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I'm looking to upgrading from my fx-8350. I'm looking into the i5-7600k, and the i7-7700k. I'll mainly do gaming, but I will do some light game development. My main concern is if the i5-7600k will bottleneck my 1080ti. If someone could help me out with picking the right one that would be great, thanks for the help.

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1 minute ago, AmIAGamer said:

I'm looking to upgrading from my fx-8350. I'm looking into the i5-7600k, and the i7-7700k. I'll mainly do gaming, but I will do some light game development. My main concern is if the i5-7600k will bottleneck my 1080ti. If someone could help me out with picking the right one that would be great, thanks for the help.

If you've got a 1080ti, you're probably gonna need a 7700k.

 

Honestly though, do you need a 1080ti for what you're doing? I think you could probably downgrade quite a bit.

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6 minutes ago, AmIAGamer said:

I'm looking into the i5-7600k

1600 does better than a i5, if you game at 1080p get a 7700k. 

 

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Get an r5 1600, r7 1700 or 7700K.  i5's are dying

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7700k, 7600k isn't ideal with a 1080 ti

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I would say 7700k for a 1080ti, or an R7 if you prefer higher resolutions over raw framerates.

21 minutes ago, Damascus said:

i5's are dying

Really depends on the context you're using (market share or otherwise).  Yeah, I would recommend a Ryzen 5 to most over the i5, but if you're upgrading a lga1151 or need a mini itx, it's still gonna come down either just getting an i5 or building a whole new system.

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8 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

upgrading a lga1151

if you are upgrading an existing 1151 socket you probably have a H110 or B250 mobo and it would be better to get a cheapo second hand i7 anyways

 

 

10 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

need a mini itx

ITX Ryzen is waaaay better than itx i5, same or less power draw even at max OC and boards are already available

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3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

if you are upgrading an existing 1151 socket you probably have a H110 or B250 mobo and it would be better to get a cheapo second hand i7 anyways

True.  I would do that.  Not everybody is about that second hand game either though.

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

ITX Ryzen is waaaay better than itx i5, same or less power draw even at max OC and boards are already available

I checked recently and the only one announced so far was Biostar (no thx).  They're still not out yet as far as I know.  Patience is probably a virtue here in all fairness. 

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The gaming market is moving away from 4c/4t. You need really need at least 4c/8t to take full advantage of many games now, and it will just get more prevalent. This is why in the context of this thread about a gaming/content creation PC, the i5 is becoming irrelevant. 

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