What CPU best for gaming?

[gabriel_p]

Planning to get a gaming pc by the end of the year, wondering what cpu to pick, definitely intel though

 

[Tfuture]

Overclocking or not?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

If overclocking pick a "K" CPU, i would get one of i5 6500, i5 6600K, i7 6700, i7 6700K (depending on budget)

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Also consider a Xeon E3-1230 V3 or V5. It's essentially an i7 without an integrated GPU.

 

[smorizio]

depending on your build funds the brodewell-e chips will be out that will be muilt core units for the 2011-3 mb. if your thinking of wating till nov or dec by that time wait for the new skylake e chips as there going to use a whole new mb and chipset. min gaming system that can play most games would be a locked i5 and h/b micro atx mb and 960/970 gpu. i7 cpu has hypertherding and works in programs and games that can use it. in real life your better off getting a cpu that has real cores. if your doing editing or photoshop. a lot of people now are using xeon cpu in the rigs.

 

[Gingerbread]

Gaming, xeons are not really good, no turbo boost and almost no games fully utilize hyperthreading.If you are getting it by the end of the year, then there are 10 months more for new CPUs to arrive so no one can really tell you.

 

[guanyu210379]

I bought E3-1231V3 for working purposes in 2014 (I need tall 8 threads for the work but I was on really tight budget) and after some months, I started to use it for gaming too.

That Xeon rocks! A lot better than I had expected.
That processor chews Witcher 3, FallOut 4, GTA 5, etc. like chewing Tofu.
I originally built the rig only with a single GTX970 but after I moved from U2412M to XB270HU, I bought the second GTX970.

BTw, you have a lot of time until end of the year. I am pretty sure you can and will find better processors by then.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Gaming, xeons are not really good, no turbo boost and almost no games fully utilize hyperthreading.If you are getting it by the end of the year, then there are 10 months more for new CPUs to arrive so no one can really tell you.

I have to disagree with you on that.

Both Xeons I mentioned have Turbo Boost, but if the clock speed is already sufficiently high, it's a non-issue anyway.

There are existing games that do utilise Hyper-Threading; GTA V is one such example. DX12 is only going to continue this trend.

 

[gabriel_p]

I have no idea what is going on, my internet is being really slow and i didnt pick the best solution, it just popped up, sorry guys

 

[Tfuture]

I stick to my original answer, but admit that the Xeon option works too, its a matter of finding one that is works well in terms of performance/$ whilst i believe the ix series is a lot easier to keep track of in that respect. There will be new Kabylakes (not sure of spellling) coming out this year at some point, but when exactly is unknow, until then, the best option in my opinion is to grab a 6700K if you can afford it and keep it for a while, or if money is an issue a 6600K/6600 and hold on to it until multiple core use is of more use in game design

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

Kaby Lake isn't really worth waiting for in my view. Considering that it was a last minute thing still on 14nm, I am betting that it consists of "Skylake, but clocked better and maybe better Integrated Graphics." The Xeon or the i5 are the best CPUs, (for gaming), i7s are okay but cost a whole lot more.

 

[Tfuture]

Kaby Lake isn't really worth waiting for in my view. Considering that it was a last minute thing still on 14nm, I am betting that it consists of "Skylake, but clocked better and maybe better Integrated Graphics." The Xeon or the i5 are the best CPUs, (for gaming), i7s are okay but cost a whole lot more.[/quotems]

Totally agree, was more if he/she isnt buying till later on anyway, might as well grab a Kaby if its available, if not the skylakes are just fine, I myself am getting a 6700k in the next month or so

 

[Pramit Kumar Biswas]

Gabriel it depends on your budget. An i5 6600k is very good cpu and if you don't wanna overclock go for the non k version. Thats it and a big fullstop. 😛

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Kaby Lake is the tick in Intel's tick-tock release cycle; an incremental upgrade to an existing processor line rather than new microarchitecture.

Kaby Lake won't be worth waiting for.

 

[Pramit Kumar Biswas]

Kaby Lake is the tick in Intel's tick-tock release cycle; an incremental upgrade to an existing processor line rather than new microarchitecture.

Kaby Lake won't be worth waiting for.

Those 7th gens are nesting in everyone's mind. As said an i5 is good to go but if you want video editing , then i7.