What CPU should i buy for a gtx 1060 6gb

[ivogada]

So i bought a gtx 1060 a while ago and a xeon x3440.

The xeon x3440 is a bottleneck to my GPU tho.

 

So I am wondering what CPU should i buy to pair with the gtx 1060.

Here's the catch tho: 

I dont want to buy new DDR4 RAM for my CPU(It's expensive as hell), I want to stick with my 8GBs of DDR3 RAM.

My budget is 230£.

 

Any anwsers would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

-Ivo

 

 

 

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, ivogada said:

 

You can easily get on AM4 with that budget and it leaves you with an upgrade path to cheap 6/8 core CPUs in the future, as well as Ryzen 3000 early next year.

I'd suggest just sticking with that otherwise you have to try and find an i7 4790K for a cheap price and hope it has a decent Z chipset board for overclocking, unless that was like $150 or less I'd just stick to AM4, it'll be fine for 60-120hz gaming depending on the game. I assume you only have a 1080p 60hz monitor at best.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VXNvq4
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VXNvq4/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£86.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£68.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £227.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-24 20:37 BST+0100

[Jurrunio]

4770k or 4790k could be within budget (need Z87 or Z97 mobo), otherwise the 4670k or 4690k will do

[ivogada]

Thanks a lot guys i might go for the intel i7 4790k because of the higher base clock.

 

 

PS: Thanks Streetguru for the list of parts, but i would prefer sticking with team blue since i am not going to be upgrading later in the future.

 

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, ivogada said:

 

Just don't forget how cheap it is to upgrade on AM4, you can also easily find used R5 1600 right now and have 6 cores/12 threads and the AM4 upgrade path until 2020.
 

A quick check on ebay gave me a starting bid of 100 GBP, Likely a much better long term option than trying to find a 4790K and a decent motherboard for a decent price. The motherboards are usually what's expensive.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-Ryzen-5-1600-3-2GHz-Hexa-Core-12-thread-YD1600BBAEBOX-Processor/352490442969?epid=16019365739&hash=item52121150d9:g:LVcAAOSwLvxbycAL:rk:3:pf:0