Build Recomendations

[jdm3gee]

So I was recently given a motherboard as payment for some work from a family friend.  They had no idea what it was.  I only identified it because it said Z170 and G1 gaming.  Its a Gigabyte Z170x Gaming G1.  I didn't know what it was exactly until I got home and researched.  So I currently run a FX8370 with a R9-270x as my rig.  Both are overclocked.  I'm gonna test the motherboard at a shop.  I don't intend on doing things until the end of the year or early next year.  Black friday is a big possibility.  Saving up money is fun...

With that in mind, what CPU would be a good idea for this build?  I game at 2560x1080 at high settings atm.  I also like to dabble with Premiere and Photoshop.  I was thinking of the 7600k because I intend on overclocking, it is a quad core and it isn't as expensive as the 7700k.  What are your 2 cents on this?

 

I don't care too much about ram.  I am going to go with 16GB of some some type of DDR4 ram.  I was probably going to go with a GTX 1070.  Depending when I get around to building the rig, I may wait for what AMD's or nVidia's next offering.  Your inputs would be greatly appreciated here as well.

 

Also what are your experiences with this motherboard if you've had this or a similar model?

 

edit: Or should I sell the board and use the money towards an upgrade to my current rig's gpu?

Edited June 25, 2017 by jdm3gee
last thought

[Siq]

I personally would go for a 7700k still, I think it would perform better with rendering/premier, plus the overclock and extra performance is still there. A 1070 would be plenty enough in my opinion too. 

I don't have experience with the motherboard, and this is coming from a bias opinion towards NVIDIA.

[jdm3gee]

I appreciate the honesty.  TBH I am leaning towards the 1070 because of the PhysX.  I have been playing Borderlands 2 and I love the effects but forcing my CPU to handle PhysX is hard even after the overclock.  I got 4.9GHz stable on the Hyper 212+.  I just looked at benchmarks side-by-side on the 7700k vs 7600k, and they seem pretty close.  I'm assuming that this site is to be trusted.  I threw my 8370 and a 9590 in for comparison and I was a little shocked at the difference.  I didn't realize that they were that behind.

[Castdeath97]

13 minutes ago, jdm3gee said:

I appreciate the honesty.  TBH I am leaning towards the 1070 because of the PhysX.  I have been playing Borderlands 2 and I love the effects but forcing my CPU to handle PhysX is hard even after the overclock.  I got 4.9GHz stable on the Hyper 212+.  I just looked at benchmarks side-by-side on the 7700k vs 7600k, and they seem pretty close.  I'm assuming that this site is to be trusted.  I threw my 8370 and a 9590 in for comparison and I was a little shocked at the difference.  I didn't realize that they were that behind.

I wouldn't trust the word of such websites, look for real life use benchmarks.

[jdm3gee]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

I wouldn't trust the word of such websites, look for real life use benchmarks.

When you say real world, you mean on stuff I'd actually do, I'd look for data on that?  Like Premiere encoding times or solidworks render times on similar systems minus the CPU in my case?

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, jdm3gee said:

When you say real world, you mean on stuff I'd actually do, I'd look for data on that?  Like Premiere encoding times or solidworks render times on similar systems minus the CPU in my case?

hyperthreading makes a significant difference in performance. You will have to overclock the 7600k quite a bit to keep up with the 7700k at stock speeds.

 

As for your GPU, I'd say stick with the 270X until either you can afford a gtx 1080 or a new series of cards from AMD or Nvidia launches and then buy a 1070. Prices of 1070s rises a few months after the start of the mining craze, so 1070s are now overpriced.

[Castdeath97]

18 minutes ago, jdm3gee said:

When you say real world, you mean on stuff I'd actually do, I'd look for data on that?  Like Premiere encoding times or solidworks render times on similar systems minus the CPU in my case?

Yep

[jdm3gee]

23 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

hyperthreading makes a significant difference in performance. You will have to overclock the 7600k quite a bit to keep up with the 7700k at stock speeds.

 

As for your GPU, I'd say stick with the 270X until either you can afford a gtx 1080 or a new series of cards from AMD or Nvidia launches and then buy a 1070. Prices of 1070s rises a few months after the start of the mining craze, so 1070s are now overpriced.

I literally just saw a vid on the rising prices of the RX480s and 1070s.  I almost wish I picked up a Fury when it was on sale for like 250USD.  But it was either upgrade from the FX6100 to the FX8370 or 270x to Fury.

 

So current price is 250 for the 7600k and there is a deal going on for the 7700k, making it, 305.  Thats not a very large delta.  If I can still get that deal when I package it all together, I can probably save an extra day's work to get the top of the line one and be okay for a few years.