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okay, i recently upgraded my GPU to a gtx 1060 6gb and i think im some games my cpu may be bottlenecking the gpu so i was thinking about upgrading to an i5 or i7, im thinking about going for an i7 over the i5 but im not sure if its worth it, i mostly play games and i do programming for college and ill be doing animation and 3d modelling soon when i get round to creating a game. 

 

so i have the budget to buy an i5 or i7 but would it actually be worthwhile to go for the i5 over the i7 or vice versa. 

 

drop your opinions down below please guys :) 

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what platform are we talking? what chipset? what socket?

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The only real difference between an i5 and i7 is hyperthreading and slightly higher clockspeeds. 

An i7 in your use-case would really only benefit in the 3d modeling...

 

I mean if you have the money go for the i7 for sure! otherwise i'd personally save $100 and get an i5 7600k. :)

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Honestly you could probably get away with on of the more recent i5s if you overclocked it a bit, but if you want some more future proof go i7. I would also look a cinema bench scores to get a better idea on how your games would run with 3d rendering and all. Also good luck with college.

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3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

what platform are we talking? what chipset? what socket?

According to his profile:
 

  • CPU
    AMD FX 6300
  • Motherboard
    Asus M5A97 LE R2.0


So it'd be a whole system. upgrade. 

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2 minutes ago, Beeeyeee said:

According to his profile:
 

  • CPU
    AMD FX 6300
  • Motherboard
    Asus M5A97 LE R2.0


So it'd be a whole system. upgrade. 

yah that would have to be motherboard and CPU swap at the least, RAM could be kept if he sticks with 5th get or earlier from Intel

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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8 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

okay, i recently upgraded my GPU to a gtx 1060 6gb and i think im some games my cpu may be bottlenecking the gpu so i was thinking about upgrading to an i5 or i7, im thinking about going for an i7 over the i5 but im not sure if its worth it, i mostly play games and i do programming for college and ill be doing animation and 3d modelling soon when i get round to creating a game. 

 

so i have the budget to buy an i5 or i7 but would it actually be worthwhile to go for the i5 over the i7 or vice versa. 

 

drop your opinions down below please guys :) 

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7 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If you can, get a 5820K/6800K and an X99 Motherboard. If you can't, get a 6700K/7700K and a Z170/Z270 motherboard.

*and* new ram ;)

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14 minutes ago, Beeeyeee said:

The only real difference between an i5 and i7 is hyperthreading and slightly higher clockspeeds. 

An i7 in your use-case would really only benefit in the 3d modeling...

2014 wants their argument back.

 

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3 minutes ago, Majestic said:

2014 wants their argument back.

unfortunately, there's also a crap ton of games where it literally makes no difference what so ever.

 

that said, if the budget is there an i7 is defenately nice to have, just the speed bonus when extracting huge zip archives did it for me :P

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24 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

so i have the budget to buy an i5 or i7 but would it actually be worthwhile to go for the i5 over the i7 or vice versa. 

drop your opinions down below please guys :) 

i'd say since you bought a terrible FX chip last time...why not treat yourself this time around and make the right decision...it's 2017 you should buy something like this kit here:

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.83 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B250 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $497.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
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ill be going for skylake or kabylake, im not too fussed about waiting for ryzen as ive never had an intel processor so i wanna try one 

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4 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

...it's 2017 you should buy something like this kit here:

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First Option

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/x9MNWX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/x9MNWX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $388.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-09 16:39 EST-0500

 

Second Option

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PvMNWX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PvMNWX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.84 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($15.77 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $464.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-09 16:39 EST-0500

 

Third Option

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nM4WPs
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nM4WPs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.83 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $477.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-09 16:40 EST-0500

 

Fourth Option

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YYxM6X
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YYxM6X/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.35 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($85.49 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $638.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-09 16:41 EST-0500

 

These are your options. You can opt out for 6th gen processors as well. Also the Ram is your choice. If your just gaming then I suggest a i5nk or i5k (i5nk basically a non overclockable processor, that's my own work for short.)

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can't wait for the fucking day where i stop reading fucking non sense like ''if you're just gaming then i suggest a core i5''

 

This was true...3 years ago...anybody played BF1 or watch dogs 2 recently?!

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5 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

can't wait for the fucking day where i stop reading fucking non sense like ''if you're just gaming then i suggest a core i5''

 

This was true...3 years ago...anybody played BF1 or watch dogs 2 recently?!

Funny thing, Crysis 3 is 3,5 years old now. And the level "welcome to the jungle" still maims i5's today :)

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5 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Funny thing, Crysis 3 is 3,5 years old now. And the level "welcome to the jungle" still maims i5's today :)

yeah the first watch dogs was a pain too...witcher 3...gta5...there are many games that run quite a bit better on an i7...now yes the OP has a GTX 1060 for now and it maybe won't make that much of a difference...but he is probably buying a platform for years to come...like 3 to 5 years and the i7-7700 will last him that long...and will support his future graphics card upgrades without limiting his performance in demanding games...so even if ''he's just gaming'' he will benefit from it down the road that's a given...unless he upgrade every year or something...i don't know...i wouldn't get an i5 this late in the game.

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@i_build_nanosuits @Dawson Wehage

2800MHz DDR4 RAM is the cheapest on PCPP right now? o_O 

Free performance, why not? :P 

 

3200MHz RAM can make a 6600K perform considerably faster in CPU bound programs like unzipping files or rendering when compared to a 6600K paired with 2133/2400MHz RAM so why wouldn't 400MHz make a little bit of difference...

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What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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3 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

@i_build_nanosuits @Dawson Wehage

2800MHz DDR4 RAM is the cheapest on PCPP right now? o_O 

Free performance, why not? :P 

 

3200MHz RAM can make a 6600K perform considerably faster in CPU bound programs like unzipping files or rendering when compared to a 6600K paired with 2133/2400MHz RAM so why wouldn't 400MHz make a little bit of difference...

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1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Hola, mi nombre es dawson, es un placer conocerte.

Hello, my name is Dawson, is a place concentrate? xD 

 

Well my guessing was close enough... 

Google translate: "Hi, my name is dawson, it's nice to meet you."

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hello, my name is Dawson, is a place concentrate? xD 

 

Well my guessing was close enough... 

Google translate: "Hi, my name is dawson, it's nice to meet you."

GG.

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1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hello, my name is Dawson, is a place concentrate? xD 

 

Well my guessing was close enough... 

Google translate: "Hi, my name is dawson, it's nice to meet you."

It's actually the top one.

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for yr use case the i7 kaby lake if u was to only be gamin on it get the i5

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i7 for sure. It will improve render times and also real time/playback footage fps for your animation stuff.

i5 is still big improvement over your FX-6300 in both gaming and work but i7 will provide much more power for work loads.
 

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41 minutes ago, Thony said:

i7 for sure. It will improve render times and also real time/playback footage fps for your animation stuff.

i5 is still big improvement over your FX-6300 in both gaming and work but i7 will provide much more power for work loads.
 

im pretty much a beginner in both programming(c#) and animation ( better at programming though) and im picking it up pretty fast, going more towards the i7 now just for that extra power in productivity and gaming 

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