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Just telling you what you want to hear  :)    people looking at the 4690k/6700K arnt looking at getting the bang for the buck they want the BEST...  thats why I too am getting the 6700K (for black friday)

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6700K. New socket, new RAM, new boards, not much more expensive in the US.

 

Don't buy into a dead platform unless you're going i3 or below or for a locked i5.

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the 4790k

its a cheaper platform and skylake does not have major improvements. only get 6700k if your specific workload benefits from ddr4. else, just get the 4790k

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Do you actually plan on overclocking first off?

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6700K. New socket, new RAM, new boards, not much more expensive in the US.

 

Don't buy into a dead platform unless you're going i3 or below or for a locked i5.

 

the 4790k

its a cheaper platform and skylake does not have major improvements. only get 6700k if your specific workload benefits from ddr4. else, just get the 4790k

But wouldn't the 4790k be better cuz cheaper Mother board and ddr3 ram is cheaper

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There's really not much of a performance diffrence but the 4790k turbos higher. 

 

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But wouldn't the 4790k be better cuz cheaper Mother board and ddr3 ram is cheaper

The chip is also somewhat less powerful and has no upgrade path. Pass.

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Do you actually plan on overclocking first off?

Yeah

A lot, I am also going to get an h100i regardless of what CPU I get

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There's really not much of a performance diffrence but the 4790k turbos higher. 

 

Turboing doesn't matter as I will be overclocking to like 4.5 ish

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Well you have to get a new board and new CPU no matter what, so sell the DDR3 and go skylake...  Unless something unusual happens both CPU's will be relevant in 3-4 years, the difference is that you wont have DDR4/USB3.1/Extra PCIE lanes/ect...   Get the new CPU you will regret it for the next 4 years if you dont (even if it dosn't effect performance)

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Well you have to get a new board and new CPU no matter what, so sell the DDR3 and go skylake...  Unless something unusual happens both CPU's will be relevant in 3-4 years, the difference is that you wont have DDR4/USB3.1/Extra PCIE lanes/ect...   Get the new CPU you will regret it for the next 4 years if you dont (even if it dosn't effect performance)

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Edit: what is a good MOBO to go with that is like the SLI Krait

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Just telling you what you want to hear  :)    people looking at the 4690k/6700K arnt looking at getting the bang for the buck they want the BEST...  thats why I too am getting the 6700K (for black friday)

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

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May as well just pick up the 6700K.

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K thanks

 

Edit: what is a good MOBO to go with that is like the SLI Krait

Nvm my question, the Krait it is!

 

 

Just telling you what you want to hear   :)    people looking at the 4690k/6700K arnt looking at getting the bang for the buck they want the BEST...  thats why I too am getting the 6700K (for black friday)

K, I will wait till Black friday

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May as well just pick up the 6700K.

I am :)

PC Part Picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hZCypg  ProcessorIntel Core i7 6700k ; MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5RAMCorsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 2400 MHz (spray painted the top part red); GPUGTX 1070 - Gigabyte Variant (Custom painted the Cooler and Fans Red); Case: NZXT S340 (Red); PSUCX 750W  (Bronze 80+); SSD: Crucial 256GB (Boot drive and for applications) and Sandisk 480GB Extreme pro SSD and a Samsung T3 1TB External USB-C SSDHDDWD Blue 1TB, Seagate 3TB (Both Run at 7200RPM); Displays: Asus something (1080p @ 144hz) and LG 27UD68-W 4K 60Hz IPSLaptop: Dell XPS 15 9550 (i7 6700HQ, 16GB RAM, 256 SSD, GTX 960M)

 

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K thanks

 

Edit: what is a good MOBO to go with that is like the SLI Krait

There is the Z170 Krait.

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Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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There is the Z170 Krait.

I figured that out once I went on PCPartPicker LOL

PC Part Picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hZCypg  ProcessorIntel Core i7 6700k ; MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5RAMCorsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 2400 MHz (spray painted the top part red); GPUGTX 1070 - Gigabyte Variant (Custom painted the Cooler and Fans Red); Case: NZXT S340 (Red); PSUCX 750W  (Bronze 80+); SSD: Crucial 256GB (Boot drive and for applications) and Sandisk 480GB Extreme pro SSD and a Samsung T3 1TB External USB-C SSDHDDWD Blue 1TB, Seagate 3TB (Both Run at 7200RPM); Displays: Asus something (1080p @ 144hz) and LG 27UD68-W 4K 60Hz IPSLaptop: Dell XPS 15 9550 (i7 6700HQ, 16GB RAM, 256 SSD, GTX 960M)

 

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K, I will wait till Black friday

prices aren't going to drop much. maybe 20 dollars on your cpu and another 20 on your mobo if you are lucky. Only way we will see massive price drops is if people 100% refuse to buy the cpus and mobos and they are forced to lower everything.

 

plus like i said, newegg is selling the 5820k for 390. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&cm_re=5820k-_-19-117-402-_-Product

 

msrp on 6700 is 350. so for 40 extra dollars you get an additional 2 cores of performance. 

 

Microcenter is selling the 5820k for less than the 6700.

 

http://www.microcenter.com/product/437203/Core_i7-5820k_33_GHz_LGA_2011_V3_Tray_Processor

 

at only 320. 

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