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I5 vs I7 gtx1060 - kevtheskin - 07-02-2018
Hello all,
I am hoping to buy a new pc next week and would like to know should I buy a I5 with gtx 1060 or pay that bit more and get i7 gtx1060 . How much cpu usage is involved when running a gtx1060 card. I only have a budget of about £850.
Thanks and sorry if this has been asked before.
Cheers Kev
RE: I5 vs I7 gtx1060 - Flomac - 07-02-2018
You can even buy an i3-8100 or something lower and it would be completly sufficient to support that GPU. CPU-power is quite irrelevant for hashcat, as long as you're not running a couple of 1080Ti's.
RE: I5 vs I7 gtx1060 - kevtheskin - 07-03-2018
(07-02-2018, 11:02 PM)Flomac Wrote: You can even buy an i3-8100 or something lower and it would be completly sufficient to support that GPU. CPU-power is quite irrelevant for hashcat, as long as you're not running a couple of 1080Ti's.
Thanks for your reply
Was looking at these https://www.johnlewis.com/dell-inspiron-5680-desktop-pc-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-128gb-ssd-geforce-gtx-1060-recon-blue/p3553430
https://www.johnlewis.com/hp-pavilion-power-580-092na-desktop-pc-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-geforce-gtx-1060-black/p3417828
Or maybe this https://www.johnlewis.com/xps-8900-desktop-intel-core-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-16gb-intel-optane-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-black/p3417530
Thanks again Kev
RE: I5 vs I7 gtx1060 - Skiddi21 - 07-09-2018
(07-02-2018, 11:02 PM)Flomac Wrote: You can even buy an i3-8100 or something lower and it would be completly sufficient to support that GPU. CPU-power is quite irrelevant for hashcat, as long as you're not running a couple of 1080Ti's.
whats the difference in cpu terms for example if you are going to run 1 1080ti or 4 1080ti? what cpu would you recommend for 1 vs 4? thanks.
RE: I5 vs I7 gtx1060 - Flomac - 07-13-2018
I used to calculate one core per GPU. But since the bumber of cores escalated, why not taking a solid i3-8100 with 4 cores for 1-2 GPUs and something like an i5-8400 with 6 cores for 3-4 GPUs.