Asus TUF GAMING B560-PLUS WIFI CPU recommendations?

[Organizer]

I guess the higher the better... but I am looking for something in between... so definitively no i9.

Somehow I am stuck on thinking to push it to an i7 11700K (yes I know the K matter little on this board) and the plan is to pair it with a 3080 FE GPU. Can get the same clocks with a non-K by simply unlocking the VRM or power stuff?

I do want 11th Gen for the PCIe4 support (but K or no K does not matter for that unless I am wrong). Also there seems to be almost no non-K versions out there, well or the K prices being very close anyway in light of the price range?

Also if I ever would upgrade the MB to an full on OC build, having the K would maybe then still be good in 2-3 years (or a waste if out of date by then, though also for re-sell value I guess it would not hurt).

I am a lot more happy about the price of e.g. 11600k for sure but I do want to squeeze some extra FPS out of the build if possible and it makes sense in light of the CPU/GPU/MB/RAM combo as to not create any bottlenecks that's not GPU based. Any thoughts?

 

[humbug]

I would have gone B550 and Ryzen 5600X or 5800X budget permitting.

But for your board with the 3080 i would suggest you go 8 core, its a powerful GPU and Nvidia's drivers have a habit of wasting a lot of CPU cycles on its self so get one with plenty of headroom to spare, 11700K

 

[Organizer]

... with the 3080 i would suggest you go 8 core, its a powerful GPU and Nvidia's drivers have a habit of wasting a lot of CPU cycles on its self so get one with plenty of headroom to spare, 11700K

Fair suggestion, I can follow that logic as well.

 

[jigger]

Unless you need an Intel system I’d just sell the B560 board and go AM4. If you need an Intel system then go with a 11400 and RX6000 series graphics card as Radeon cards have a lower CPU requirement, like humbug says.

 

[dave28]

Get the best i5 and spend the rest on good games or whatever else