Z170 + i5 6600K or Z97 + i7 4790K

[Scorp1ooN]

Hey everyone i know that this question seems kind of stupid but i really don't know which to go for  
It will be primarily for gaming and some mild streaming for my friends nothing professional. I'll be playing most of the eSports titles (LoL, CS:GO) some WoW and so on.
A caveat of my choice is that i want to go for a m-atx build. i just like the idea of a very powerful gaming machine that is "mobile".
The issue here is that the Z170 + i5 option is like 40/50€ cheaper than the Z97 + i7 combo. 

is the newer chipset/ddr4 worth the i7 to i5 "downgrade" ? 
Also i do intend to do a custom WC build on it next year (not sure if that's important)

 

Thanks in advance, and have a good weekend

rest of the build:

 

PSU: Cooler Master V750 80+ Gold (already owned)

CASE: Thermaltake Core V21

CPU COOLER: CM Hyper 212 EVO (already owned)

HDD: WB Blue 1TB 7200 RPM

GPU: EVGA GTX 980 (already owned)

RAM: 8GB Hyperx Fury DDR3/4

[ToniBamboni]

Z97 + 4790k

[i_build_nanosuits]

i take the 4790K any day of the week.

[tcolecruz]

despite it's thermal issues, I've heard good things about the 4790k

[awtsmt]

You shouldn't notice a difference between DDR3 and DDR4 to make going with skylake worth it, especially if you get 1866Mhz DDR3.  4790k+Z97.

[Scorp1ooN]

i take the 4790K any day of the week.

 

 

Z97 + 4790k

 

 

You shouldn't notice a difference between DDR3 and DDR4 to make going with skylake worth it, especially if you get 1866Mhz DDR3.  4790k+Z97.

 Thank you for the quick answers guys! I guess i'll go with Z97+i7. I'm sure the hypertreading will help with my streaming endeavors . I'll be sure to make a build log once i have all the parts.

Btw should i expect anything great in terms of OC with the Hyper 212 EVO ? Maybe somthing like 4.4Ghz ?

[i_build_nanosuits]

 Thank you for the quick answers guys! I guess i'll go with Z97+i7. I'm sure the hypertreading will help with my streaming endeavors . I'll be sure to make a build log once i have all the parts.

Btw should i expect anything great in terms of OC with the Hyper 212 EVO ? Maybe somthing like 4.4Ghz ?

yes 4.4ghz is pretty much the stock frequency, the hyper 212 will have no issues to handle even a slight overclock with 1.25v on the core if you have proper airflow...i would expect at least 4.5ghz and very likely more than that.

[gecko_hybrid]

i would personally got i7 4790k

 

i recently built my first ever gaming pc and went i5 4690k 16 gb ddr3 ram and gtx 970 and its fantastic.

 

 

better yet, i can even upgrade to an i7 (if it gets cheaper later on/whenever), or even upgrade to an even better platform if skylake gets beatened in the future.

 

 

very positive things/benefits for the i7 4790k route.

 

Hell, i'm even thinking of giving the pc i have as a hand me down many years from now and build an even better one later on