i5 6600k or i7 6700k?

[Ashraf_Akon]

my two config is given below

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1...............................

i7 6700k

r9 390

16 gb ddr4 2400 mhz ram

.

2...................

i5 6600k

r9 390

16 gb ddr4 2400 mhz

..

please help to buy one of these..

which will be good for me ?

 

[FilipSebik]

6700K

[TheRandomness]

If you have the money, i7, if you don't, i5.

[Nacho Marco Segui]

If you have the budget for the i7, go for it

[Oberon.Smite]

Well it depends, will you be just gaming or doing more than that? If you're only going to game on your computer, go ahead and get the i5, but if you're going to do work like rendering and crunching numbers then go with the i7.

[Techicolors]

the i7 has a bit more leeway in a couple of games. get it if you have the money 

[ashypanda]

if you're using it just for gaming get the 6600k, if you're doing CPU intensive work get the 6700k

[Arwanell]

if you have the money, then why not the i7?

 

but let me tell you my opinion:

 

yes, i7's are showing some advantages in games against i5's these days

but by the time your eye will really see that difference, i think you will be looking at new CPU again

[DaltonM]

If you're primarily a gamer, i5. Even if you do decide to make videos or edit pictures, it will still perform extremely well. 

 

If you get to be making hour long videos everyday though, look for an i7. 

 

Edit: Save money where the performance is overkill, you're going to upgrade again later on. Even if you hand this CPU down, is your secondary rig going to need to be THAT powerful? 

[RuLeZ]

I would go for i5, you will not notice the difference in games.

[Nena Trinity]

I would go for i7 if you can afford it...

[Imakuni]

my two config is given below

.

1...............................

i7 6700k

r9 390

16 gb ddr4 2400 mhz ram

.

2...................

i5 6600k

r9 390

16 gb ddr4 2400 mhz

..

please help to buy one of these..

which will be good for me ?

Here's the deal:

1. Do you ACTUALLY have a use for the extra threads the i7 provides? If so, then get a 5820k instead; same price, but more performance.
2. If you don't have a use for the extra threads, then just get the regular 6600k...... In fact, nevermind that, get a 6500. Cheaper and also OCs. Invest the extra money into the GPU, maybe a nice mouse, perhaps a better SSD. It's your call.

[Hans Power]

What do you wanna use the PC for?

[jjohnthedon1]

It's not like the i7 performs worse in games lol

It's better even if only by a bit,

Hyper threading is getting a lot better with the newer games so I'd say i7

[jjohnthedon1]

Depends on what you are doing. i5s are usually better for just gaming, but the i7 is better for workstation tasks.

when has the i5 ever been better for gaming than the i7 counter part ... Never

[Darkseth]

 

Here's the deal:

1. Do you ACTUALLY have a use for the extra threads the i7 provides? If so, then get a 5820k instead; same price, but more performance.
2. If you don't have a use for the extra threads, then just get the regular 6600k...... In fact, nevermind that, get a 6500. Cheaper and also OCs. Invest the extra money into the GPU, maybe a nice mouse, perhaps a better SSD. It's your call.

 

Maybe you should actually say the flaws in that "BCKL OC" in Skylake:

 

- No C-States

- a moddet Bios, no guarante from Intel, OR Motherboard manufacturer.

- You can NO Longer sensor the CPU Temperature

- Can't use IGP anymore (in case you use Quick Sync, or want the IGP as emergency)

 

You are saving just a few bucks, for all these flaws. And not sensoring the temperature makes it a solution for only absolute PROs, who know what they doing, or "enthusiasts".

 

 

So, my recommendation: If you want to OC, take the 6600k + Z170 chipset, period. Everything else is meh.

[jjohnthedon1]

i5-4670k has shown more frames than the i7s in gaming by a few FPS. Linus went over that himself.

