Going Backwards?

[BobyTheDragon]

Currently at the moment I have a i7 6700 skylake CPU. My Question is, Would it be better for me to go back to Haswell-e and get a 4690k or better just to wait and use the money on a Cannonlake or Icelake or Tigerlake CPU when they come out? 

What I use my PC for is Gaming and Recording (Hackers usually), Very Little photo and video editing, Virtual machines, looking at these forums and browsing youtube and such.

[TheRandomness]

The 6700 is fine as it is, no need to change it.

[Mr.Meerkat]

There's no such thing as having an overkill PC so why do you want to downgrade to a 4690k?

[QueenDemetria]

4 minutes ago, Marshall212 said:

Currently at the moment I have a i7 6700 skylake CPU. My Question is, Would it be better for me to go back to Haswell-e and get a 4690k or better just to wait and use the money on a Cannonlake or Icelake or Tigerlake CPU when they come out? 

What I use my PC for is Gaming and Recording (Hackers usually), Very Little photo and video editing, Virtual machines, looking at these forums and browsing youtube and such.

It would be better to wait, since you already have a great CPU.

[BobyTheDragon]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

The 6700 is fine as it is, no need to change it.

Thanks, I heard that haswell-e CPUs are really good for all round work. Thats why I brought up the question

[Oshino Shinobu]

It will likely cost you money to go back, unless you can return the CPU, board and RAM for full price. Even if you could save a bit, I wouldn't do it. Who knows when the next Intel generation will actually launch. 

Also, 4690K is Haswell-R, not Haswell-E.

[minibois]

You really wouldn't earn a lot of money by going to i5 4690K so might as well just stay on the CPU you have now

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, Marshall212 said:

Thanks, I heard that haswell-e CPUs are really good for all round work. Thats why I brought up the question

Haswell-E consists of the 5820K, 5930K and 5960X. All of which are more expensive than the 6700. They're 6 core and 8 core CPUs. 

[vanished]

So you're thinking of selling the 6700 now while it sill has value, and getting a 4690 to use until the next series comes out and then upgrade to that?  That sounds like a lot of risk, hassle, and cost (losing money selling used parts, getting mobo and ram as well as cpu, etc.) just for a minor performance increase.

[Thorium19]

you mean haswell, if you went for haswell-e you'd be getting the i7 5820k upwards. Also no, stick with your 6700 as it is more than capable of doing everything you need and will last you a long time. If you ever feel the need to change your hardware, only ever go up a generation, never downgrade. sticking with skylake grants you access to full speed m.2 drives, so you have that going for you with skylakefor example.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, Thorium19 said:

you mean haswell, if you went for haswell-e you'd be getting the i7 5820k upwards. Also no, stick with your 6700 as it is more than capable of doing everything you need and will last you a long time. If you ever feel the need to change your hardware, only ever go up a generation, never downgrade. sticking with skylake grants you access to full speed m.2 drives, so you have that going for you with skylakefor example.

Well, it's Haswell-R. Haswell-E would still full under just "Haswell", unless you specifically mean the 4770, 4570 etc. series. 

[Guest]

Your only upgrade path would be to ditch 1151 altogether and go for 2011. Which, if you don't have the need to do so, you should simply avoid, as you'll be spending lots of money for something that will mostly gather dust. If you don't need the processing power, 6700k is perfectly fine. 

[Thorium19]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Well, it's Haswell-R. Haswell-E would still full under just "Haswell", unless you specifically mean the 4770, 4570 etc. series. 

now now, no need to be pedantic :P

 

yeah, I meant haswell refresh, although they are still only LGA 1150, which is more what I was getting at compared to LGA 2011-3.

[BobyTheDragon]

43 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

There's no such thing as having an overkill PC so why do you want to downgrade to a 4690k?

Downgrade? Really? Is a 6700 better?

41 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Haswell-E consists of the 5820K, 5930K and 5960X. All of which are more expensive than the 6700. They're 6 core and 8 core CPUs. 

And I dont really need a 6-core cpu anyway :P

41 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

So you're thinking of selling the 6700 now while it sill has value, and getting a 4690 to use until the next series comes out and then upgrade to that?  That sounds like a lot of risk, hassle, and cost (losing money selling used parts, getting mobo and ram as well as cpu, etc.) just for a minor performance increase.

True, But just a idea. But yea now that you have made me think it would be costly and a risk just so I can get a small increase in performance

38 minutes ago, Rahnie said:

Your only upgrade path would be to ditch 1151 altogether and go for 2011. Which, if you don't have the need to do so, you should simply avoid, as you'll be spending lots of money for something that will mostly gather dust. If you don't need the processing power, 6700k is perfectly fine. 

Thanks for the tip, and its not a 6700k just a 6700. I'm no fancy overclocker :D

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, Marshall212 said:

Downgrade? Really? Is a 6700 better?

If we're comparing the 4690K and the 6700, then yes, the 6700 is better in pretty much every way. Only advantage the 4690K has is overclocking, but you've said you're not really interested in it. Between the two, a moderate OC on a 4690K should be about the same as a 6700 with hyperthreading disabled. 

To be honest, the 6700 will last you a long time. SandyBridge CPUs are still relevant today, and if the trend for CPU performance increase continues, the 6700 should stay relevant for another 3 generations. 

[BobyTheDragon]

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

If we're comparing the 4690K and the 6700, then yes, the 6700 is better in pretty much every way. Only advantage the 4690K has is overclocking, but you've said you're not really interested in it. Between the two, a moderate OC on a 4690K should be about the same as a 6700 with hyperthreading disabled. 

To be honest, the 6700 will last you a long time. SandyBridge CPUs are still relevant today, and if the trend for CPU performance increase continues, the 6700 should stay relevant for another 3 generations. 

I thought a 6700 would only have 2/3 of the power of a 4690k. Thanks for telling me about dat!

 

[stconquest]

4 minutes ago, Marshall212 said:

I thought a 6700 would only have 2/3 of the power of a 4690k. Thanks for telling me about dat!

 

The 6700 is faster than the 4690K clock for clock (at the same speed).  The 6700 has hyper threading, the i5 does not.  The 6700 CAN be overclocked (with a Z170 board).

The 4690K is better in one way only:  The overclocking on the i5 is a little easier, but not an issue whatsoever.

Do yourself a favor and keep the better CPU (6700).  =)

[BobyTheDragon]

Just now, stconquest said:

The 6700 is faster than the 4690K clock for clock (at the same speed).  The 6700 has hyper threading, the i5 does not.  The 6700 CAN be overclocked (with a Z170 board).

The 4690K is better in one way only, the overclocking on the i5 is a little easier, but not an issue whatsoever.

Do yourself a favor and keep the better CPU (6700).  =)

I have decided I will. Now to know that my CPU is just OP compared to a 4690k lol