New CPU advice

[Leyert]

I am going to upgrade my CPU by mid September. Currently, I am thinking of getting a I7 7700K. Can anyone recommend the 7700K or should I get something else?

 

Specs:

ASRock - H170M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card

 

Note: My budget is around 200-350GBP

[bcredeur97]

7700K seems to be your best option seeing you don't want to completely change your system. I believe they work fine on Z170...

I'd honestly try to find a used one. Save a bit of $ and it likely wont perform any differently...

[Leyert]

53 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

7700K seems to be your best option seeing you don't want to completely change your system. I believe they work fine on Z170...

I'd honestly try to find a used one. Save a bit of $ and it likely wont perform any differently...

What about the 6700K?

[Inversion]

Yeah there's not a whole lot of difference between the 6700K and the 7700K but looking at your motherboard, I'd say go for the non K variants since you can't overclock anyway. Looking at gaming benchmarks seems to point to an FPS gap of at most 5 FPS and I'd personally save the £20 and put it towards something else for my build

[Leyert]

23 minutes ago, LOOK OVER HERE said:

Also works fine. The 7700K is just a tiny bit faster.

Emphasis on the word tiny.

Ill go with the 6700K then

[Leyert]

8 minutes ago, Inversion said:

Yeah there's not a whole lot of difference between the 6700K and the 7700K but looking at your motherboard, I'd say go for the non K variants since you can't overclock anyway. Looking at gaming benchmarks seems to point to an FPS gap of at most 5 FPS and I'd personally save the £20 and put it towards something else for my build

I'm thinking of going for the K variant since im both open to changing my motherboard in the future and i can currently get the K version for the same as the non K

[Leyert]

2 minutes ago, LOOK OVER HERE said:

Good luck and happy building!

 

oh btw whats your gpu

Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card

Upgraded from a RX480 recently, so im looking to get a new CPU too

[Leyert]

2 minutes ago, LOOK OVER HERE said:

The K version is overclockable. That will stack at least 5-10% more performance on, and up to 80%.

Worth the 30 pound difference 

[Leyert]

Just now, LOOK OVER HERE said:

 An overclocked 6700K should pair pretty well.

Yes

[Leyert]

Just now, LOOK OVER HERE said:

What's the cooler you're using for it?

 

Haven't decided yet

[Leyert]

Just now, LOOK OVER HERE said:

To overclock, get a beefy air cooler or a liquid cooler. Liquid is a bit more expensive but quieter.

CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler

[Leyert]

2 minutes ago, LOOK OVER HERE said:

That's OK, but you can get an EXTRA THICC, really good Masterliquid 240 Lite that can cool probably twice as much and is much more efficient for $5 more.

Its in the build now lol. I suppose itll come in handy when i switch my mobo at christmas.

[Leyert]

12 minutes ago, LOOK OVER HERE said:

Make sure you have a 240 mm mount for it though. this can just be 2 120 mm fan slots right next to each other

Nope only clearance for 120mm 

Corsair 100r

[Leyert]

Tbh im not sure ill be able to fit that cooler