Im going to be getting a gtx 1080.

 What motherboard would pair well with that for overclocking, sli (Would be a big plus) , nice features, 

and thats not super expensive? also what ddr4 is good for gaming and is red or white?

 

Also if there is a better cheaper option like an older i7 or xeon let me know because I have 16gb of DDR3 Waiting here

 

Thankyou for any help

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, OneSaltyDog said:

So I just sold my fx 8150, Crosshair V motherboard, and my xfx 7970 and I got $305, which i was hoping to buy a new Cpu, Ram(If its DDR4) and motherboard.

I have $305 right now, but I could probably get around $350-400 within the next week. What is the best processor and motherboard I can get or DDR4 if its skylake?

I was thinking a 6600k to oc because Im going to be getting a gtx 1080.

 What motherboard would pair well with that for overclocking, sli (Would be a big plus) , nice features, 

and thats not super expensive? also what ddr4 is good for gaming and is red or white?

 

Also if there is a better cheaper option like an older i7 or xeon let me know because I have 16gb of DDR3 Waiting here

 

Thankyou for any help

You kinda wasted your money a bit... sure, the 8150 isn't that great of a CPU, but I would have waited a little longer before upgrading it.

 

Still, get yourself a 4770k / 4790k with a Z97 mobo. That's what I would do.

[OneSaltyDog]

2 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

You kinda wasted your money a bit... sure, the 8150 isn't that great of a CPU, but I would have waited a little longer before upgrading it.

 

Still, get yourself a 4770k / 4790k with a Z97 mobo. That's what I would do.

Im getting a gtx 1080, which would of been majorly bottlenecked

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, OneSaltyDog said:

Im getting a gtx 1080, which would of been majorly bottlenecked

Yes, I know. But even then, I would have held of upgrading the CPU, in antecipation for Zen or Kaby Lake.

 

Trust me, I used a 970 2 months after launch with a 2.4ghz triple core 1st gen APU for more than a year, as I waited for Brodawell... until Intel trolled all of us and I decided to aim for Skylake. And I don't regret it one little bit. Even with the bottleneck, you should have waited.

 

No point in complaining about spilled milk, though...

[dragoon20005]

I dont see what is the issue of getting the 6600K

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $424.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-11 22:45 EDT-0400

 

here is a general price of the reasonable parts for 6600K with mobo and RAM

[dragoon20005]

the 6600K should not have issues and if the 6600K bottlenecks the GTX1080

 

then any CPU lower than it will be a major bottleneck

[Shura]

You can probably bring down the cost by $40-50 if you are lucky enough to live near a micro center

[Dark_Fuzzy]

If you have some decent ddr3 laying around just get a 4790k or even a 4690k. Not enough of a performance difference to pay more for skylake.

[Shura]

11 minutes ago, Dark_Fuzzy said:

If you have some decent ddr3 laying around just get a 4790k or even a 4690k. Not enough of a performance difference to pay more for skylake.

Really depends on what the price difference is; in Canada it's a $5 difference between the i7s and $10 difference between the i5s. Right now you can probably sell the 16GB DDR3 for a decent price and buy DDR4 without losing too much money; 16GB of DDR3 will go for about $65-70 here and decent 16GB DDR4 ram is about $75.99. I personally wouldn't mind spending an extra $20 now to go skylake over haswell but again all this depends on what the price difference is where you live between the two architectures. If you are looking at a difference of $60 or more, than as Dark_Fuzzy said, its better to go Haswell.

[Dark_Fuzzy]

17 minutes ago, Shura said:

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Exactly, if the price difference is $50 or $60 it can be used on other components in the system with no real performance loss.

But if there isn't really a price difference go Skylake.

I know when i built mine back in January i got a 4690k for $180 used compared to $230 new or $260(i think) in some places for Skylake. Plus the board and ram were much cheaper(already had ddr3) So i was able to get a 4690k,z97 mobo,and a Cryorig h7 for $350 compared to close to $400 if i went with skylake.