Picking a CPU

[Akamii]

sorry for posting another topic, but seems like the other one is not active anymore.

so i was confused which cpu should i buy for my gtx 1060 6gb, i have to choose from i5 4460, i5 6500, i5 7500, i5 7600.
keep in mind i wont overclock.
and if you guys think ryzen is better, well it costs much more in my country.
if the i5s above are all the same for my gtx 1060, then please tell me which one should i pick? the cheapest?

180.5$ for the 4460
194$ for the 6500
205$ for the 7500
240$ for the 7600
LGA 1150 mobo = 58$
LGA 1151 mobo = 70~75$

on the other hand
Ryzen 1500x = 227$
Ryzen 1600 = 272$
and their mobo costs : 112$

[myspeakersaremuffled]

I would say buy the best you can

[grimreeper132]

depends, using userbenchmark.com look at the preformance gains and drops between each one and from that decide how much you are willing to pay, including ryzen just  incase. If your gaming look at preformance up to quad, if multitasking in programs like CAD look at multithreaded, and from that decide what you need. (I would normally do this for you, but I need to go to bed as I am up early tomorrow. that and also this is the only way you learn to compare CPUs by doing it yourself, with or without help). Also only K skues for intel are overclockable unlike AMD, where all CPUs are, it depends on the motherboard

[Changis]

3 minutes ago, Akamii said:

sorry for posting another topic, but seems like the other one is not active anymore.

so i was confused which cpu should i buy for my gtx 1060 6gb, i have to choose from i5 4460, i5 6500, i5 7500, i5 7600.
keep in mind i wont overclock.
and if you guys think ryzen is better, well it costs much more in my country.
if the i5s above are all the same for my gtx 1060, then please tell me which one should i pick? the cheapest?

180.5$ for the 4460
194$ for the 6500
205$ for the 7500
240$ for the 7600
LGA 1150 mobo = 58$
LGA 1151 mobo = 70~75$

on the other hand
Ryzen 1500x = 227$
Ryzen 1600 = 272$
and their mobo costs : 112$

if you're going for intel, the 7500 seems like the best choice, its 9 bucks more than the previous gen one and i'm not sure i would rather save 15-25 bucks to get a 3 year old cpu

[jcw150]

If you can afford it I'd go with the r5 1600 but the i5 7500 is probably the best bang for your buck in games

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, Changis said:

if you're going for intel, the 7500 seems like the best choice, its 9 bucks more than the previous gen one and i'm not sure i would rather save 15-25 bucks to get a 3 year old cpu

depends on what I was doing, if I couldn't use the extra power for the task I would, e.g. overpowered NAS, but in other cases yes that is true, like gaming

[tom_w141]

9 minutes ago, Akamii said:

Ryzen 1600 = 272$

Damn man thats the best bet there but for some reason the price is inflated by $80+ for you  probably still the best long term purchase though. Go for it if you can afford.

[Akamii]

5 minutes ago, myspeakersaremuffled said:

I would say buy the best you can

im just confused about buying the next gen or not, because its going to cost me extra money for the mobo and the rams too, and in the same time if im going for the 7th gen, then should i buy the 7500 or the 7600 .. i mean idk if all the i5s i mentioned above have a noticeable difference.

[Akamii]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

Damn man thats the best bet there but for some reason the price is inflated by $80+ for you  probably still the best long term purchase though. Go for it if you can afford.

sadly cant afford it, i'll have to buy some used parts to fit in my budget

[Akamii]

7 minutes ago, Changis said:

if you're going for intel, the 7500 seems like the best choice, its 9 bucks more than the previous gen one and i'm not sure i would rather save 15-25 bucks to get a 3 year old cpu

so the different between 7500 and 7600k or non k is not really noticeable? even if i go for gtx 1070 ? "the future i mean"

[LienusLateTips]

Ryzen. It compares with i7.

