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If I can afford a 6700kis it really worth it or is the 4790k basically the same for a 100$ less. 

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It's not really worth it unless you need the DDR4 for decreased rendering times, but, then again, why not go with a 5820K if you want that?

 

Basically, don't buy a 6700K unless you need the absolute best single core performance available. I would've gone with a 5820K if there were more ITX X99 motherboards ou there besides a lowly black and blue ASRock board.

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If you can afford a 6700K, you should get a 5820K.

why isn't the 6700k the newer one btw that was hilarious.  

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If I can afford a 6700kis it really worth it or is the 4790k basically the same for a 100$ less. 

Question is, if you don't mind spending an extra 100. If you don't, I don't see why not

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If you can afford a 6700K, you should get a 5820K.

i meant to say this, this is what i would do

in my country it's cheaper than the 6700k

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i meant to say this, this is what i would do

in my country it's cheaper than the 6700k

Hey it is to is the US but I don't really care about price I just want the best cpu in this price range.

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why isn't the 6700k the newer one btw that was hilarious.  

The 5820K has better PCIe lane support, has 6 cores, and is $100 cheaper in most places.

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Hey it is to is the US but I don't really care about price I just want the best cpu in this price range.

it's a 6 core man :)

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The 5820K has better PCIe lane support, has 6 cores, and is $100 cheaper in most places.

But if the price of the 6700k is not a problem which is better.

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But if the price of the 6700k is not a problem which is better.

Depends. Will you be running cards in SLI/Crossfire? Will you be using heavily multithreaded workloads?

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Depends. Will you be running cards in SLI/Crossfire? Will you be using heavily multithreaded workloads?

No I will be running one asus strix 980ti and I will be mostly doing editing and rendering with a little gaming.

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No I will be running one asus strix 980ti and I will be mostly doing editing and rendering with a little gaming.

Editing and rendering are the most heavily multithreaded workloads that a consumer would do. The 5820K is definitely the better choice for you.

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Editing and rendering are the most heavily multithreaded workloads that a consumer would do. The 5820K is definitely the better choice for you.

Ok thanks I'll check that out

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No I will be running one asus strix 980ti and I will be mostly doing editing and rendering with a little gaming.

The X99 platform is with editing and rendering the right path to choose. The 5820K is a fine choice.

 

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