I5 6600k good enough for very light production?

[shadowr1ku]

Hello forum!

I know the i7-6700k is great for hyper threading with workloads but I want to to double check for my use if the 6600k is good enough for light streaming/light video editing/recording gameplay?

Would it withstand time longer going for the i7?

If the difference is huge then I would opt for the former. Thank you!

[DarkBlade2117]

Get a Xeon 1231v3

[shadowr1ku]

Get a Xeon 1231v3

Sorry man but that isn't relevant to the question lol I'm going skylake

[typographie]

Hello forum!

I know the i7-6700k is great for hyper threading with workloads but I want to to double check for my use if the 6600k is good enough for light streaming/light video editing/recording gameplay?

Would it withstand time longer going for the i7?

If the difference is huge then I would opt for the former. Thank you!

 

The difference can be huge when Hyperthreading is involved, depending on the application you're using.

 

However, keep in mind a sense of scale. If this is just casual video editing, it may not be uncommon for your renders to take only a few minutes. A "huge difference" could be a matter of an extra minute or two, which is probably not worth an extra $100.

 

The Xeon E3 mentioned above is generally a better option than an i5 for video editing, but an unlocked i5 will be faster in games if you overclock it.

[007agentHP]

go haswell xeon 1231v3 it will be much better

[Enderman]

yup it would work perfectly fine

but you can get a xeon for the same price that performs better

[LancerBG]

its not a gimp cpu, you will be fine. 

[DarkBlade2117]

Sorry man but that isn't relevant to the question lol I'm going skylake

A Xeon 1231v3 will perform better then the i5-6600k and a little less then the i7-6700k. It would cost LESS then the 6600k. It had hyper threading.

[shadowr1ku]

The difference can be huge when Hyperthreading is involved, depending on the application you're using.

However, keep in mind a sense of scale. If this is just casual video editing, it may not be uncommon for your renders to take only a few minutes. A "huge difference" could be a matter of an extra minute or two, which is probably not worth an extra $100.

The Xeon E3 mentioned above is generally a better option than an i5 for video editing, but an unlocked i5 will be faster in games if you overclock it.

It's mainly a gaming machine that if I decide to record or stream with OBS and skype that it won't be an issue.

[DarkBlade2117]

It's mainly a gaming machine that if I decide to record or stream with OBS and skype that it won't be an issue.

A Xeon 1231v3 is still a better option. It's kindda like an i7-4770 but it's cheaper then the 6600k. You'd see huge benefits w/ the Xeon over the i5. Especially w: hyper threading

[typographie]

It's mainly a gaming machine that if I decide to record or stream with OBS and skype that it won't be an issue.

 

I'm pretty confident that the i5-6600K will not struggle at all with that. OBS in particular has support for QuickSync to put your IGP to use for encoding media.

 

I don't think you need the Xeon or i7 unless you're doing some professional or at least student-level video editing.

[Kevguy]

Xeon has no onboard Intel graphics?

[DarkBlade2117]

Xeon has no onboard Intel graphics?

So? If he's using it for a gaming machine also a discrete GPU is a must. It's not just a workstation PC.

[Kevguy]

A gaming machine does not have to have a discrete gpu.

I do gaming on an intel nuc i5 using onboard graphics.

[boboman342]

A Xeon 1231v3 is still a better option. It's kindda like an i7-4770 but it's cheaper then the 6600k. You'd see huge benefits w/ the Xeon over the i5. Especially w: hyper threading

In Linus's xeon vs i7 video, the faster clocked i7 did WORSE than the slower clocked xeon!