Hello Community.
Now, I know theres a ton of threads like these but unfortunatly so far I am lacking a valid answer, as most of the answers are to technical for an "old" man like me that doesnt know much about cache and stuff.
So this will be a few questions, and a long text, but thank you in advance to anyone who takes time to answer this.
The basic situation is: I have updated my Old PC for a very long time, and since almost all parts are now aged, I figured I want to build one from scratch. The Upgrade will be rather big, as our current PC is a FX6300 with a AMD R270x i build a few years back, with some parts like the case and the CD still being from my youth.
I want to build (or buy if theres a nice complete offer) a solid, futurproof PC that will keep me and my family happy for a while. I dont have too much time to play games, but when I do I dont want to wait the whole day or get dissapointed because of stuttering or something, so I'm looking for something solid, that will keep us happy a few years.
Gamewise I tend to go rather CPU-Heavy games, like Paradoxtitles (EU4, HOI) or turnbased strategy (Total War).
Oh, and I think Overclocking or something like this is not for me, as I'm just not as technical and would be too afraid of breaking something 😉
My Thought was to buy a GTX 1070 and top it with an Intel CPU and 16 gig of ram (with a Mainboard that can handle 32 if that should become necessary), thinking that the GTX 1070 will be decent for quite a while and can be exchanged at some point in time if it ever becomes outdated and the CPU hopefully still lasts then, so I wanted to buy a nice CPU/Mainboard combo.
Now my first pick would have been the 7700k, as I understand that this is simply the best "normal" CPU right now, let alone the 7*-or-so as expensive special models.
Now this throws up a lot of questions and googling it for two days now unfortunatly only made it worse since everyone sais something else.
So my questions are:
1) What CPU would you get?
2) Is it worth getting a I7 over an I5 as a lot of the Sites I found say that this is not really "useful" speed unless you do things like Play and Record it (Which I wont) since the big difference is hyperthreading and this wont be an advantage in "everyday life".
3) Should I get a "standard" or this "k" form - from what I understand the "k" is for overclocking, which I dont want to do, but then the basetact of these processors tends to be way higher, which in my time was the number-1 sign of speed 😉 (3.5 vs 4.2 would be a big jump!)
4) I saw that a lot of sites still offer PCs with the I7 6700 at reasonable prices. (In fact im looking at a decent offer right now, thats got everything I want+ this CPU) Now is this something I should consider? I know its the "old" one, since theres 7700, but then again I read the difference isnt too big, but its not a "k" and the "old" one - would I be futureproof with this?
Thanks to everyone thats willing to read all this
Have a nice evening.
Now, I know theres a ton of threads like these but unfortunatly so far I am lacking a valid answer, as most of the answers are to technical for an "old" man like me that doesnt know much about cache and stuff.
So this will be a few questions, and a long text, but thank you in advance to anyone who takes time to answer this.
The basic situation is: I have updated my Old PC for a very long time, and since almost all parts are now aged, I figured I want to build one from scratch. The Upgrade will be rather big, as our current PC is a FX6300 with a AMD R270x i build a few years back, with some parts like the case and the CD still being from my youth.
I want to build (or buy if theres a nice complete offer) a solid, futurproof PC that will keep me and my family happy for a while. I dont have too much time to play games, but when I do I dont want to wait the whole day or get dissapointed because of stuttering or something, so I'm looking for something solid, that will keep us happy a few years.
Gamewise I tend to go rather CPU-Heavy games, like Paradoxtitles (EU4, HOI) or turnbased strategy (Total War).
Oh, and I think Overclocking or something like this is not for me, as I'm just not as technical and would be too afraid of breaking something 😉
My Thought was to buy a GTX 1070 and top it with an Intel CPU and 16 gig of ram (with a Mainboard that can handle 32 if that should become necessary), thinking that the GTX 1070 will be decent for quite a while and can be exchanged at some point in time if it ever becomes outdated and the CPU hopefully still lasts then, so I wanted to buy a nice CPU/Mainboard combo.
Now my first pick would have been the 7700k, as I understand that this is simply the best "normal" CPU right now, let alone the 7*-or-so as expensive special models.
Now this throws up a lot of questions and googling it for two days now unfortunatly only made it worse since everyone sais something else.
So my questions are:
1) What CPU would you get?
2) Is it worth getting a I7 over an I5 as a lot of the Sites I found say that this is not really "useful" speed unless you do things like Play and Record it (Which I wont) since the big difference is hyperthreading and this wont be an advantage in "everyday life".
3) Should I get a "standard" or this "k" form - from what I understand the "k" is for overclocking, which I dont want to do, but then the basetact of these processors tends to be way higher, which in my time was the number-1 sign of speed 😉 (3.5 vs 4.2 would be a big jump!)
4) I saw that a lot of sites still offer PCs with the I7 6700 at reasonable prices. (In fact im looking at a decent offer right now, thats got everything I want+ this CPU) Now is this something I should consider? I know its the "old" one, since theres 7700, but then again I read the difference isnt too big, but its not a "k" and the "old" one - would I be futureproof with this?
Thanks to everyone thats willing to read all this
Have a nice evening.
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