[tom_w141]

Just now, Akamii said:

should i buy the 7500 or the 7600

Those are both locked (meaning you can't overclock them) which means they won't stay relevant as long. Also 4 cores/4 threads is becoming obsolete which is why Intel is ditching it. Coffeelake (8th Gen Intel) will have 6 core i5s not 4. 4 is not enough and will fall behind sooner rather than later. The R5 1600 is unlocked and has 6 cores/12 threads and is a beast for the money. Best long term purchase. Unfortunately for you the CPUs are more expensive than they should be.

[tom_w141]

2 minutes ago, Akamii said:

sadly cant afford it, i'll have to buy some used parts to fit in my budget

Well you have to buy to your budget man. Or save a little longer for a better product? Choice is yours.

[Akamii]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

Those are both locked (meaning you can't overclock them) which means they won't stay relevant as long. Also 4 cores/4 threads is becoming obsolete which is why Intel is ditching it. Coffeelake (8th Gen Intel) will have 6 core i5s not 4. 4 is not enough and will fall behind sooner rather than later. The R5 1600 is unlocked and has 6 cores/12 threads and is a beast for the money. Best long term purchase. Unfortunately for you the CPUs are more expensive than they should be.

sadly cant afford the 1600, maybe the 1500x

[Changis]

2 minutes ago, Akamii said:

so the different between 7500 and 7600k or non k is not really noticeable? even if i go for gtx 1070 ? "the future i mean"

if it's a k, then yes, it's has faster cores and unlocked for overclocking, if not k, then 7500

[aisle9]

I've got my GTX 1060 strapped to an i5-6500. No stutter, no frame drop, no regrets.

[Akamii]

Just now, aisle9 said:

I've got my GTX 1060 strapped to an i5-6500. No stutter, no frame drop, no regrets.

u wont think about changing it when u get for example gtx 1070 or 1080 in the future?

[Changis]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

Well you have to buy to your budget man. Or save a little longer for a better product? Choice is yours.

it's not like buying a intel i5 is setting your self up for failure and buying an amd prevents all that... 

[tom_w141]

Just now, Changis said:

it's not like buying a intel i5 is setting your self up for failure and buying an amd prevents all that... 

No its not but 4 thread cpus will be short lived ESPECIALLY locked ones. Why do you think coffeelake's i5 is a 6 core? 4 thread cpus are dead/dying. They have 95-100% utilisation in new AAA titles so future games they will become the cpu bottleneck.

[Akamii]

so you guys think 7500 is good for the gtx 1060 and wont be a problem if i will upgrade to 1070 in the future right?

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, Akamii said:

u wont think about changing it when u get for example gtx 1070 or 1080 in the future?

1070 is about as high as I would go on a locked i5. Its dependent on the game too ofc but a locked i5 would start to bottleneck a 1070 and above.

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, Akamii said:

so you guys think 7500 is good for the gtx 1060

Good pair, just remember to get the 6GB version of the 1060 not the 3GB.

[Ground]

How much are the 1400 and 1500X? Aren't those comparable in Single Thread with the locked i5 and beat it in multithread, both while keeping the option to upgrade in a couple of years to a new CPU on the same Motherboard?

[Changis]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

No its not but 4 thread cpus will be short lived ESPECIALLY locked ones. Why do you think coffeelake's i5 is a 6 core? 4 thread cpus are dead/dying. They have 95-100% utilisation in new AAA titles so future games they will become the cpu bottleneck.

it turns out the 7600 was a k apparently.. and for the price of ryzen where he lives, he might be better of getting an i7 if that's comparably cheaper than ryzen cpus

if OP can wait, the prices may fall as they may just have become available there..

[aisle9]

5 minutes ago, Akamii said:

u wont think about changing it when u get for example gtx 1070 or 1080 in the future?

I have my 1070 strapped to a Ryzen 7 1700. If high refresh-rate 1080p is your resolution of choice, the i5-6500 will start to limit you at framerates north of 100 when paired with a 1070.

 

If 60 FPS 1080p at high to ultra settings is your thing, a 1060 6GB is perfect for you.