i7 4790K or i7 6700K?

[TheBudi114]

For my new rig, I planned on using an i7 6700K on an Asus Z170M-Plus Motherboard, with Gskill Ripjaws4 Red 2x4GB as RAM.

But, certain people say that buying skylake is not worth it...

So which should I buy? And if you choose the 4790K, what motherboard should I use (must be around the Z170M-Plus price and size), and what ram would you recommend?

 

Original Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/424937-more-opinions/

[Majestic]

Skylake is worth it for gaming, it's a significant step up in certain cpu-heavy situations/games like far cry 4, crysis3, gta5.

[OAcesync]

Well it depends on purpose for computer, price difference and availability of Skylake to whether it's worth buying 

[Bittenfleax]

For a tiny bit more I would go with Skylake. Might as well

[paprikman]

For my new rig, I planned on using an i7 6700K on an Asus Z170M-Plus Motherboard.

But, certain people say that buying skylake is not worth it...

So which should I buy? And if you choose the 4790K, what motherboard should I use (must be around the Z170M-Plus price and size)?

I've been here with the same question for like a week ago.

Decided to go with 6700k, since it costs almost the same with 4790k, has lower TDP and power consumption.

You should be fine with any z170 mobo, just get size and I\O you desire.

[The Official Czex]

For my new rig, I planned on using an i7 6700K on an Asus Z170M-Plus Motherboard, with Gskill Ripjaws4 Red 2x4GB as RAM.

But, certain people say that buying skylake is not worth it...

So which should I buy? And if you choose the 4790K, what motherboard should I use (must be around the Z170M-Plus price and size), and what ram would you recommend?

 

Original Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/424937-more-opinions/

 

My next rig:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($111.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($88.98 @ Mac Mall) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.39 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Omega Edition Video Card  ($649.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Thermaltake Core X1 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1475.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 10:56 EDT-0400

 

Alternatively:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($369.90 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: EVGA Stinger Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($98.43 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.39 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Omega Edition Video Card  ($649.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Thermaltake Core X1 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1662.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 10:59 EDT-0400

[Majestic]

Decided to go with 6700k, since it costs almost the same with 4790k, has lower TDP and power consumption.

 

Skylake has a higher TDP, but lower power consumption

[RyanMacRocks]

Might as well go with Skylake, price isn't far off.

[paprikman]

Skylake has a higher TDP, but lower power consumption

Well, maybe I misundestood it, yeah

Anyways, I have it watercooled. Since I'm running heavy computations for days, power consumption is significant for me.

[Serpius]

For my new rig, I planned on using an i7 6700K on an Asus Z170M-Plus Motherboard.

But, certain people say that buying skylake is not worth it...

So which should I buy? And if you choose the 4790K, what motherboard should I use (must be around the Z170M-Plus price and size)?

 

Budi,

 

Well, you will get both sides of the argument... pros and cons. 

 

Which one is better? 

 

I can argue that an i7 5960k processor on an Intel X99 chipset based motherboard can keep up with the i7 6700k on an Intel Z170 chipset based motherboard.

 

So... who is right?

 

In the final analysis... the end user decides. 

 

Regardless of which setup you choose, you'll be getting a super fast computer build.

[TheBudi114]

Skylake is worth it for gaming, it's a significant step up in certain cpu-heavy situations/games like far cry 4, crysis3, gta5.

Thats a good point. I wont be doing much gaming on it though. Its more of a budget video editing rig.

 

Well it depends on purpose for computer, price difference and availability of Skylake to whether it's worth buying 

Purpose: Casual Gaming and Video Editing

 

Budi,

 

Well, you will get both sides of the argument... pros and cons. 

 

Which one is better? 

 

I can argue that an i7 5960k processor on an Intel X99 chipset based motherboard can keep up with the i7 6700k on an Intel Z170 chipset based motherboard.

 

So... who is right?

 

In the final analysis... the end user decides. 

 

Regardless of which setup you choose, you'll be getting a super fast computer build.

So either one will yield a similar result?

[Majestic]

Its more of a budget video editing rig.

 

Maybe you should instead look at the Haswell Xeon lineup. Like the E3-1231v3.

[Serpius]

For my new rig, I planned on using an i7 6700K on an Asus Z170M-Plus Motherboard, with Gskill Ripjaws4 Red 2x4GB as RAM.

But, certain people say that buying skylake is not worth it...

So which should I buy? And if you choose the 4790K, what motherboard should I use (must be around the Z170M-Plus price and size), and what ram would you recommend?

 

Original Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/424937-more-opinions/

 

Budi,

 

Here's my recommended X99 based computer build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($368.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($154.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.39 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.46 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card  ($342.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.40 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.12 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1332.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 11:08 EDT-0400

[Serpius]

Thats a good point. I wont be doing much gaming on it though. Its more of a budget video editing rig.

 

Purpose: Casual Gaming and Video Editing

 

So either one will yield a similar result?

 

Yes, but again... similar results in what kind of situation?

 

The benchmarks will vary if you are doing gaming as compared to video editing and other types of heavy computing.

 

Take a look at my computer build. That's what I would be suggesting to you in this kind of situation.

 

I forgot to mention... you got to have at least 16 GB of system RAM if you are going to be doing video editing. You'll need it.

[BigDay]

6700k

[vSyNd1c4t3]

Based on what you said in your previous post...

 

Just save the money, don't buy parts a little at a time. A lot can change in 6-8 months. Come back with a budget.