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29 minutes ago, Taddy said:

I already have a 3gb card but I dont know if over clocking the 8600k would help at all due to the 1060 bottlenecking it

hardly any

 

8 minutes ago, Taddy said:

the gpu is oc edition to i can overclock that too, but it sounds like your suggesting that i should do no overclocking on anything

 

any 1060 can overclock, doesnt matter if it's 'oc edition' or 'plastic fantastic edition' or 'powered by squirrel on treadmill edition'. Do it. Do watch the temperatures though and raise the fan speed so it doesnt run hotter than it does at stock.

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I'm building a pc with a 1060 3gb card and I can't decide if i should get a 8600k or a 8400. I want to be able to overclock my cpu, but not if my card bottle necks the 8600k too much, and also is the extra 60 dollars worth it for the 8600k in my build. thanks

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8400 and 1060 6gb, I don't think anyone should be buying the 3gb.

 

8400 can't overclock, so if you want to do so there's no choice but the 8600k.

 

Also it's not just the extra 60 dollars, you're gonna have to factor in motherboard cost. With the 8400 it would be literally throwing money away to get a Z370 board and the same would be true with the 8600k and a non Z-board.

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Just now, Taddy said:

I already have a 3gb card but I dont know if over clocking the 8600k would help at all due to the 1060 bottlenecking it

I think you're thinking of this a bit backwards my dude. If something is being bottlenecked you usually overclock the thing bottlenecking it not the thing that's being bottlenecked. I'd say just get the 8400 so you don't have to spend extra money on a better cooler and worrying about all that heat overclocking will cause.

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5 minutes ago, Taddy said:

the gpu is oc edition to i can overclock that too, but it sounds like your suggesting that i should do no overclocking on anything

 

Either the 8400, or the 8700.

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29 minutes ago, Taddy said:

I already have a 3gb card but I dont know if over clocking the 8600k would help at all due to the 1060 bottlenecking it

hardly any

 

8 minutes ago, Taddy said:

the gpu is oc edition to i can overclock that too, but it sounds like your suggesting that i should do no overclocking on anything

 

any 1060 can overclock, doesnt matter if it's 'oc edition' or 'plastic fantastic edition' or 'powered by squirrel on treadmill edition'. Do it. Do watch the temperatures though and raise the fan speed so it doesnt run hotter than it does at stock.

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12 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

any 1060 can overclock, doesnt matter if it's 'oc edition' or 'plastic fantastic edition' or 'powered by squirrel on treadmill edition'. Do it. Do watch the temperatures though and raise the fan speed so it doesnt run hotter than it does at stock.

alright thanks

 

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