If intel core i5-8600k bottlenecks the 1060 3gb, how much GPU power goes to waste?

[gaminglabbe]

I am kind of a recruit or a beginner regarding PC building.

So I wanted to upgrade my gtx 960 and i5-6400 to i5-8600k and a 1060 3gb/6gb.

But from what ive seen on the forums this CPU bottlenecks the GPU.

My question is how much of the GPU power gets bottlenecked by the CPU and is it worth buying or considering a different CPU?

 

[nobspls]

I think you are being mislead. The 8600K is more than adequate for a GTX1060.

 

[gaminglabbe]

I think you are being mislead. The 8600K is more than adequate for a GTX1060.

Do you think 8gb of ram will bottleneck? For an example on the games Rust or Pubg?

 

[Jwpanz]

Could you post some sources for that information? Because the 8600k will not bottleneck a 1060 3/6GB. In fact, those two are an excellent pairing for the price to performance ratio.

The 1060 is meant for max 1080p to light-medium 1440p gameplay. The 8600k is considered the perfect gaming-only chip. The extra threads on the i7’s help for multi-tasking such as gaming and streaming or photo/video editing.

In conclusion, there is no bottleneck here. If the i7 pushes more frames then it’s by a negligible margin.

 

[Jwpanz]

8GB of RAM is considered the standard starting point for gaming. I would suggest 16GB as it leaves a good buffer of free space.

 

[dorsai]

An i5-8600k is not going to bottle neck a 1060 at all...not a chance.

If I was you I would buy the 6gig 1060 and a cheap K series quad core CPU and overclock the snot out of it since a 1060 is better paired with a quad anyway.

 

[gaminglabbe]

Could you post some sources for that information? Because the 8600k will not bottleneck a 1060 3/6GB. In fact, those two are an excellent pairing for the price to performance ratio.

The 1060 is meant for max 1080p to light-medium 1440p gameplay. The 8600k is considered the perfect gaming-only chip. The extra threads on the i7’s help for multi-tasking such as gaming and streaming or photo/video editing.

In conclusion, there is no bottleneck here. If the i7 pushes more frames then it’s by a negligible margin.

I went back to look it up on the same sources, looks like i misunderstood most threads. But thanks for your information, i definetely need it

 

[gaminglabbe]

An i5-8600k is not going to bottle neck a 1060 at all...not a chance.

If I was you I would buy the 6gig 1060 and a cheap K series quad core CPU and overclock the snot out of it since a 1060 is better paired with a quad anyway.

Any good value K series quad core cpu's you would recommend?

Like an Intel Core i5-7600K?

 

[lumineZ]

i5 - 6600k (Z-170 chipset)
i5 - 7600k (Z-270 chipset)
i5 - 8600k (Z-370 chipset)

or

i7 - 6700k (Z-170 chipset)
i7 - 7700k (Z-270 chipset)
i7 - 8700k (Z-370 chipset) (6 Core / 12 Threads CPU by the way)