GeForce GTX 1070 vs 1080

[hanbun_nihonjin]

I had a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 in my ~$1200 build, along with a Core i7 -6700K processor. I want to do gaming and video editing (just Premiere -- not crazy After Effects or anything) -- the former perhaps a touch more than the latter. Some people elsewhere suggested I go with Core i5-6600K (and a cheaper motherboard), and instead get a Zotac GeForce GTX 1080. Could you please give me your opinion? I want to hear some more opinions before making a choice. Please forgive me, but I'm a total noob -- never build a PC before.

 

This is my build, if that helps: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsYLsJ

[PRTI]

A i5 6600k @4.5GHz bottlenecks at 1080p a GTX 1070 and a GTX 1080 in games such as GTA 5 by 10-15%

[HKZeroFive]

Keep the i7 6700K and GTX 1070.

[Enderman]

I would go with the i7 and 1070. The 1070 already performs great, the 1080 is like a 25% improvement for 50% more cost.

Also the extra 4 threads are really nice to have on the CPU, just for multitasking even.

[Shimejii]

Your render times are more effected by CPU horsepower then GPU horsepower.

[Samfisher]

8 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

A i5 6600k @4.5GHz bottlenecks at 1080p a GTX 1070 and a GTX 1080 in games such as GTA 5 by 10-15%

No CPU in the world is not bottlenecked in GTA V cos of the long draw distances and detail.

[Rune]

Gaming alone I would say i5 + 1080. With rendering however, it may be more beneficial to stay with the i7+1070.

[Herman Mcpootis]

keep the 6700k; video editing benefits from the extra threads, and the 6700k+1070 combo is enough for ultra 1440p gaming.

[PRTI]

5 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

No CPU in the world is not bottlenecked in GTA V cos of the long draw distances and detail.

IIRC A i7 does not bottleneck a GTX 1070 at 1080p in GTA 5.

[Samfisher]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

IIRC A i7 does not bottleneck a GTX 1070 at 1080p in GTA 5.

Hard to say, since long draw distances and high detail are all IPC related and not multithreaded bottlenecks.

[PRTI]

4 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Hard to say, since long draw distances and high detail are all IPC related and not multithreaded bottlenecks.

As you can see how the i7 benefits

 

[Samfisher]

@keNNySOC

 

Hard to say since both use completely different scenery and scenarios.  Long draw distance with no detail isn't taxing.

[hanbun_nihonjin]

On 8/28/2016 at 0:27 AM, herman mcpootis said:

keep the 6700k; video editing benefits from the extra threads, and the 6700k+1070 combo is enough for ultra 1440p gaming.

Damn dawg, you made it onto Luke's video.

 

I kept the 6700k. Thanks for your help.