CPU + MOBO for GTX 1070

[Bakua]

No budget for this, but preferred to keep cost ro performance ratio clean, nice, and cheap. You can suggest to wait for AMD's new Zen, but preferably you don't (as we're all waiting for benchmarks).

 

[Hlsgsz]

older gen i7 equivalent:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $350.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:17 EDT-0400

current gen:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($115.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $360.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:19 EDT-0400

 

[firefoxx04]

If you are ready to buy as soon as a 1070 is available, then a K variant of the Skylake i5/i7 would be your choice. You could do with haswell-E if you feel that you need 6cores 12 threads. If strictly gaming the skylake i7 should be more than enough at 4ghz.

EDIT: sorry I did not read cheep.

Cannot comment on the motherboards. I usually go for Asrock Extreme 6 boards but I am sure there are better/worse boards out there. Usually my budget dictates my board choice.

Zen might be nice but I would hate for someone to wait that long and be disappointed. And honestly, AMD is not going to release something that beats skylake. Hopefully they get close but they are so far behind that assuming they are going to release something better is just wishful thinking.

 

[Bakua]

I don't think it'll beat Intel, but price efficiency is what AMD's good at. I'll probably go with the i5-6500 build Hls has listed. Is there any (real) difference between the i5-6500 and i5-6600?

 

[Hlsgsz]

I don't think it'll beat Intel, but price efficiency is what AMD's good at. I'll probably go with the i5-6500 build Hls has listed. Is there any (real) difference between the i5-6500 and i5-6600?

Marginal. Not worth the premium. Between the 6400 and the 6500 it's a no brainer for teh extra 500Mhz for a few bucks.
Regardless of how good Zen turns out, both the builds i listed are a safe bet, though the xeon may prove better in the long run as it has hyperthreading and games are going to become better threaded. Also, if you ever intend to SLI and/or stream gaming, teh Xeon wins hand-down.

 

[Bakua]

I don't think it'll beat Intel, but price efficiency is what AMD's good at. I'll probably go with the i5-6500 build Hls has listed. Is there any (real) difference between the i5-6500 and i5-6600?

Marginal. Not worth the premium. Between the 6400 and the 6500 it's a no brainer for teh extra 500Mhz for a few bucks.
Regardless of how good Zen turns out, both the builds i listed are a safe bet, though the xeon may prove better in the long run as it has hyperthreading and games are going to become better threaded. Also, if you ever intend to SLI and/or stream gaming, teh Xeon wins hand-down.

I don't ever plan on SLI again, not dealing with that. It's a real hassle. SLI'd two R9 270Xs (got the both of them for $50) and the drivers/support for them was terrible imo. I'll probably push more to the Xeon side, although I've never been a fan of them. I may stream later in the future, who knows. Thanks guys

 

[Hlsgsz]

I don't think it'll beat Intel, but price efficiency is what AMD's good at. I'll probably go with the i5-6500 build Hls has listed. Is there any (real) difference between the i5-6500 and i5-6600?

Marginal. Not worth the premium. Between the 6400 and the 6500 it's a no brainer for teh extra 500Mhz for a few bucks.
Regardless of how good Zen turns out, both the builds i listed are a safe bet, though the xeon may prove better in the long run as it has hyperthreading and games are going to become better threaded. Also, if you ever intend to SLI and/or stream gaming, teh Xeon wins hand-down.

I don't ever plan on SLI again, not dealing with that. It's a real hassle. SLI'd two R9 270Xs (got the both of them for $50) and the drivers/support for them was terrible imo. I'll probably push more to the Xeon side, although I've never been a fan of them. I may stream later in the future, who knows. Thanks guys

if teh possiblity of streaming is on the table, the choice is 100% clear towards teh Xeon. It's basically an i7 4770 without integrated graphics and taht runs 100Mhz slower turbo, witch is irrelevant. Yet it costs $60 less 😉

 

[Hlsgsz]

Here: http://ark.intel.com/compare/80910,75122

 

[Bakua]

Alright, thanks man, I've added it to my PCPartPicker list. Good, I dislike IGPUs, and I won't OC (unless needed). Yeah, they're pretty much the same exact thing apparently. Glad I don't have to spend much on the set

 

[uguv]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

 

[Bakua]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

I don't think the H170 can OC(?)

 

[Hlsgsz]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

I don't think the H170 can OC(?)

It can't. But you don;t care about that. I used teh z170 in case you were going to SLI. But, regardless, The Xeon is a better choice.

 

[Bakua]

I may SLI, depending on future support for it. Right now, with the GTX 1070, I don't really need it.

 

[uguv]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

I don't think the H170 can OC(?)

The i5 6500 can't overclock so I was just saying you don't need a motherboard that supports overclocking either. However, if you plan on SLI I'd go with a z170 as Hlsgsz suggested.

 

[msproject251]

older gen i7 equivalent:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $350.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:17 EDT-0400

current gen:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($115.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $360.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:19 EDT-0400

i have a gigabyte h81m-h with an i7 4790, will the gtx 1080 run fine on my build?

 

[Bakua]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

I don't think the H170 can OC(?)

The i5 6500 can't overclock so I was just saying you don't need a motherboard that supports overclocking either. However, if you plan on SLI I'd go with a z170 as Hlsgsz suggested.

Oh, alright. Only K versions can overclock, right? I may overclock, depending on the future support for it. That's my only concern for SLI'ing.

 

[Hlsgsz]

older gen i7 equivalent:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $350.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:17 EDT-0400

current gen:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($115.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $360.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 09:19 EDT-0400

i have a gigabyte h81m-h with an i7 4790, will the gtx 1080 run fine on my build?

Yes. No probs whatsoever.

 

[Hlsgsz]

You could save a little cash and go with a h170 board with the i5 6500 instead of that z170 board.

I don't think the H170 can OC(?)

The i5 6500 can't overclock so I was just saying you don't need a motherboard that supports overclocking either. However, if you plan on SLI I'd go with a z170 as Hlsgsz suggested.

Oh, alright. Only K versions can overclock, right? I may overclock, depending on the future support for it. That's my only concern for SLI'ing.

Only k's can overclock. But that's got nothing to do with SLI. But if you want to be able to SLi inthe future, again, the xeon wins. I'll update the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $375.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 11:04 EDT-0400

This mobo has teh added advantage of sporting an m.2 slot and USB 3.1.

 

[uguv]

Correct, only the K versions support overclocking.

 

[uguv]

If you want to stream and play, or do SLI then the xeon is a better option at that price point. If you're only going to run one video card, don't need the benefit of 8 threads, and don't plan on overclocking then i5 6500 with h170 board is a good option.

 

[Bakua]

Alright, now I just have one more question, if I want to remove a GPU (after SLI'ing), would that be fine, or would I have to re-install drivers? I ask because lots of games still don't support SLI (and some may not need)

 

[Hlsgsz]

Alright, now I just have one more question, if I want to remove a GPU (after SLI'ing), would that be fine, or would I have to re-install drivers? I ask because lots of games still don't support SLI (and some may not need)

No driver reinstall whatsoever. It's teh same driver. SLI can be enabled or disabled from the drivers control panel, but you don't have to do that before removing the card. Anyway, in order for SLi to work there must be an SLI profile for that specific game, so if it doesnt support it, it will be disabled by default.

 

[Bakua]

Awesome, thanks for answering all of my questions man. I might just SLI the 1070 if the Xeon can handle it (or just buy GTX 970/980/Ti while the prices are low)