Considering the GTX 1060 GPU - 3GB vs. 6GB?
I know that 6GB will generally perform better than the 3GB GPU, but cost wise...it's astronomical for me to pay an extra $100.00 to outfit my A10-7800 CPU/FM2+ MOBO with the 6GB GPU. Is it worth ...
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3GB or 6GB is mostly not different if play only TS3.
1440p max + heavily use of Reshade only consume around 1200-1500MB and that with 28 Sims on one house.
You will exceed 3GB on 5K (5120x2880) resolution though. Mine consume 3429MB VRAM. Look at red rectangle on upper left corner.
https://preview.ibb.co/by6t8o/3429.jpg
PS. i5-7600K / i7-7700K are obsolete now. For the same price you can get i5-8600K / i7-8700K (if mainly gaming) or Ryzen 5 2600X / Ryzen 7 2700X (if mainly video editing). Both can game / work very well but Intel have slightly stronger per core performance which benefit gaming while AMD tend to push multicore performance thanks to its 12-16 threads.
Another thing is i5-7600K use LGA 1151 V1 (100 and 200 series chipset) which is not compatible with LGA 1151 V2 (300 series chipset) Plus in order to take full of advantage from K you will need Z motherboard and dedicate cooling since Intel do not bundle heatsink with K CPU.
If you want to build overkill for video editing rig you might as well consider AMD 16 core 32 thread Threadripper 1950X which cost $750 now and as fast as i9-7960X that retail for $1700. Even more overkill is waiting for 32 core 64 thread Threadripper 2990X at $1500 which will release next month.
1440p max + heavily use of Reshade only consume around 1200-1500MB and that with 28 Sims on one house.
You will exceed 3GB on 5K (5120x2880) resolution though. Mine consume 3429MB VRAM. Look at red rectangle on upper left corner.
https://preview.ibb.co/by6t8o/3429.jpg
PS. i5-7600K / i7-7700K are obsolete now. For the same price you can get i5-8600K / i7-8700K (if mainly gaming) or Ryzen 5 2600X / Ryzen 7 2700X (if mainly video editing). Both can game / work very well but Intel have slightly stronger per core performance which benefit gaming while AMD tend to push multicore performance thanks to its 12-16 threads.
Another thing is i5-7600K use LGA 1151 V1 (100 and 200 series chipset) which is not compatible with LGA 1151 V2 (300 series chipset) Plus in order to take full of advantage from K you will need Z motherboard and dedicate cooling since Intel do not bundle heatsink with K CPU.
If you want to build overkill for video editing rig you might as well consider AMD 16 core 32 thread Threadripper 1950X which cost $750 now and as fast as i9-7960X that retail for $1700. Even more overkill is waiting for 32 core 64 thread Threadripper 2990X at $1500 which will release next month.
