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Processor for Gaming and Video/Photo Editing that doesn't run insanely hot like the 6700k does.

Melano
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So I currently have a 6700k, and I'm aware that they run very hot. I'm trying to select parts for my next build that will run a bit cooler. While I do plan to grab a 1080ti, or the next card, I really want to invest in keeping it cooler, since my room is very small..

 

Any recommendations? I'm considering Ryzen for my next build, but that will depend on what comes out. I should also say I run an HP OMEN 25in monitor. 144hz.

"We're gunna blow this mother♥♥♥♥er up." - Barret FFVII Abridged, in regards to the Mako Factory.

 

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R7 1700

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3 minutes ago, Melano said:

So I currently have a 6700k, and I'm aware that they run very hot..

what is 'very' hot to you?

6700k is stock or overclocked?

what cooler?

what motherboard?

 

going to a ryzen platform isn't that much 'cooler' to a small room. ambient will wreck the coolest CPU thermals.

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3 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

R7 1700

Yeah I agree with this. Either 1700 or 1600 or the newer Ryzen 2 stuff coming with zen+ (higher clock speeds). 

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16 minutes ago, Melano said:

Well, I'm thinking more voerall heat output. My pc heats up my room too much.. so I'm starting there..

The 1080 Ti will dump more heat than the CPU by a factor of 2 or 3.

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when encoding my 1800x sits at 78c with long premiere encodes when it's overclocked to 4.1ghz on a 360 water cooled closed loop. 

 

Just giving you a baseline of what to expect.

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I'd wait and see what the new Zen+ CPU'S have to offer in April.

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On 3/25/2018 at 12:56 AM, KarathKasun said:

The 1080 Ti will dump more heat than the CPU by a factor of 2 or 3.

Well, is there anything... hmm I should ask a Mod to move this wherever it needs to go but..

 

I wanna minimize heat output since I have a small room, without giving up performance for my next build

"We're gunna blow this mother♥♥♥♥er up." - Barret FFVII Abridged, in regards to the Mako Factory.

 

"WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STAIRS?!" - Eddy (Ed, Edd 'n Eddy), while sneaking Ed out of his room.

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1 minute ago, Melano said:

Well, is there anything... hmm I should ask a Mod to move this wherever it needs to go but..

 

I wanna minimize heat output since I have a small room, without giving up performance for my next build

You are going to have a hard time doing that.  Regardless of how cool you keep your components, its still going to pump just as much heat into your room.

 

The only solution is to use lower wattage parts.  i7-8700 at stock and a GTX 1060 would be a decent halfway point, thats only ~250w total compared to a GTX 1080 Ti which puts out 250w+ by itself.

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21 minutes ago, Melano said:

Well, is there anything... hmm I should ask a Mod to move this wherever it needs to go but..

 

I wanna minimize heat output since I have a small room, without giving up performance for my next build

Undervolting both your CPU and GPU would be beneficial.

 

Majestic has a nice guide on undervolting with GPU Boost 3.0 and MSI Afterburner you can find here. Your 1080 Ti will lose a bit in performance, although it'll be extremely marginal and seemingly within error. I haven't a clue why but messing with GPU Boost hurts performance, even if you're going for overclocks, I think it's talked about a bit in the thread.

 

Your CPU should be easy in the sense that you just find the stock voltage (I dunno what it is for Skylake) and drop voltage until it becomes unstable in an AIDA stress test, in simplest terms. If you don't have a board you can control voltage with or are just feeling lazy, Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility can do it. I use XTU for laptops primarily but it will work on a desktop.

 

At least for me, undervolting is the difference between throttling and not for my MSI GS63VR, so the benefits can be substantial.

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I second undervolting. Anything higher performing will just dump more heat into your room, and you can't really get around losing performance for a lower heat output unless you get lucky on undervolting (silicon lotto applies here too).

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If your concern is heating up your room, you need to be looking for components with low power consumption.  The fewer watts you use, regaurdless of componenet temps, the less heat that is going to be put into your room.  #science

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