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So i currently have a 4440K paired with an ASUS STRIX 1080. Obviously im getting bottlenecked out the ass. Im looking to upgrade to a 6700K im wondering if this CPU will give me optimal usage out of my card. Also what would be a good motherboard to be paired with it i was thinking about an ASUS ROG maximus HERO VIII i believe but that is a little expensive in my opinion any ideas. Would I need new RAM as well Im sure DDR4 would be optimal but would the DDR3 that i have work for the meantime? Any suggestions on better CPUS/Motherboards will be much appreciated thank you for all your guys help.

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Motherboards Connor really make a performance difference with the skylake CPUs. A 6700k would work fine,  but ddr4 is required. I would get a 6700k and a cheap motherboard, as long as the board has the features you need it will be fine. 

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wait for zen or kabylake

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2 minutes ago, Perez253 said:

So i currently have a 4440K paired with an ASUS STRIX 1080. Obviously im getting bottlenecked out the ass. Im looking to upgrade to a 6700K im wondering if this CPU will give me optimal usage out of my card. Also what would be a good motherboard to be paired with it i was thinking about an ASUS ROG maximus HERO VIII i believe but that is a little expensive in my opinion any ideas. Would I need new RAM as well Im sure DDR4 would be optimal but would the DDR3 that i have work for the meantime? Any suggestions on better CPUS/Motherboards will be much appreciated thank you for all your guys help.

 

Not sure what the 4440k is lol do you mean the i5 4440? If so there shouldn't be much if any bottleneck. Bottleneck means CPU at 100% while GPU is not(many factors cause the gpu to not be at 100%). If you wanted to upgrade to the 6700k you WILL need new RAM and get a motherboard from any of the main manufacturers (asus, gigabyte, MSI, evga etc) that fits in your budget with the features you want and that looks cool. I find it rather hard recommending motherboards without a price range there is too much choice

 

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Could go for the same motherboard I have which is slightly cheaper: Asus Z170 pro gaming motherboard.
Upgrading to 6700k sounds awesome and will help your graphics and system in general out! But the downside is, you gotta change a lot and buy more stuff :( 
But, I'd definitely recommend going for the one you are thinking of because it has so much better reviews, but mine is still pretty good and does its job. And yeah, unfortunately you would need to get new ram (corsair and hyperX are good)

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20 minutes ago, Perez253 said:

what do you mean wait for zen or kabylake? is that a CPU?

 

Those are the new AMD and intel cpus, but are still months away from actually launching, and AMD Zen may be pushed back to the middle of next year.

 

You can still buy haswell i7s if you don't want to spend more money then you have to, the difference between a 4790k, and the 6700k is pretty minimal. If you do go for a skylake cpu ddr3 is not supported.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/WMJwrH/intel-cpu-cm8064601710501 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BRjG3C/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790

 

You will only be able to overclock the 4790k if you have a z87/97 board though.

 

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