6600k or 6700k

[Infin8]

This it going to be my new itx rig but I'm not sure whenever to go with the I5 or the i7. I'm mostly gaming, but I will do a bit of photo and video editing. Also I don't plan on upgrading my cpu/mobo in the next 3 years, so the i7 should give me a little bit more headroom, right? I'll overclock and watercool my that cpu for sure. 

I could get the 6600k for 200€ and the 6700k for 300, both brand-new. 

I know that you can't really future-proof a pc. 

[Manage My Cables]

2 minutes ago, Infin8 said:

This it going to be my new itx rig but I'm not sure whenever to go with the I5 or the i7. I'm mostly gaming, but I will do a bit of photo and video editing. Also I don't plan on upgrading my cpu/mobo in the next 3 years, so the i7 should give me a little bit more headroom, right? I'll overclock and watercool my that cpu for sure. 

I could get the 6600k for 200€ and the 6700k for 300, both brand-new. 

I know that you can't really future-proof a pc. 

The i5 is plenty powerful enough to game, render and edit video files.

[Nacho Marco Segui]

i7

[another random person]

there isnt that big of a gap between 6600k and 6700k so for value i would get the i5 unless if you would want to pay and extra 100 pounds for hyperthreading and a little faster clock speed.

[partypanda64]

If you don't mind forking out the extra cash, you might as well go for the i7, especially if your going to do video editing/rendering.

[racer243l]

If you have the money i7 6700k, if it´s a budget build i5 6600k

[Matias_Chambers]

The extra threads on the i7 will only make a difference in rendering (faster render times). You wont be able to play games at the same time as rendering with the i5, with the i7 you will, but there will be noticeable stuttering. If you really care about render times and extreme multitasking get the 5820K.

[tommm]

As previously mentioned the difference between the two is just clock rate and hyperthreading - which is completely irrelevant unless you're running render engines such as Cinema4D or similar.  For gaming and photo/video editing (Making the assumption you're not doing 3D renders) just stick with the i5

[Infin8]

Thank you very much for your suggestions, I'll just get the 6600k.

The 5820k would be nice but the motherboard is more than the 6600k, so not worth it. 

[BadWolf-]

Yeah just to add to that I have the i5-6600k and my friend has the i7-6700k and you literally see no difference in games. In some games I get the better FPS just cos I have the better GPU so it makes no real difference unless you do video editing and the like. 

 

EDIT: Make sure you get a z170 board chipset though as then you can overclock if you want to unlike me who studiply brought the b150 chipset