An idea of what the top dog for gaming just now

[Sav112]

Hi can someone give me an idea of what the top dog for gaming just now with regards to CPU’s

Am I right thinking this i7-6850K 3.60GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor is the newest best suited for a games rig? Yes I know there will be better bang for buck. But just trying to keep tabs on things.

All I know is i7 is better than i5…..at least with this 1080/1070 GPU cards I can appreciate this is where I want to enter at when I order a build later this year.

 

[Sav112]

I keep promising myself a new system to play games I’ve bough on steam but never been able to play like the new Elite etc. With regards to waiting I’m almost the king at that as I’m typing on my 2004 build still used daily. New Ipad Air2 take some of the stress off it mind but still used for stuff like forums etc.

So coming from a one core AMD 64 Athlon is going to be like going from a biplane to concord anyway. I was happy to see what looks like a great GPU in the 1080 cards. Just want a CPU that will match the 1080 etc and play games flawless for at least a good few years. My thinking is Tech has pulled away again from games rather than games just now hammering the hardware. Looks like games are limited by their programming rather than hardware that pushes well beyond.