What CPU should i get???

[djfuzz]

hi

so i have a gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 motherboard with an AMD RX 480 8GB GPU and an AMD A8-6600K CPU which i am looking to upgrade

my question is should i get an intel core i5 6600k, i5 6700k, i7 6700k, i7 7700k or an AMD ryzen 5 1600x?

 

[GirlFromYonder]

Get anything which is overlockable and a 6 core.

[Max_Settings]

3 minutes ago, djfuzz said:

should i get an intel core i5 6600k, i5 6700k, i7 6700k, i7 7700k or an AMD ryzen 5 1600x?

 

The price of these varies a ton. You need a budget. And as for Intel Coffeelake is out now, so if you go Intel get one of those.

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, djfuzz said:

hi

so i have a gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 motherboard with an AMD RX 480 8GB GPU and an AMD A8-6600K CPU which i am looking to upgrade

my question is should i get an intel core i5 6600k, i5 6700k, i7 6700k, i7 7700k or an AMD ryzen 5 1600x?

 

Doesnt exist. 

[Ophidio]

Really just depends on what your budget is. Just remember you're looking at buying a whole new board, ram, and CPU

[cbc02009]

All of those are going to be bottlenecked by the GPU in games, so get whichever motherboard  + cpu you can get for cheapest.

[Phobiarg]

I would strongly recommend avoiding all of the processors your listed unless you're in a country that has cheaper old stock. As it stand right now the Intel i5-8400 or i5-8600k (if you are planning to overclock) are probably the best CPUs for the money. If you want to save a bit a cash and are willing to lose a bit of gaming performance but still want to overclock the Ryzen 1600 is also a solid option, but definitely not as good in gaming. If you want to go all out the i7-8700k is an absolute monster but you're going to pay for it with prices up to $400 USD atm.

[GirlFromYonder]

Consider only intel if you what 165hz plus in games and dont have a g-sync/freesync monitor.

[Phobiarg]

12 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

Consider only intel if you what 165hz plus in games and dont have a g-sync/freesync monitor.

That's not really true anymore, with even the i5 8400 being nearly tied with the R5 1600 in most productivity applications and decimating it in gaming. I am an AMD fanboy, but as it stands Coffee Lake mops the floor with Ryzen in most applications. The only advantage Ryzen still has it the price, you can save yourself $30-50 using the 1600 with a cheap motherboard over the i5-8400 with the only available Z370 boards.

 

Edit: if OP can wait the i3-8100 with a budget H310 motherboard would be stellar too, with pricing probably in the $180 range for the combo, while beating the comparable Ryzen 1300 at stock clocks.

[Cyracus]

23 minutes ago, djfuzz said:

my question is should i get an intel core i5 6600k, i5 6700k, i7 6700k, i7 7700k or an AMD ryzen 5 1600x?

depends on what you're using your pc for, if gaming on a 60hz monitor they're essentially all equal, I'm avoiding recommending intels 8000 series for now though... but if you like amds history of long drop in upgrade windows am4 is promised to be supported until 2020, and they seem to have figured out that single core ipc is an important factor going forward...