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I am trying to find a CPU that could run a 1080p 144hz monitor. I plan on gaming mostly and less video editing and video rendering

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pWsjgL   here's my build

 

 

also, could anyone recommend a 1080p 144hz monitor 

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The best gaming CPU on the market is currently the i7 7700K. 

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The link doesn't work, also the best CPU for gaming is the I7 7700k due to its high clock speeds.

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Best CPUs are current gen i7. Mainly, the 7700k +OC setup, but the 6700k is also a good bet. If you can get that, then go for it.

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intel celerons seem to be the best seen a quad titan xp set up on one running smooth as butter.

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7700k, though for the most part a 7600k is more than enough.

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3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

7700k, though for the most part a 7600k is more than enough.

Not really... The 7700K is around 10-15% better than the 7600K in games...

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Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Not really... The 7700K is around 10-15% better than the 7600K in games...

Could you provide a source? From most of the reviews I've seen they're pretty close.

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Could you provide a source? From most of the reviews I've seen they're pretty close.

(It has the 6600K and the 7700K)

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The best is the i7 7700k or the i7 7700... i5's no longer make sense Especially if you are going to overclock, DX12/Vulkan were made to increase multi-threading on games. You can squeeze more performance and life span from the Hyper-Threading than from a higher clock frequency since games nowadays use more threads just fine.

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Just now, Princess Cadence said:

i5's no longer make sense

Because Ryzen 5 is announced :D

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2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

7700k or the i7 7700

In your opinion which one would be best for playing games like gta,bf1,overwatch and in general fps games at 1080p 144hz

 

 

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1 minute ago, Konger said:

In your opinion which one would be best for playing games like gta,bf1,overwatch and in general fps games at 1080p 144hz

Get a 7700K and overclock it to 5GHz! It will be much better for high FPS gaming!

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Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

7700K

Could you recommend a good but semi cheep cooler

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1 minute ago, Konger said:

Could you recommend a good but semi cheep cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

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1 minute ago, Konger said:

Could you recommend a good but semi cheep cooler

Cryorig H7

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Kraken X31

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11 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Because Ryzen 5 is announced :D

To be fair they already didn't make sense even before thus why I went originally 6700 and later due to very odd circumstances end up with the 7700 for cpu instead of going to the mainstream for youtuber builders with their overpriced 6600k builds at the time.

 

The old rule i5 enough for gaming made better sense before and with locked CPUs, with the unlocked ones it is a dead between and Intel is the one to blame by locking overclocking exclusively to the Z chipset without need end up killing that ancient golden rule of overclocking equals free performance gain, no you pay a premium for the motherboards and coolers you need to these days, making such investment pointless if not going i7 6700k/7700k.

 

Instead of fixing this problem where the cheaper and better performing option is the 6700/7700 they went and made "cheap OC" with the i3 7350k which is probably the most pointless bad cost to performance CPU in Intel's history considering all those extra costs you need to pay to get it to 5ghz.

 

Whoever still insists on 7600k builds saying "its enough" is doing other people a disservice, you're paying premium for less performance than a locked CPU with the cheapest motherboard and stock cooling could achieve.

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3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

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So you recommend me getting a 1700k?

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1 minute ago, Konger said:

So you recommend me getting a 1700k?

There is no 1700k...

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3 minutes ago, Konger said:

So you recommend me getting a 1700k?

Aw no, I'm sorry if I wrote too much and it become not so clear, my point was that you should pick the i7 instead of the i5 regardless, if you're concerned about price the locked i7 7700 on a H110m/b250 board and stock cooler is still a much better processor than the overclocked i5 7600k for the same price but if your budget can afford making the z270+7700k combo then you Totally should go for it.

 

Edit* I thought you meant the 1700x

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Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Sorry the 7700k

Definitely, it will benefit you in the long run!

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Would a i7 7700k with a 1060 6gb strix bottleneck and can it run 1080p 144hz 

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3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Definitely

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3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Aw

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