I5 6500 + gtx 1070

[dEWEZ]

Good for gaming?
16 gb ram i5 6500 gtx 1070

[☆ id/SweetRin ☆ [JP]]

I still have a 1070, yes it's good for gaming. But if possible I would recommend trying to get at least an i7.

More info on the 1070. One by itself will start to show its age. But it is still plenty good for gaming but you may not achieve anything higher than 1080p.

[nullable]

dEWEZ の投稿を引用：

Good for gaming?
16 gb ram i5 6500 gtx 1070

Well define good. Define your expectations.

The hardware is getting close to five years old. It's still serviceable but aging. Closer to retirement than being cutting edge.

[_I_]

1070 is still a great gpu for 1080p60 with newer games near max
the i5 is ok for most games at 60fps

not a bad combo
for a new build 3600 is a better cpu
1660s/ti are slightly weaker than the 1070

the locked 6500 intel is close to the first gen ryzen core performance with fewer cores
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6500-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/3513vs3919

[jamesglen7]

You may get by for awhile but I know the road you'll be going down. How many of us have closets full of outdated pc's & components we spent plenty on and have difficulty trashing our creations?

[Talby]

Would rock CSGO, 1080@240 and 1440@144 no problem[www.userbenchmark.com]

[Bing Chilling]

the 1070 is still a good card for 1080p
probably still has a fair amount of life still in it


the i5 6500 is also still decent enough for 60fps in most titles
it's an alright paring,
that said though, you're gonna be on an old socket,
that doesn't really have much of an upgrade path


are you building this pc or are you buying it from someone? how much are you paying?

if you are building it yourself, i might suggest looking at 10th gen chips
or ryzen for a better deal, as an example, the i3 10100 is about 110 USD
and a LGA 1200 mobo can be around 70$ then 16gb of ram for about another 70$
for about $230 that cpu is on a currently supported mobo and is 4c/8t

the performance difference is actually pretty large between the i5 6500 vs i3 10100
the i3 is on average 70-90% faster when the gpu is not the bottleneck
while the i5 6500 may be enough for most of todays games at 60fps
it wont for much longer, if you can i'd def get a new cpu like the i3 10100 or ryzen 3100
they are both nearly 2x the speed of the i5 6500 and will do 60fps in games for alot longer
the i5 6500 it's already bottlenecking for 60fps in games like ACO and RDR2
i'd say it has another year at most for most AAA titles.

it all honestly depends on the price. and what you would like to do with the PC
for AAA games that CPU is going to start struggling pretty soon
but for Esports titles, it'll be fine for a while

[upcoast]

New games ya the GTX1070 is ok high to ultra but the i5 6500 is sucking wind, more newer games are chewing up 4 cores and spitting them out, 4 cores peaking at %100 is no good.

[xSOSxHawkens]

Biggest hold back will be the CPU. It took a bit longer than people thought, but the death of 4c/4t chips is well upon us. If you had opted up front to spend a bit more on the i7 you would be in much better shape.

Being with the i5 you will do great in anything not CPU bound, but CPU heavy titles will bottleneck on your CPU and run your GPU at less than full, so dont be surprised when you see that.

[temps]

An Intel Core i5 is a great CPU for gaming, but that one is way too old unless you're getting it for the right (cheap) price. If you end up buying something newer, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is similar to the Intel Core i5 but is a lot better.

Core i7 and Core i9 CPUs are more for workstation computers and content creation, not for gaming (although they can also work for gaming). There aren't any games I'm aware of that actually make use of the additional cores of the i7 and i9, and by the time such a game is made several years down the road, it will probably be time to upgrade your Core i5/i7/i9 CPU to get good performance in new games anyway, so I don't really see a point in buying a CPU with more cores right now than you could get with an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Also CPUs with many cores like the i7 or i9 cost a lot more than CPUs with fewer cores like the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or the Intel Core i5. The money you save buying one of these two CPUs with fewer cores (core i5 or 5600X) can be hundreds of dollars -- enough to cover the cost of your future CPU upgrade several years down the road.

[_I_]

even a 4690k spanks the locked 6500 at everything
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6500-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690K/3513vs2432
stock by 10-15%, oc by 20-25%

it is very efficient, but gimped by very low clock 3.2 and turbo 3.6
moving to a 7700k would be a huge improvement, but the mobo may limit it

save up for a new cpu/mobo/ram combo
3600 or 5600 or better cpu and board with 4 dimm slots will get off the bottom chipsets
ddr4 3200+ cl16-

then the 1070 will actually hit and hold its marks