Need help choosing right CPU

[Trainlover288]

I am in need of help with what CPU to choose from for my next upgrade

My current PC is:

 

AMD FX 8350 overclocked to 4.2 Ghz

16GB Corsair vengeance DDR3 RAM

??? Gigabyte motherboard, can't remember the model number

Corsair VS350 PSU

 

I was recommended an Asus Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard and an i5 6600k but told it would bottleneck the GPU I'm getting which is the MSI GTX 1080 Armor OC

I'm not entirely sure what to do, because I want an i7 6700k but I don't know if I have the money, I might, I'm not entirely sure on my budget for CPU

I was thinking in waiting for after X-mas or early 2017 in case prices drop

 

Can anyone tell me what I should do?

[EunSoo]

You could get a 6700k but get a gtx 1070 instead. What's your overall budget?

[Alaa]

2 minutes ago, Trainlover288 said:

I am in need of help with what CPU to choose from for my next upgrade

My current PC is:

 

AMD FX 8350 overclocked to 4.2 Ghz

16GB Corsair vengeance DDR3 RAM

??? Gigabyte motherboard, can't remember the model number

Corsair VS350 PSU

 

I was recommended an Asus Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard and an i5 6600k but told it would bottleneck the GPU I'm getting which is the MSI GTX 1080 Armor OC

I'm not entirely sure what to do, because I want an i7 6700k but I don't know if I have the money, I might, I'm not entirely sure on my budget for CPU

I was thinking in waiting for after X-mas or early 2017 in case prices drop

 

Can anyone tell me what I should do?

Wait, just wait a couple of months.

[Trainlover288]

Just now, SCGazelle said:

You could get a 6700k but get a gtx 1070 instead. What's your overall budget?

 

2 minutes ago, Trainlover288 said:

I don't know if I have the money, I might, I'm not entirely sure on my budget for CPU

 

Probably up to £500 not sure

[Guest]

Why a GTX 1080? What do you plan to do with it? If for 4K then there would be less stress on the cpu and more on gpu.

[Trainlover288]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Why a GTX 1080? What do you plan to do with it? If for 4K then there would be less stress on the cpu and more on gpu.

Need for 4k as I am using this PC as the centre point of my music studio and for video rendering, but also 4k gaming

but its also a bit complicated as I'm getting the 1080 out of some other money that is hard to explain

[pwn_intended]

Prices are likely to drop a bit once Kaby Lake comes out.

The i5 CAN bottleneck a 1080, but in specific scenarios. Generally speaking, as long as you aren't pushing for framerates into the triple digits, or if the game is terribly CPU optimised, you shouldn't have too much of a concern with bottlenecking.

Any z170 mobo will do you well as there really aren't any performance gains from one mobo to the other, just extra features like more PCI lanes or Bluetooth/wifi/better audio, etc. The Asus z170-a is a fantastic value board. (all of the asus zXXX-a boards are a fantastic option for something reliable and quite feature-ful for the price.

[Matias_Chambers]

Yes the 6600K will bottleneck the 1080 unless you are playing at 4K or higher. If you need something now, get the 6700K. I you can wait wait for Zen and Kabylake. (I've seen rumors about a 300$ 8 Core 16 thread Zen CPU that performs a tiny bit better than the 6900K 1000$ CPU)

[Trainlover288]

1 minute ago, pwn_intended said:

The i5 CAN bottleneck a 1080, but in specific scenarios. Generally speaking, as long as you aren't pushing for framerates into the triple digits, or if the game is terribly CPU optimised, you shouldn't have too much of a concern with bottlenecking.

Games I play aren't really well optimised (Planetary Annihilation for one)

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Trainlover288 said:

 

Probably up to £500 not sure

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£299.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£87.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £450.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-29 20:19 GMT+0000

[Matias_Chambers]

4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Why a GTX 1080? What do you plan to do with it? If for 4K then there would be less stress on the cpu and more on gpu.

Resolution has nothing to do with CPU usage. 

[Matias_Chambers]

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Why a GTX 1080? What do you plan to do with it? If for 4K then there would be less stress on the cpu and more on gpu.

The CPU still has to perform the same tasks.