i5-6600k with a 1440p monitor or 17-6700k with a 1080p monitor

[Bradders]

Hello again everyone.

 

Im in a bit of a dilemma at the moment whether to go with an i5-6600k with a 1440p monitor or get a i7-6700k with a 1080p monitor?

 

monitors:

Acer G257HU smidpx 25-Inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) Widescreen Monitor  1440p

Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch IPS HDMI DVI VGA (1920 x 1080) Widescreen Display 1080p

 

what are your thoughts on the matter?

[Las_Killar]

What will be the main purpose with the rig?

Gaming? recording and editing? Programming? 

 

If you only want to game, record and editing to YT then the i5 is more than enough, the i7 would just be overkill.

 

If you want to game, record, render and run programming at the same time a i7 is the way to go.

[Bradders]

5 minutes ago, Las_Killar said:

What will be the main purpose with the rig?

Gaming? recording and editing? Programming? 

 

If you only want to game, record and editing to YT then the i5 is more than enough, the i7 would just be overkill.

 

If you want to game, record, render and run programming at the same time a i7 is the way to go.

Looking to Game and record some of the footage then edit after and post to YT.

[Las_Killar]

Then the i5 is more than enough, plus you will get better quality videos for YT with the 1440P resolution

[Bradders]

4 minutes ago, Las_Killar said:

Then the i5 is more than enough, plus you will get better quality videos for YT with the 1440P resolution

Thanks man

[SnowyMus]

16 minutes ago, Bradders said:

Looking to Game and record some of the footage then edit after and post to YT.

The Intel Core i7-6700K is a great processor for CPU-intensive tasks, especially for tasks that demand threads, such as encoding. It crushes games with an iron (or silicon?) fist, provided the graphics card is up to snuff. While the i7 is widely believed to be better for content creation, the i5 will still get you where you need to be pretty quickly. It'll still destroy games, and it's still got very solid computing performance, so it'll still fit your needs just nicely.

 

However, if it's a choice between 1080p and 1440p, I'd go with 1440p. I find 1080p to be claustrophobic on the desktop, and you get over 75% more pixels with 1440p.

[Bradders]

7 minutes ago, Kavawuvi said:

The Intel Core i7-6700K is a great processor for CPU-intensive tasks, especially for tasks that demand threads, such as encoding. It crushes games with an iron (or silicon?) fist, provided the graphics card is up to snuff. While the i7 is widely believed to be better for content creation, the i5 will still get you where you need to be pretty quickly. It'll still destroy games, and it's still got very solid computing performance, so it'll still fit your needs just nicely.

 

However, if it's a choice between 1080p and 1440p, I'd go with 1440p. I find 1080p to be claustrophobic on the desktop, and you get over 75% more pixels with 1440p.

Thank you!