I need to chose between cpus i5 6600k, i7 6700k or the i7 4790k or get a 144hz monitor

[Cereality]

I am selecting parts to build a beast gaming pc for main gaming at home and I already have a beast laptop for gaming out of home ( I also travel a lot).My problem is that I selected the i5 6600k and wanted to decide between selecting a i7-6700k or a i7 4790k instead but then I realized my monitor isn't 144hz and it was 60hz, now I have to decide between getting a better CPU or getting a 144hz monitor. I am not good at overclocking so take that into consideration. I am looking for performance mainly so my question is will the i7 6600k or the i7 4790k have a noticeable FPS (frames per second) difference (I am talking 10 FPS difference on average) compared to the i5-6600k? And also another question most of the games I play are very demanding (like COD BO3, Arma 3, and most other good games out there and more good games coming out) and I run games at the highest settings possible while getting at least a steady 50fps minimum so will a 144hz monitor be useful or will it only make a difference in less demanding games. Keep in mind that I will most probably not overclock so unless I learn how to or there are good presets overclocks to use, I will not use the max power of my cpu. So what's more worth it selecting a i7- 6700k or a i7- 4790k or selecting a 144hz monitor ( I care about performance and visual quality the most)?

Thanks for reading

 

P.S: I am making this gaming PC build in the UAE

[GDRRiley]

get a better monitor. the 6600K is very easy to OC put it at about 4ghz and 1.3 volts 

[MVPernula]

Welcome to the forum!

 

Which GPU are you using? You can simply think of it as 60Hz = 60fps, and 144Hz = 144fps IF YOUR PC IS POWERFUL ENOUGH. If you're currently only buffing out 50fps and you're after the visual quality in both frames and settings you first of all have to get a GPU than can utilize 144Hz, because if you're still on 50fps in games you'll not benefit anything in getting a 144Hz monitor.

 

So in conclusion:

• Want higher FPS? - New GPU, then monitor. This way you'll actually use the screen to its fullest, just getting a new monitor wont do anything.
• You can upgrade your CPU, but yours is fine unless you want to buy a GTX 1070 or 1080.
• If you upgrade CPU I personally recommend the 6700K.

[Nena Trinity]

i7-6700K is best for Arma...

[Cereality]

8 hours ago, MVPernula said:

Welcome to the forum!

 

Which GPU are you using? You can simply think of it as 60Hz = 60fps, and 144Hz = 144fps IF YOUR PC IS POWERFUL ENOUGH. If you're currently only buffing out 50fps and you're after the visual quality in both frames and settings you first of all have to get a GPU than can utilize 144Hz, because if you're still on 50fps in games you'll not benefit anything in getting a 144Hz monitor.

 

So in conclusion:

• Want higher FPS? - New GPU, then monitor. This way you'll actually use the screen to its fullest, just getting a new monitor wont do anything.
• You can upgrade your CPU, but yours is fine unless you want to buy a GTX 1070 or 1080.
• If you upgrade CPU I personally recommend the 6700K.

I have the 1070 ( not yet decided which aftermarket to buy) selected so do u think in the most demanding of games ,Arma 3 for example, that I will benefit of having a 144hz monitor or will need a better CPU?

[MVPernula]

4 hours ago, Cereality said:

I have the 1070 ( not yet decided which aftermarket to buy) selected so do u think in the most demanding of games ,Arma 3 for example, that I will benefit of having a 144hz monitor or will need a better CPU?

A i5 6600K will somewhat bottleneck a 1070, a CPU upgrade would be nice. Don't know how demanding Arma 3 is but that will probably not boost up your FPS to 100+ if you're currently on 50.

 

I'd personally say get a new CPU, preferably the i7 6700K since (if I understand correctly) you have the i5 6600K. Getting a 6700K would be the easiest since you can keep your current motherboard in that case.

[Cereality]

4 hours ago, MVPernula said:

A i5 6600K will somewhat bottleneck a 1070, a CPU upgrade would be nice. Don't know how demanding Arma 3 is but that will probably not boost up your FPS to 100+ if you're currently on 50.

 

I'd personally say get a new CPU, preferably the i7 6700K since (if I understand correctly) you have the i5 6600K. Getting a 6700K would be the easiest since you can keep your current motherboard in that case.

I don't have any of these yet and I am not running arma at 50fps but these are the parts I collected to make a new build

[Newbers]

Probably not, my friend's coming from an FX-8350 have seen incredible performance increases such as 15+ FPS, and less stutter. 

 

But from an i5 6600 to a i7 6700k would not be worth it in the long run. I think you should just cope with it for now until you can go for a more long term choice for CPU. 

[MVPernula]

4 hours ago, Newbers said:

Probably not, my friend's coming from an FX-8350 have seen incredible performance increases such as 15+ FPS, and less stutter. 

 

But from an i5 6600 to a i7 6700k would not be worth it in the long run. I think you should just cope with it for now until you can go for a more long term choice for CPU. 

Like he said below, doesn't have the parts yet apparently.

5 hours ago, Cereality said:

I don't have any of these yet and I am not running arma at 50fps but these are the parts I collected to make a new build

Then definetly go with the 6700K for your GTX 1070.

[Cereality]

19 hours ago, MVPernula said:

Like he said below, doesn't have the parts yet apparently.

Then definetly go with the 6700K for your GTX 1070.

but is it worth the 105 dollar increase?

[MVPernula]

4 hours ago, Cereality said:

but is it worth the 105 dollar increase?

If you don't want to give your 1070 any bottlenecks - yes. Because it will most definetly do so at 144Hz.

[MVPernula]

On ‎2016‎-‎08‎-‎01 at 3:22 AM, Newbers said:

Probably not, my friend's coming from an FX-8350 have seen incredible performance increases such as 15+ FPS, and less stutter. 

 

But from an i5 6600 to a i7 6700k would not be worth it in the long run. I think you should just cope with it for now until you can go for a more long term choice for CPU. 

Yeah I suppose that's right too.

 

But if he's playing at 144Hz and want to cream out all of those FPS the i5 6600K will bottleneck the 1070.

Also to consider is that if OP chooses the 6600K for now he wont notice anything becuase he's currently on a 60Hz screen, he wont really benefit in getting a 6700K unless he decides to upgrade both monitor and CPU.

 

I would personally, however, go for the 6700K to get a better monitor later.