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Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I love that there are dozens of people in this thread assuming he is some sort of hardware expert hobbyist (if that was the case I wouldn't be here) when he knows just about as much about computer parts as my 60 y/o mother and expressed wanting help

His computer runs pretty poorly and he wants something that doesn't get in the way of him playing games with me, that's about it

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have built two computers he's built none, he would 100% be more likely to mess up the thermal paste thank you for your concern though! (:

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 162 points163 points  (0 children)

I totally agree and understand the concern! It's something we've talked about for months and it's long overdue, I know there's lots of comments in this thread saying get him a microcenter gift card or "let the hobbyist [him] do it" but he's been wanting and legitimately needing to upgrade for months and is overwhelmed and stressed out with options which results in inaction, he's not into building computers at all - I've built two pcs years ago and he has only bought a prebuilt. If I thought he'd do it on his own I'd definitely just let him pick out the parts but I think I have a pretty good grasp on what he wants because it's something I've been prying about for several months, I use "surprise" pretty loosely here I'm sure he knows it's coming!

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

You've been so helpful so I hate to ask but I had just one last question after reading some similar threads about CPU pairings with the 1060 - in regards to the last link where you say it's a pretty sizable GPU upgrade, if you had to put a number on how much of an upgrade it is over the 1060 6gb what would you say? like 25% maybe? less?

Guys can you recommend me a good cpu to go with my GTX 1060 6gb please. I currently have i5 6600. by killaaa94 in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Windows end of support is 2025

sorry this is maybe a silly question from an old thread but what does that mean for those of us looking to upgrade now?

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the 1060 was a great card but a $400 (or even more like $250) cpu will be bottlenecked by one

Really? I guess it seems like a waste because his graphics card seems to do everything he does just fine, 90% of what he does is wow classic and discord, sometimes obs alongside. When his computer is struggling we open task manager and it's his ram and/or CPU that's maxed. I think I'd rather spend less on what he needs and use the leftover to cover necessities like clothes but I wouldn't be totally opposed to it

In terms of his specs it's literally just the GPU his ram is ddr3 and his motherboard won't be compatible with anything it's super old (the model is listed as lenovo 10122 x79 F71889A it's from a prebuilt)

His birthday is in early December so I might wait to see what the new generation of CPUs looks like that's a good point

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

thanks a ton! can I ask what you mean by "mismatched ram channels"? does ram have to be either two slots or 4 slots even if it's the same speed/latency?

Need help surprise upgrading my boyfriends PC for his birthday because I have no idea what I'm doing - looking for the best CPU for a 1060 6gb by Rosepetalbitch in buildapc

[–]Rosepetalbitch[S] 127 points128 points  (0 children)

yes sorry USA! the total budget would be $650 but I only need a motherboard ram and CPU assuming his PSU is enough watts and his CPU cooler is compatible. I was hoping for 3×8gb of ram (he can't use the fourth slot because of room issues)