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Differences? Pros? Cons? Strengths? Weaknesses? Whats the main differences?

 

 

 

 

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The 6600k is MARGINALLY faster. I have also heard there is less of a silicon lottery when over locking, that people are getting similar results. 6600k also comes on a newer chipset, which has more PCIe lanes (allows for 2xSLI AND like a PCIe or M.2 SSD). Most Z170 chipset boards also have USB 3.1 Type-C and Type-A. Basically, unless you want USB Type C, or want to SLI and have PCIe SSDs, go for the 4690k if it is cheaper. 6600k also requires DDR4 memory on most boards, but that makes little difference to performance.

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Differences? Pros? Cons? Strengths? Weaknesses? Whats the main differences?

Main difference: maybe a bit better OC, slightly better IPC, newer, DDR4. 

If price is more than 40$ (IMO), Skylake is not worth it over Haswell

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The good is basically....It's better, But also more expensive, not just for the chip, but the supporting hardware, and the fact that unless you're running x99 none of the hardware you've got is compatible (and if you're running x99 skylake isn't an upgrade)

 

The biggest con I can see is skylake isn't an overclocking chip. x99 got you used to 50% overclocks. Skylake requires serious power intake to increase more than 20%.

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CPUs are on par the biggest difference is the board... If you want it for today get the 4690k, if you want it for the next few years get the 6600k

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I've heard the 6600k oc's better. But I think it was mostly aimed just at getting down to 14nm architectures and whatnot.

It seems to have better power delivery from what I've seen, It just doesn't have the overhead.

My guess is when you start sticking more voltage into it the charge starts to jump across the traces. (This is my completely uninformed opinion, with no evidence to support it....But it makes a weird sort of sense of the numbers I've seen)

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It seems to have better power delivery from what I've seen, It just doesn't have the overhead.

My guess is when you start sticking more voltage into it the charge starts to jump across the traces. (This is my completely uninformed opinion, with no evidence to support it....But it makes a weird sort of sense of the numbers I've seen)

Yeah. Not sure who said that, but I believe you are right. I've heard that it has much better power delivery. (Maybe PCper?)

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Yeah. Not sure who said that, but I believe you are right. I've heard that it has much better power delivery. (Maybe PCper?)

I believe (again my opinion) that it's the 14 nm process. You just plain don't need as much charge to get the same results as the older, larger, less conductive process. My background isn't electronics, It's physics, and chemistry. A smaller process should require less voltage to do the job it does. Less voltage results in less heat generated, with various rollover advantages.

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Whats more for the price? The way I see it is, if you're buying the 6600k, youd be spending more due to the fact that the LGA 1151 socket motherboards are pretty far priced, where as the with the 4690k, LGA 1550 boards are not as vague.

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Whats more for the price? The way I see it is, if you're buying the 6600k, youd be spending more due to the fact that the LGA 1151 socket motherboards are pretty far priced, where as the with the 4690k, LGA 1550 boards are not as vague.

More for the price? probably skylake. But not so much for what they deliver now. The 4690k has a clear upgrade path to the 4790k, and stops. Past intel releases tell us there won't be any upgrade to lga1150. If you've got the hardware already the 4690k is a good upgrade. If you're starting from scratch then skylake is better.

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More for the price? probably skylake. But not so much for what they deliver now. The 4690k has a clear upgrade path to the 4790k, and stops. Past intel releases tell us there won't be any upgrade to lga1150. If you've got the hardware already the 4690k is a good upgrade. If you're starting from scratch then skylake is better.

Cannonlake and maybe kaby lake will use the 200 series chipset so it's fairly unlikely there will be a massive upgrade path with z170 either.

Honestly if you have to buy now grab the 4690k, if you can wait a month or so grab skylake once the early adopter premium dies down. Because z170 mobos are almost more for the features of x99 atm.

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Cannonlake and maybe kaby lake will use the 200 series chipset so it's fairly unlikely there will be a massive upgrade path with z170 either.

Honestly if you have to buy now grab the 4690k, if you can wait a month or so grab skylake once the early adopter premium dies down. Because z170 mobos are almost more for the features of x99 atm.

But, but. I've so got the board every x99 fanboy really wants.......(grin), yeah I'm a bastard.

 

okay price to performance is still z97. performance with no price is still x99, and will be for awhile yet.

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But, but. I've so got the board every x99 fanboy really wants.......(grin), yeah I'm a bastard.

okay price to performance is still z97. performance with no price is still x99, and will be for awhile yet.

I mean if you dont go crazy on the x99 mobo then atm a 5820k x99 is cheaper than a 6700k z170.

I mean the mobo I bought is one of the few that allows 3 way sli on a 5820k, and indeed has all of the features of the "gaming 7" board that is 60 dollars more and yet is a super sexy all black anyways (for 190 dollars atm.)

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I mean if you dont go crazy on the x99 mobo then atm a 5820k x99 is cheaper than a 6700k z170.

I mean the mobo I bought is one of the few that allows 3 way sli on a 5820k, and indeed has all of the features of the "gaming 7" board that is 60 dollars more and yet is a super sexy all black anyways (for 190 dollars atm.)

*cough...4 wayx16...black and silver....as i said...fanboys....sploosh

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*cough...4 way...black and silver....as i said...fanboys....sploosh

I'm on mobile so I can't see it, but I assume you are talking about the x99-e ws? Even if I was willing to pay for that board (which is crazy beautiful), it wouldn't fit in my case.

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I'm on mobile so I can't see it, but I assume you are talking about the x99-e ws? Even if I was willing to pay for that board (which is crazy beautiful), it wouldn't fit in my case.

Which is why it's stuck in a 900d. I was always planning on a second card, and then sticking the entire rig under water. I just haven't gotten the money yet, and well..it burns through any benchmark i really want to set it. 4.5k is easy, and single core ramps up to 5.7

 

EDIT: btw this is why x99 is so much better than skylake....

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Which is why it's stuck in a 900d. I was always planning on a second card, and then sticking the entire rig under water. I just haven't gotten the money yet, and well..it burns through any benchmark i really want to set it. 4.5k is easy, and single core ramps up to 5.7

 

EDIT: btw this is why x99 is so much better than skylake....

Lol really? I am not going to bother with per core turbo's. I don't plan on hammering single core too much  :D .

 

Also yea... cases...

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Lol really? I am not going to bother with per core turbo's. I don't plan on hammering single core too much  :D .

 

Also yea... cases...

actually had single core up to 6.1....just saying. I got sort of scared at that point and told the computer no more.

 

Single core performance isn't that impressive. 8 cores, you're going to find one that's pretty golden.I find the 50% overclock on 95% of the chips far more impressive.

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For anyone interested. this is the ultimate x99 mobo (except maybe the gigabyte SOC board) different measurements, it's your choice what you really need in your motherboard, and I don't recommend the WS mobo for anyone.

 

It's expensive, and it really isn't worthwhwile for 99% of the community....Why would you buy one?

 

4 way sli....The fact you can plug any card in, and it's compatible....You need something compatible with a quadro, a tesla, and a geforce card.....

Anything you plug in is compatible....

 

NVMe standard...that was preprogrammed.

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