What you guys think of 6700k and 1060 6gb ?

It's the single worst moment to buy PC hardware right now. Not only GPU prices skyrocketed to hell due to cryptocurrencies, but with meltdown issue in pretty much all intel CPUs it's almost guaranteed that next generation will come without it, and without heavy performance penalties we had to implement in order to patch it (and still not fully).

Unless you're forced to do it, e.g. your old PC has just died, it's a very wise move to wait.

Do you use a 4k monitor? If not, then yes the 1060 6GB is a beast and will last you for years.

THAT SAID, card prices are so jacked right now you'll likely be better going cheap and crossing your fingers. Or yeah, just sucking it up like Archi suggests.

But money aside, I love my 1060. I lucked out buying it just as prices started rising. How dumb is it that I feel "lucky" for being able to purchase something at MSRP?

Why would you get a 6700K atp, unless it's really cheap?
I have a 1060 6GB; it's good but not great. I've played a few games now that I couldn't max out at 1080p while maintaining 60fps. The FFXV benchmark performance I got wasn't as good as I was hoping either.

Well what is your monitor refresh rate and resolution

6700k and 1060 6gb

I've been using exactly that for over a year now. Solid build. I don't know about FF XV and Kingdom Come, but whatever I'm running runs nicely in 1920x1080. I don't necessarily go for "ultramax" details, though. It's not a high-end gaming config, after all.
Sure the 6700K isn't recent anymore, but it's good enough. The 7700K adds barely a few % of performance, the 8700K has more but essentially because of the added cores. You might get better perf/$$ going for some Ryzen though. Check benchmarks and prices, it always comes down to this: how much are you willing to spend for how much extra performance? We can't really choose that for you 👀

As others mentioned, crypto "mining" screwed GPU prices, but as you say there's no sign it will stop in the near future. RAM prices are also insane (I assume because of smartphone demand and such), but again no sign it will stop. As for spectre and meltdown, as far as I understood the upcoming generation of CPUs will likely still have it, so...
Computer buying has always been the same, "you can always wait longer to get better". At some point you just need to buy, or you never do ^^

You can go with that cpu, but for gpu, you need at least 1070 for next couple years. Games now are all about gpu.

Since you already made up your mind - if you're buying new CPU, always go for the latest generation, especially now when i3 8th gen is equal or sometimes even better than i5 from 7th gen due to double amount of cores. For 1060 GTX I'd suggest at least i3-8100 - it's very cheap, here in Poland it's more or less 140 USD right now. If you already have your 6700k though, not a single reason to change it. If you don't though, not a single reason to buy it either, since you can get much cheaper i5-8400 or i5-8600k, which are both better picks not only price-wise.

In terms of lasting GPU, it's all about quality. 1060 is decent middle ground for "I don't want to spend too much" and "I want something that won't suck like a crap in 3 months from now". Will it last? For sure, but don't expect years on it, unless you're familiar with 30 FPS that is. It's good enough to consider for buying, but rather the bottom of what I'd buy in the first place, since everything lower is simply not cost-effective to spend money on.

Hi, I have 1060 6gb from Asus and I have 30+fps except laggs while map downloads while driving but I think it's cause of my old RAM.
CPU 4770k on motherboard sabertooth z87, 8GB of RAM

i think you should wait 1 month for ryzen +

Hmm... personally I'd hold off. I know you said you can't take it anymore, but if you don't think of it much, then it won't be bugging you as much. It's basically this current moment that you have the extreme urge for it. It'll subside.

It's just that GPUs are twice as expensive and just now, the APU market is picking up and gaining a lot of steam. The Ryzen's line of CPUs is something that I'd recommend. Personally, I'm rocking a Ryzen 1400 + GTX 1060 6GB combo. I'd recommend at least a Ryzen 5 1600 though.

What are your current specs though? Maybe it might be a better idea to make a sidegrade instead of a full blown upgrade?

What about waiting for the new Ryzen?

Try find second hand i5/i7 3/ 4 gen because DDR3 are not so expensive compared to overpriced 3x times DDR4
about GPU you cannot do anything only pay this 2x or even 3x times compared prices before ;)

I'd suggest going for the 8700k or the new i5 CPUs. However, you'll need to consider that you'll also have to switch motherboard, probably even RAM if your setup is very old, in case you decide to go for a new CPU.

As for the GPU, you should get the best you can afford. Considering that you play on 1080p 60Hz, I'd say that 1060 is not that bad. You can opt for 1070 as well, but I don't know what the availability and the pricing is like where you live. In case you go for the 1060 get the 6GB one. It doesn't only have 3GB more VRAM, but also more CUDA Cores. Unless of course, the 6GB one is completely overpriced. I would pay an extra 50$ or so at best.

As it was already stated multiple times, it is an awful time to build a PC. A 1060 3GB here costs 330€ which is 405$, while the MSRP is 200$. RAM prices don't help either, as you pay two to three times more than you normally would.