Games that actually use hyper threading has a noticeable difference eg witcher 3

I7s tend to clock slightly higher too

And worst case of ur getting out performed by a i5 in certain games u can disable hyperthreading and have the same CPU as the i5 with a bigger cache

[-BirdiE-]

i5-4670k has shown more frames than the i7s in gaming by a few FPS.  Linus went over that himself.

 

Yes, but that was when they were clocked the same, but hyperthreading was disabled. These days the i7 is actually clocked quite a bit higher. 3.5GHz vs 4GHz I believe. You won't find that to be the case with the new Skylake CPUs. The i7 will always beat the i5.

[jjohnthedon1]

Yes, but that was when they were clocked the same, but hyperthreading was disabled. These days the i7 is actually clocked quite a bit higher. 3.5GHz vs 4GHz I believe. You won't find that to be the case with the new Skylake CPUs. The i7 will always beat the i5.

I am running my 4790k at 4.9atm

I'm yet to see a 4690k hit that

[Imakuni]

- No C-States

Why would you need that? They don't really do much anyways.

 

 

a moddet Bios, no guarante from Intel, OR Motherboard manufacturer.

A modded Bios officially distributed and supported by mobo manufacturers.

 

 

- You can NO Longer sensor the CPU Temperature

Source? I've read quite a few articles about BCLK ocing, but none of them made any mention to such huge factor.

 

 

Can't use IGP anymore (in case you use Quick Sync, or want the IGP as emergency)

I'm sorry, but QuickSync sucks. I've used it, and it is not worth it at all, stick to CPU encoding. And if that's the case, go for the 5820k as I said early (which, btw, has no iGPU). Also, if you need an emergency iGPU, just reset CMOS to remove your OC and use the stock settings.

 

 

You are saving just a few bucks

*64$, according to partpicker. I'd hardly consider that "a few bucks", unless I was swimming in cash, which I doubt to be OP's case. With that cash, he could get a 390x instead of the regular 390, for example. Or get better peripherals. Or better case. The list goes on......

[jjohnthedon1]

I7's are just better, if u can afford one then get one

I don't no anyone that was like oh man I wish I got the i5 instead of my i7

[Jumper118]

Maybe you should actually say the flaws in that "BCKL OC" in Skylake:

- No C-States

- a moddet Bios, no guarante from Intel, OR Motherboard manufacturer.

- You can NO Longer sensor the CPU Temperature

- Can't use IGP anymore (in case you use Quick Sync, or want the IGP as emergency)

You are saving just a few bucks, for all these flaws. And not sensoring the temperature makes it a solution for only absolute PROs, who know what they doing, or "enthusiasts".

So, my recommendation: If you want to OC, take the 6600k + Z170 chipset, period. Everything else is meh.

most of the bios are fine msi asrock and Asus. Tbh you don't need any of the things you listed that don't work.

I7's are just better, if u can afford one then get one

I don't no anyone that was like oh man I wish I got the i5 instead of my i7

yes but you get 20% more performance for 50% more money. The £/performance on an i7 sucks in every way, unless it's the 5820k then you do actually get your extra performance for the price

[Imakuni]

I7's are just better, if u can afford one then get one

I don't no anyone that was like oh man I wish I got the i5 instead of my i7

#that recent Skylake bug (which btw, only happens on the i7s).

[Lampenboy]

Grab the 6600k and get a 980/Fury(Nano) instead of the 390. Should come out to about the same budget but give you way better performance in games.

[-BirdiE-]

Tell that to a lazy developer who won't take advantage of that.  In most cases, yes that i7 will wreck the i5, but the problem is developers are usually lazy as fuck to the point they won't take advantage of the i7's full technology.   It's kinda dumb that Intel doesn't give an i5 hyperthreading when they give that to the i3.  Also, clock speeds don't always mean that one is better than the other.  You are not factoring in the developer.

 

Clock speed are EXACTLY what matters when you have a bad developer. If the architecture is the same, even if it's coded bad, a 4GHz processor will beat a 3.5GHz processor every time. It's the extra cores/threads that don't make a difference when you have someone who doesn't write the program properly.