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Hello! 
So, i'm planning to build a new PC for Arma 3, DCS:World ( CS:Go and Battlefield 4 too).
I've read that the best thing for those games is a CPU that has a lot of one core power. 
So my question is:
Is combo of i7 6700k and GTX 960(likely 4gb version) good for those games or is i5 6600k and GTX970 somehow even better?
Of course you can suggest another possibilities :)


Budget is around 1100€(Europe)

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Go for the i5 and the 970. The i5 there has plenty of horsepower for arma and the 970 will net you more frames in not just arma, but most all other games aswell.

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  • CPU
    i7 6700k
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z170s
  • RAM
    Crucial Ballistix (white)
  • GPU
    Asus 1070 Strix OC
  • Case
    Phanteks P400
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 pro, Seagate barracuda 1tb
  • PSU
    Evga G1 650W (regret)
  • Display(s)
    Samsung S22D300 21.5" 1920x1080 60hz 5ms & ASUS PB277Q 27" 2560x1440 75Hz 1ms
  • Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 240EX white
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G810
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 (switching to linux soon)

 

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6 minutes ago, Ryytli said:

Hello! 
So, i'm planning to build a new PC for Arma 3, DCS:World ( CS:Go and Battlefield 4 too).
I've read that the best thing for those games is a CPU that has a lot of one core power. 
So my question is:
Is combo of i7 6700k and GTX 960(likely 4gb version) good for those games or is i5 6600k and GTX970 somehow even better?
Of course you can suggest another possibilities :)


Budget is around 1100€(Europe)

If you plan on streaming the i7 combo. If you are just playing the games and using some type of voice chat like Discord, the i5 and 970 will do fine. Look at the 1060 or 1070 as well. The 1060 outperforms the 970 easily and is much cheaper new. 

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1 minute ago, Brink2Three said:

If you plan on streaming the i7 combo. If you are just playing the games and using some type of voice chat like Discord, the i5 and 970 will do fine. Look at the 1060 or 1070 as well. The 1060 outperforms the 970 easily and is much cheaper new. 

The 970 has gone down quite a bit. Don't forget used are cheap as hell.

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Sony MDR V6 (DT 250 pads), restored 1987 AKG K240M 600ohm (Cosmos pads with dt250 filters), AKG K7XX, Beyerdynamic DT990 pro 250 ohm, Bose Ae2 & Sony MDR v150. All off of a Bravo V2 shuguang tube, Little Dot mkII with GE JAN 5654 tubes, a CEntrance Dacport slim and a UCA222.

PC:

Spoiler
  • CPU
    i7 6700k
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z170s
  • RAM
    Crucial Ballistix (white)
  • GPU
    Asus 1070 Strix OC
  • Case
    Phanteks P400
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 pro, Seagate barracuda 1tb
  • PSU
    Evga G1 650W (regret)
  • Display(s)
    Samsung S22D300 21.5" 1920x1080 60hz 5ms & ASUS PB277Q 27" 2560x1440 75Hz 1ms
  • Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 240EX white
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G810
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 (switching to linux soon)

 

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Just now, Ryytli said:

Hello! 
So, i'm planning to build a new PC for Arma 3, DCS:World ( CS:Go and Battlefield 4 too).
I've read that the best thing for those games is a CPU that has a lot of one core power. 
So my question is:
Is combo of i7 6700k and GTX 960(likely 4gb version) good for those games or is i5 6600k and GTX970 somehow even better?
Of course you can suggest another possibilities :)


Budget is around 1100€(Europe)

the 1060 is a bit higher priced than the 970 you should just save a little and go for that its much better and worth it as its about 239 (Europe) MSRP

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On 8/8/2016 at 0:47 AM, WCFreak said:

the 1060 is a bit higher priced than the 970 you should just save a little and go for that its much better and worth it as its about 239 (Europe) MSRP

 

On 8/8/2016 at 0:40 AM, Brink2Three said:

If you plan on streaming the i7 combo. If you are just playing the games and using some type of voice chat like Discord, the i5 and 970 will do fine. Look at the 1060 or 1070 as well. The 1060 outperforms the 970 easily and is much cheaper new. 

 

On 8/8/2016 at 0:39 AM, Pauleh said:

Go for the i5 and the 970. The i5 there has plenty of horsepower for arma and the 970 will net you more frames in not just arma, but most all other games aswell.

So, this extra GHz from i7 isn't worth it? I'm thinking about overlocking but in the future.

Also do someone know something about DCS and how i5 does there in terms of fps?

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2 minutes ago, Ryytli said:

 

 

So, this extra GHz from i7 isn't worth it? I'm thinking about overlocking but in the future.

Also do someone know something about DCS and how i5 does there in terms of fps?

ive recently tried dcs if that is the simulator and my i7 6700K works great on it the i5 i couldnt tell you

 

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3 minutes ago, WCFreak said:

ive recently tried dcs if that is the simulator and my i7 6700K works great on it the i5 i couldnt tell you

 

What GPU you have?

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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 its a build for a friend that let me use it for a while as for i built it for him and i have my own hdd on it for my own games etc 

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15 minutes ago, Ryytli said:

What GPU you have?

 

15 minutes ago, Ryytli said:

What GPU you have?

was actual thinking of upgrading a doing a similar build to my friends check out my profile just posted 

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