Which GTX 1060 for 7500 Kaby Lake + 1080/59Hz

[Dinael]

Hello guys,

which specific GTX 1060 is the best for my setup? I'm waiting for some Christmas sales and I would like to know what cards to keep keep an eye on.

I already read this thread about "i5 7500 + GTX 1060 6gb + ssd 128gb +RGB or i5 7500 + GTX 1070 + HDD" - according to this, the 1060 should be alright with my CPU and 59Hz Monitor, but still I would like to be ensured by you - I'm hoping you don't mind.

My budget for the GPU is 300 USD.

Would there be any bottleneck or anything else "wrong" with some of the 1060 - with the most powerful ones maybe?

I know the 300 USD is not enough for the best ones, but I am awaiting some crazy sales and that is why I would like to know two things:

1) Which concrete one to buy according to the current standard prizes?
2) If the sales come and I have an opportunity to buy something even better - Is my current setup limiting my choice in any way? Which of the concrete TOP 1060s would you recommend? Maybe I get lucky with the sales...

And one more question at the end: Anything wrong with the rest of the setup?

SOURCE - Energyknight SS-500ET Active PFC T3 - 500 Watts
MB - MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (U3E1)
CPU - i5 7500 Kaby Lake 14nm 3.40GHz
RAM - Kingston 16GB KIT DDR4 2400MHz CL15 HyperX Fury Black Series
MONITOR - LED monitor 22" PHILIPS 226CL2SB/00 (1920x1080@59Hz)

In advance - Thank you for your wisdom!

 

[littleleo]

i5s seem to be fairly popular for gaming rigs, I've got one though a little older than yours. I don't think you will have any issues with your setup running a GTX 1060 6GB or better GPU. Just wait for the GPU prices to come back to reality.

 

[Zerlen]

If you don't mind the 2-5 fps difference then get the cheapest 2-fan available. But if you do care the minor difference then get something with a higher clock speed such as EVGA SSC / FTW Edition or MSI Gaming X.

As of the "bottleneck" thing, graphics cards always run at 100% to output the most frames possible (unless you limit your fps or CPU is bottlenecking it). If you plan on playing AAA-titles on highest settings possible then the i5 might be bottlenecking the GPU thus lowering the performance. I'd rather spend a little extra and go with a Ryzen 5 1600, which gives you an option to overclock, has more cores and threads thus ensuring the best performance and avoiding a CPU bottleneck.

Rest of the setup should be fine.

I'm no expert so I might be wrong but I gave the best answer I could.

I recommend checking out a video from Tech Deals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLt_fAu-Cs) , he explains the difference between GTX 1060s and compares their performance.

 

[Dinael]

Thank you guys. Yes, I will definetely wait for lower prizes if there will be no interesting sales before the Christmas.

I watched the video and from what I get, according to what guy said, the EVGA SuperClocked should be the best choice even though it is a 1 fan.

There is much more of the 1060s he did not even mentioned. I guess I will watch more of such videos.

I also read some other objective comparisons and the very loud noise and very low quality of used materials and production of all the EVGAs of this generation was unfortunately mentioned, especialy fans (loud, weird noise, high temperatures...)... The more expensive cards are simply a better product from all perspectives - used materials and so on...

I guess I will simply wait for some sales and decide according to them.