I5 4690K VS I5 6600K

[Seireitou]

So I recently saw that post about the Skylakes bending and I'm wondering should I still buy one, yes fear is getting to me because this is my first build and I don't wanna do something stupid and break it if its already super easy to break... if that makes any sense?

 

 

I really did want the Skylake even though people said it wasn't worth, it would be cool to get the latest cpu, moba and Ram in one package then upgrade in a few years and be fine. Is this bending thing a real threat? Should I get a 4690K or perhaps even cheap I7 4790k if I can find it for cheap (Probably not gonna happen)

[Enderman]

its made of fiberglass

it is not "easy to break"

[The Official Czex]

I've had no issues.

[zzenigmaxzz]

as long as you dont torque the shit out of your heatsink you will be fine 

 

ive taken my cpu cooler off mine and reapplied it like 6 times and have yet to have a problem 

[Fluxx]

Mine hasn't bent yet.

[AresKrieger]

I feel like the issues with skylake were either caused by dumb people, or someone attempting to break them, as it was a non issue on the forum for months.

[Seireitou]

Well thanks for confidence my Skylake brothers I'll stick to my build plan then.

[Drakthorn9935]

Yeah literally the whole Skylake bending thing is no big deal... It's people being sloppy with their coolers. You can play it safe though, if you're worried of doing that, and get a different kind of cooler than the ones related to the reports.

[Seireitou]

Yeah literally the whole Skylake bending thing is no big deal... It's people being sloppy with their coolers. You can play it safe though, if you're worried of doing that, and get a different kind of cooler than the ones related to the reports.

I was planning on getting a cheapish cooler for now. The CM Hyper 212 evo, I'll upgrade in the coming months but I really need this build to be finished soon and I don't have the money to spend 60+ on a CPU cooler.

[TheKDub]

What I'd personally do is either buy an intel stock cooler on ebay or somewhere and use that (if not overclocking), or get an AIO liquid cooler as that won't have to be as tight on the CPU to keep from moving around.

[stealth80]

I think its the same people that went into an upward spiral about iPhone 6's bending in people's pockets ..... 

[Seireitou]

What I'd personally do is either buy an intel stock cooler on ebay or somewhere and use that (if not overclocking), or get an AIO liquid cooler as that won't have to be as tight on the CPU to keep from moving around.

How much is a AIO liquid cooler and are they hard to set up and stuff. This is my first build, let alone doing anything with liquid coolers...

[JebKerman]

I think its the same people that went into an upward spiral about iPhone 6's bending in people's pockets ..... 

Metal is malleable...

[Seireitou]

Metal is malleable...

Pretty sure the 390X beats the 980 @your signature

[TheKDub]

How much is a AIO liquid cooler and are they hard to set up and stuff. This is my first build, let alone doing anything with liquid coolers...

 

They're reasonably easy to set up.

 

They normally cost around $100 (give or take around $50 depending on the size and quality).

 

It's pretty much just put the waterblock on and secure it, mount the radiator to an available location in your case (typically the top), plug the pump into a CPU fan header, then plug the fans into the other CPU fan header, fan controller, or just a regular fan header.

[Gofspar]

Pretty sure the 390X beats the 980 @your signature

definetly not.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1559?vs=1442

 

My overclocked 980 almost gets 18k gpu score.

 

390X can barely get 16k

[Seireitou]

They're reasonably easy to set up.

 

They normally cost around $100 (give or take around $50 depending on the size and quality).

 

It's pretty much just put the waterblock on and secure it, mount the radiator to an available location in your case (typically the top), plug the pump into a CPU fan header, then plug the fans into the other CPU fan header, fan controller, or just a regular fan header.

Seems easy enough, I have a watercooler case as well. The Phanteks Entroo pro M, so I should be able to have plenty of room correct? I'll pick up a cheap cooler for now and then get a AIO, thanks for the recommendation. Then perhaps I can hit 4.6GHZ on it.

[Klerk]

I have an i5 6600 with a Corsair H60 and no bending problems. I only hand tighten the screws for the AIO.

[JebKerman]

Pretty sure the 390X beats the 980 @your signature

980 is more powerful (the way the list is primarily organised), but they're priced differently as well.

[Seireitou]

definetly not.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1559?vs=1442

 

My overclocked 980 almost gets 18k gpu score.

 

390X can barely get 16k

Oh well then, why do people say the 980 isn't worth it o..0 It seems nice enough unless the fury is close and price and destroys it then that's another story. Thanks for the info though!

[Gofspar]

Oh well then, why do people say the 980 isn't worth it o..0 It seems nice enough unless the fury is close and price and destroys it then that's another story. Thanks for the info though!

Fury is not much faster, at that price range you can get a 980 TI which just slaps everything.

 

When did someone not recommend a 980?

[Seireitou]

I see it all the time tbh. Never get a 980 but they also don't recommend a 390x either. So I pretty much thought 390 then jump to 980ti. I currently have a 960 and waiting for Pascal and Artic Islands

[FruitBasketSilex]

As long as you don't use a fucking power drill to tighten down your cooler you'll be fine.

Litteraly, that's what the report stems from. Tightening it down with one of these.

http://www.blackanddecker.com/_Classes/SBDShared/Customizations/Imageresizer.ashx?path=d+sKI3aAzwkDOZ+Fa7HRpvg8+rXry5641ve0SUHRq3glF/RD9sQwB+KwPLQWfBLT&w=0&h=0&crop=true&defaultimage=fOCRY3ppyyYRjuMlqIDD5tBAhXr0R+atuYMRqucm1aNXpA6WnOMftxzsi7wvHw8WF4YYgbU6VDgWOeOSWoAvEiJe2n1LVk6LuGmXvGMcqk9zvnkVpaw1ispRNnT35FzqzJrdyapo0mbFQPC4538l5g==

[App4that]

What does the 4690k have to do with this?

A Skylake CPU is made with half the material so Intel can save money on manufacturing it, while charging a premium because they put a new name on it.

Have fun! Thanks for paying my taxes! Bahahhahahahaha!

[JebKerman]

What does the 4690k have to do with this?

A Skylake CPU is made with half the material so Intel can save money on manufacturing it, while charging a premium because they put a new name on it.

Have fun! Thanks for paying my taxes! Bahahhahahahaha!

along with slightly more performance and better power efficiency from less distance to travel, introducing a new low power memory standard, more PCI lanes, the propper return of BCLK OCing. also funnily enough, from my preferred vendor they cost the same or less than Haswell.