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6600k or 4690k

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Looking to upgrade my CPU. Trying to decide which of these two CPU's will be a better upgrade going forward. Cost is a big factor here, as with the Skylake i5, I'll need all new ram. Coolers shouldn't be considered as id be likely to go with a large closed loop water cooler for both CPU's. Any advice?

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Whichever is cheaper - Skylake is around 10% faster than Haswell and that's it

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1 hour ago, pjsmith727 said:

gotta love living in canada right?

Hey pending the election i might be joining yall

♦ CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K ♦ Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ♦ CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT ♦ GPU: Gigabyte GTX 980 Xtreme ♦ RAM:2x8gb HyperX Fury ♦ SSD: 120gb A-Data ♦ HDD: 1Tb WD Blue 7200RPM - 750gb Hitachi 2.5" HDD ♦ PSU: EVGA SuperNova G1 650W ♦ Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX ♦ Monitor: 27" AOC LED IPS x 2 ♦ Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB Silent ♦ Mouse: Corsair Scimitar RGB

♦ Headset: Logitech G430 ♦ 

 

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1 hour ago, pjsmith727 said:

gotta love living in canada right?

Yup, PCs don't run as hot. And import tax / product availability isn't so bad.

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