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A good cpu for 1070?

IziBartek
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1 minute ago, IziBartek said:

Whats a good CPU to pair with a GTX 1070 that wont bottleneck eachother?

depends on your budget and preferences, a Ryzen 5 1600 would be sufficient on AMD's side, on Intel's I would recommend a locked i7 if Skylake-Kaby Lake and any i5 if Coffee Lake.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

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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R5 1600 or i5-8400. Both with fast memory.

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Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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Just now, IziBartek said:

I have a budget of around 1500euros (1700$) I prefer intel CPUs. Would buying a skylake now be stupid? because the coffee just launched

you should go for kabylake or ryzen with that budged!

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Just now, IziBartek said:

Would buying a skylake now be stupid? because the coffee just launched

Well with your budget I'm fairly sure you can make a i5 8600k + z370 build which would be a very good pairing with the 1070 for gaming.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

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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The 8600K is better, but both CPUs are overkill for a 1070. You'd get better gaming performance by stepping down the CPU to an 8400 or 7700/6700 non-k and stepping up the GPU to a 1080

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8 minutes ago, IziBartek said:

I have 2 choices now https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/LkdgVY and https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JfHrZ8 which is better?

Swap the 1070 for a 1080, the Zotac AMP! edition is only $30 more.

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3 minutes ago, IziBartek said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jRk8f8

m8 thats a gr8 rig but i would change the MoBo to still have a bit more cash just get something like a b250 board or somethng thats not Overclockable

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CPU

Ryzen 5 3600

Cooler

Corsair H100I PRO

RAM

PNY XLR-8 EPIC-X DDR4-3200 CL16 32GB

GPU

ASUS ROG RTX 2070

STORAGE

SAMSUNG 850 EVO, 2xSEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 1TB,A2000 1TB

Case

NZXT H500 

PSU

Enermax Revolution DF 650W

MONITOR

MSI MAG272,LG 22MP68BQ,DELL D2015H

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and @IziBartek that case is so expensive and the PSU a bit crapy with that budget you should get a 80+gold certification and the case prob get a cheaper one and try to work for a unlocked CPU

 

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CPU

Ryzen 5 3600

Cooler

Corsair H100I PRO

RAM

PNY XLR-8 EPIC-X DDR4-3200 CL16 32GB

GPU

ASUS ROG RTX 2070

STORAGE

SAMSUNG 850 EVO, 2xSEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 1TB,A2000 1TB

Case

NZXT H500 

PSU

Enermax Revolution DF 650W

MONITOR

MSI MAG272,LG 22MP68BQ,DELL D2015H

PERIPHIRALS

Ducky One 2 (HORIZON) || Glorious Model O- Pink || G305 || Razer Nari Essential || HyperX Cloud II

 

 

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4 hours ago, IziBartek said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jRk8f8

That PSU is not good enough like @truecrafting said. Maybe i5 and 1070 with much better PSU? Its something you shouldn't be saving money on.  I personally have a 1070 with an i5 6600k and I had a VS 650 Corsair but it was really bad. I then got a Seasonic 760 Plat but that recently failed so now I have a Corsair AX760 Plat which is very stable.

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1 minute ago, LaLiLuLeLo said:

That PSU is not good enough like @truecrafting said. Maybe i5 and 1070 with much better PSU? Its something you shouldn't be saving money on.  I personally have a 1070 with an i5 6600k and I had a VS 650 Corsair but it was really bad. I then got a Seasonic 760 Plat but that recently failed so now I have a Corsair AX760 Plat which is very stable.

This good? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rZJRD8

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