Is the "K" worth it

[dams3]

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, dams3 said:

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

Depends on the user. Do you want to OC? Get the 6700k. Don't? Get the 6700. Purely user choice. And if it's just gaming, the 6500 will do you just fine as an FYI.

[Technous285]

Just gaming? Go with the i5-6500/K then, it'll be cheaper and if you get the K and need to overclock you can easily make up for the clock differences between the 6500/K & 6700/K.

[0ld_Chicken]

will you ever need it?  not likely, will you ever wish you had it?  Immediately if you're anything like me   I bought a 4790k as my first "real" chip and didn't even intend on overclocking it because I wanted to take good care of it.  That lasted about 2 weeks until I realized that I like overclocking as much as gaming

[Moress]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

Depends on the user. Do you want to OC? Get the 6700k. Don't? Get the 6700. Purely user choice. And if it's just gaming, the 6500 will do you just fine as an FYI.

Not true, youll see a difference between the 6700 and 6500 in CPU bound games.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, Moress said:

Not true, youll see a difference between the 6700 and 6500 in CPU bound games.

That use more than 4 threads/cores? Yeah, probably. Will it realistically bother someone most likely playing at 1080p/possibly 1440p? Most likely not.

[Nixblicker]

I only bought -K CPUs if there was a deal on them - since I usually don't overclock, I don't normally get them.

As the others said, it depends on your plans, if you are planning on building the system ONCE and then don't want to fiddle with it anymore to get the last ounce of performance out of it, I don't see a reason to get the -K

[0ld_Chicken]

What GPU are you using/planning to use OP?

[aisle9]

4 minutes ago, dams3 said:

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

You don't really need an i7 at all. An i5-6500 or 6600K will be plenty. If you think overclocking might be in your future, grab the K. If you're more comfortable letting the chip run at stock speeds and/or don't want to spend the extra ~$100 on a Z motherboard and aftermarket cooler, go non-K.

 

1 minute ago, Moress said:

Not true, youll see a difference between the 6700 and 6500 in CPU bound games.

Yes, all three of them. Even then, we're talking 85 FPS vs. 80, tiny differences like that that you're not going to notice.

[AlTech]

6 minutes ago, dams3 said:

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

Exactly as @Starelementpoke said. If you want to Overclock then buy the 6700k. If not the buy the 6700.

if your planning to buy a GTX 1070 or 1080 I would not recommend a i5 as it may bottleneck it.

[dams3]

4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

That use more than 4 threads/cores? Yeah, probably. Will it realistically bother someone most likely playing at 1080p/possibly 1440p? Most likely not.

I dont think i will be getting an i5 because they seem to be underpowered

[Moress]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

That use more than 4 threads/cores? Yeah, probably. Will it realistically bother someone most likely playing at 1080p/possibly 1440p? Most likely not.

The use of 6+ cores/threads is increasingly common today. This whole "games use 4 threads!" Is a misconception nowadays. 

 

Although youll be CPU bound very rarely at 1440p and almost never at 4k

[LookTopHats]

I see alot of people wanting to use an i7 when their rigs are purely for gaming. While it will have an effect on fps (depending on the game) it will only be a very small fraction and almost always below a 10fps increase. This really isn't viable for the extra cost of an i7 when used only for gaming. I would suggest along with the others that you spend your money on an i5 of the same generation and perhaps purchase an unlocked one if you wish to overclock in the future. Even by buying the unlocked i5 i'm sure this is cheaper than the locked i7.

[ClobberXD]

9 minutes ago, dams3 said:

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

You're perfectly fine with a non-K i7, but overclocking does fetch you around 5 FPS (to even 10 FPS at times).

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, dams3 said:

I dont think i will be getting an i5 because they seem to be underpowered

Your call. 

 

2 minutes ago, Moress said:

The use of 6+ cores/threads is increasingly common today. This whole "games use 4 threads!" Is a misconception nowadays. 

 

Although youll be CPU bound very rarely at 1440p and almost never at 4k

Games that use 6+cores/threads such as? And ones that see an actual benefit from using them.

[dams3]

9 minutes ago, Technous285 said:

Just gaming? Go with the i5-6500/K then, it'll be cheaper and if you get the K and need to overclock you can easily make up for the clock differences between the 6500/K & 6700/K.

I dont think i will be buying an i5

[ClobberXD]

14 minutes ago, dams3 said:

Sooo im gonna be building a new pc and im split between the i7 6700k and the i7 6700. I have never overclocked and i dont think i will unless i need to. So what im asking is; is the slightly higher clock and the overclocking ability of the i7 6700k worth it or should i get the safer i7 6700 option. Pc will be just for gaming

 

[vorticalbox]

7 minutes ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

will you ever need it?  not likely, will you ever wish you had it?  Immediately if you're anything like me   I bought a 4790k as my first "real" chip and didn't even intend on overclocking it because I wanted to take good care of it.  That lasted about 2 weeks until I realized that I like overclocking as much as gaming

after a while it becomes a challenge to see how far you can push the hardware. I once installed a custom ROM on my htc one X disabled all thermal controls ()tcase shut down was still enabled) and sat it on a fan with the case off. 

 

I had the chip running at 1.9 Ghz and staying there for the whole bench mark it will running at 96C though  worth it for the antutu points.

[dams3]

6 minutes ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

What GPU are you using/planning to use OP?

Right away one rx 480 and i know those 2 cpus are more powerfull than the 480 will ever need but i think of this build as a base on which i will upgrade to 2 480s or one srronger gpu in the future

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, dams3 said:

Right away one rx 480 and i know those 2 cpus are more powerfull than the 480 will ever need but i think of this build as a base on which i will upgrade to 2 480s or one srronger gpu in the future

Just wait for the AIB 480's before you get one.

[dams3]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

Just wait for the AIB 480's before you get one.

Dont worry i will

[dams3]

So what im getting from this is that if im not a performance whore i should get the non k. Thanks

[0ld_Chicken]

3 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

after a while it becomes a challenge to see how far you can push the hardware. I once installed a custom ROM on my htc one X disabled all thermal controls ()tcase shut down was still enabled) and sat it on a fan with the case off. 

 

I had the chip running at 1.9 Ghz and staying there for the whole bench mark it will running at 96C though  worth it for the antutu points.

nice, that sounds awesome!  I've never dabbled with phones but sub-ambient PC cooling has been calling my name for a while now

2 minutes ago, dams3 said:

Right away one rx 480 and i know those 2 cpus are more powerfull than the 480 will ever need but i think of this build as a base on which i will upgrade to 2 480s or one srronger gpu in the future

personally... I bought an i7 4790k with a gtx 960 because I knew I'd be upgrading graphics sooner rather than later.  I sold the 960 within 2 months, now i"m running 2x gtx 980's and I'm damn glad I went i7.  If you've got the cash and wont have to make other serious hardware sacrifices for it, get the i7.

 

[dams3]

4 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

No sign of budget limit so 6700K no problemo

Well im not really fond of spending like another 100 bucks on something i will probably not need

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, dams3 said:

So what im getting from this is that if im not a performance whore i should get the non k. Thanks

Overclocking sees a slight performance increase in games such as GTA V where a higher clockspeed + more threads = more FPS. K-series CPUs are not the most cost effective option but the tinkering aspect is quite enjoyable in my opinion.