Serephucus wrote: » I like to use TechPowerUp here. This is from their 1080Ti review. Given that we're relatively late in the life-cycle of both Pascal and Polaris, it's not really worth your money going for a 1080/1080Ti. Likewise, it's probably not worth your time going for a 1060, as that just won't push enough frames in most cases, especially considering your 144Hz setup. So I'd look at something like a 1070/RX 480 now. It is also worth mentioning that AMD's/RTG's Vega architecture is due to show up around June. We don't really know much about it, other than it's targeting the high-end graphics segment, and that it's quite a departure from previous architectures, so has the potential to be very powerful. That said, AMD has drummed up hype in the past, but given Ryzen's success, this might be an option. tl;dr - 1070 / 480, or wait for Vega. Edit: I goofed. 480 ~= 1060. Get a 1070 now, or get a 480 / 1060 if you want to have a stop-gap until the next generation.
Mickeroo wrote: » I would have thought the 1070 is the only option in that regard really, rx 480 is on par with the 6GB 1060 in benchmarks from what I've seen, even behind it in some cases?
Serephucus wrote: » I like to use TechPowerUp here. This is from their 1080Ti review. Given that we're relatively late in the life-cycle of both Pascal and Polaris, it's not really worth your money going for a 1080/1080Ti. Likewise, it's probably not worth your time going for a 1060, as that just won't push enough frames in most cases, especially considering your 144Hz setup. So I'd look at something like a 1070/RX 480 now. It is also worth mentioning that AMD's/RTG's Vega architecture is due to show up around June. We don't really know much about it, other than it's targeting the high-end graphics segment, and that it's quite a departure from previous architectures, so has the potential to be very powerful. That said, AMD has drummed up hype in the past, but given Ryzen's success, this might be an option. tl;dr - 1070 / 480, or wait for Vega.
Ryzen 5 1600 beats the pants off the i7-7700K in price/€, 90% performance at 70% cost in games. For productivity it even beats the i7-7700K in many benchmarks.
Geryn wrote: » For what I posted above in regards to my use of the pc, is the Ryzen 5 posted by Kiki better than the 7700k for price/performance. I'll for the majority of the time use it for gaming but I need to be able to do the other stuff too.
TerrorFirmer wrote: » If it's primarily a gaming machine, yes the i7-7700K is the better processor in games. This does make a particular difference with a 144hz monitor as you want a high a framerate as possible. You want a Z170 motherboard for overclocking, though if you're against overclocking it won't cost you any more than Ryzen really as a) a cheap €60 H110M board will be perfectly fine and b) the 7700K still has a faster base clock than the non-k i7-7700 so there is benefit without overclocking.
Sheogorath wrote: » With the price drop of the gtx 1080 would yous think maybe it would be a better choice over the 1070 now, unless it pushes the budget? Only ~120 euro in the difference since the 1080ti release
TerrorFirmer wrote: » Actually I meant that specifically in the context of a GTX1080 being recommended in the build. In the sense that 'even a GTX1070 is technically overkill for 1080P let alone a GTX1080'. I wasn't advising against actually buying the card and I even said that longevity will be good. Of course the big problem at the moment is that the next card down is the GTX1060 6GB which is a lot slower and is going to show it's limitations very soon at 1080p. If someone has the budget for a GTX1070 I'd never not recommend it at 1080p - I think that post of mine was just taken out of the context in which it was meant. I have a GTX1070 on a 1080P monitor myself at the moment!
TerrorFirmer wrote: » Above build is good but assumes you're running a 1440P monitor really - if just 1080P even a GTX1070 is overkill though longevity will be good at that resolution.
