i7 6700K VS i7 4790K

[SteveGrabowski0]

28 minutes ago, Atmos said:

You realize that if I were to take my 4790k and down clock it to 3.8ghz, it doesn't stop being a 4790k... right?

Its the same architecture, and aside from extra features likes support for ecc memory, it is quite literally a 4790, with the integrated graphics disabled. And if you were just trying to be cheeky with me, then shame on you; because there's honestly people that believe that kinda stuff.

By that argument a 1231v3 is a 4790k then. 

[Monarch]

 

15 minutes ago, Atmos said:

What does that have to do with what I said?

the xeon 1231v3 is a locked i7... for the price of an unlocked i5... it's a win win scenario rofl. You can afford an excellent cpu, with an excellent gpu.

But now that you mention it, I'd argue that both 1231v3 and 4790 are bad choices due to their inferior single-thread performance compared to the 4790k. Single-thread performance is still very important.

[BenjaminBoost]

Although the i7 hasn't shown a huge difference over it's i5 counterpart in previous games, the future of pc gaming is headed towards utilizing those extra threads (DX12). If you look at the recommended specs for Quantum Break, it suggests an i7 and even 16GB of RAM:

 

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• CPU: Intel Core i5 4690, 3.9GHz or AMD equivalent
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390
• RAM: 16 GB
• VRAM: 4 GB
• HDD: 55 GB available space
• DX: DirectX 12

Ultra:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4790, 4GHz or AMD equivalent
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 980 Ti or AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
• RAM: 16 GB
• VRAM: 6 GB
• HDD: 55 GB available space
• DX: DirectX 12

DirectX12 can and most likely will make use of those extra threads. It's on the developer to make that happen.