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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
I've been wanting to upgrade for the past couple of years but I've had to hold off. Thinking about pulling the trigger now though.
Current build:
i7 860 @ 2.8 GHz
GTX 670
8 GB DDR 3
Samsung 840 250 GB SSD
1 TB WD Black
850W PSU
Win 10
Ideally I'd want to keep this around $1000. I assume that my CPU is so ancient at this point that it has to be upgraded. My first thought is going with an i5 6600k, 16 GB of DDR4 and a GTX 1060. Any thoughts? I'll still be gaming at 1080p since that is all my monitors are capable of.
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I think you are on the right track, though I'm hearing rumbles from some areas that more games this year/next year are leaning more heavily on i7/hyper-threaded processors, so it might not be the worst idea to kick up to a 6700k for the extra 120 bucks. DirectX 12 games in specific.
Particularly, I've chatted with a bunch of players complaining about micro-stutter and lag issues in Battlefield 1, and they were all using i5s or i3s. Mostly I'd recommend to them to turn DX12 off, even if they were running a 9xx or 10xx series card.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX58496 - $450 CPU
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX61202 - $165 Mobo (after rebate)
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX61805 - $125 RAM (16 GB)
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX63927 - $360 GTX 1060 (6 GB VRAM)
= $1100
Generally the minimum I would recommend, but then again I'm a hyper sperg.