Which should I get first? CPU or GPU

[XXXLovelyXXX]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

you'll never win the waiting game lol

there will always be newer techs coming out

well if he buy the gpu now, he would be missing out on polaris

if he buys the cpu now, he's missing out on zen and potentially kabylake (though i suspect zen wont be better than skylake but only time can tell :P)

 

so, yea. it depends which one he wants first

i picked cpu because it's less likely to become obsolete sooner than the gpu does

 

If i get the i7 6700k how long do you think it would last in the long run for gaming and productivity and when is kabylake even coming out and if there even a big difference compaired to skylake? and i agree, i think zen wont be as better as skylake but it might be close.

[XXXLovelyXXX]

3 hours ago, TrigrH said:

a seasonic 520w would be more then enough for a 1080 or a 1070

would a 500W EVGA 80plus be enough?

[Imakuni]

7 minutes ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

How much difference would Kaby lake be compared with skylake anyway? and yes i may as well wait for polaris

We don't know. Some expect next to none (like Haswell Refresh), other's expect marginal improvements (like Broadwell)... we really have no clue.

3 minutes ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

when is kabylake even coming out

See above. It's the exact same answer.

 

1 minute ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

If i get the i7 6700k how long do you think it would last in the long run for gaming and productivity

Yeah, it'll last you a few years.

[XXXLovelyXXX]

2 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

We don't know. Some expect next to none (like Haswell Refresh), other's expect marginal improvements (like Broadwell)... we really have no clue.

See above. It's the exact same answer.

 

Yeah, it'll last you a few years.

 

Thanks mate! 

[TrigrH]

3 minutes ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

would a 500W EVGA 80plus be enough?

depends what you consider "enough" yeah it will probs work but idk for how long.

 

[Moonzy]

53 minutes ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

If i get the i7 6700k how long do you think it would last in the long run for gaming and productivity and when is kabylake even coming out and if there even a big difference compaired to skylake?

the 6700K will last you for about 5 years-ish, or more, depending on your needs and how the industry evolves

 

intel havent been increasing it's performance by a lot for each generation gap, so i expect to not see much out of kabylake (it might still be 6th gen too for all we know, just better chips maybe)

[Quaker]

7 hours ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

I'm considering doing an intel build with an i7 6700k (not planning to overclock yet) Asus z170 a, 16gb ram along with an AIO cooler which all totals to £520 = $747 USD this is the cost I want to spend at the moment.

Or do you guys have any other suggestion?

If you are not planning to overclock "yet", there's no need to spend the money on an AIO water cooler "yet". Even if you do plan to overclock, you could save lots of money by getting a basic CM Hyper 212 cooler, which usually works well enough to get the max OC possible from the average 6700K chip.

I would suggest you ignore overclocking and just get a basic H170 mobo and a small cooler such as the CM Hyper103.

 

As far as which to get first goes, I'd get the i7 first because it will get you better fps (especially in MMOs) and the 750 Ti will still give you the same graphics it did before.

I'd also wait and see on the power supply requirements for the GTX-1070. I suspect that your current 500watt supply is enough.

Spend the money saved by not OC'ing to get a 1080, or a bigger, better, or additional SSD.