new build i5 4th gen 4690k or i5 5th gen 6600k

[TimBoBaggins]

i am considering building a system for gaming and am debating if waiting a bit longer would be 100% worth going the more expensive route of the 6600k than the 4690k. I am fortunate to have a computing shop near me (http://www.powerc.com/) and am seriously debatin saving up my money for the better system. both will use a msi gtx 660 but i am not sure on what i would be better of doing for gaming. i  am also debating the newer ddr4 over the ddr3 however going with ddr3 would save me money as i already have 8gb ddr3 from a previous build

[SeanAngelo]

3 minutes ago, TimBoBaggins said:

i am considering building a system for gaming and am debating if waiting a bit longer would be 100% worth going the more expensive route of the 6600k than the 4690k. I am fortunate to have a computing shop near me (http://www.powerc.com/) and am seriously debatin saving up my money for the better system. both will use a msi gtx 660 but i am not sure on what i would be better of doing for gaming. i  am also debating the newer ddr4 over the ddr3 however going with ddr3 would save me money as i already have 8gb ddr3 from a previous build

get the 4690k, the performance isnt that big imho.

[Goussy]

You don't need it considering you would get about a <~10% performance increase. It is the build everyone want's but doesn't need, skylake would help if you are wanting to upgrade in the relatively close future.

[Necrodead]

Save your money and go with your old ram would be my opinion. the 6600k is less than 3% faster at the same speed as the 4690k, and the 4690k will probably overclock higher if thats your game. 

[Swndlr]

I can vouch for the 4690K Nothing wrong with it over the current gen 6600K.

[Guest]

4690k is flawless, if you want to get into overclocking 6600k takes the cake. 

[TimBoBaggins]

update, went with the 6600k <3. build is almost complete just waiting for RAM, HDD and win. 10 now