Dilemma: 1151 or 2011-3

[LxstInNxght]

Hi people!

 

First of all I would like to apologize for my poor English and I also would like you to know that I'm from the Netherlands (because of the prices of the components I'm willing to buy soon).

 

I've been busy with building my dream PC for a little while now and I'm struggling with the choice of going with Skylake or Broadwell-E. First of all I would like to describe the components I have right now. I obviously want to replace my motherboard, CPU and RAM. I also want to run a 950 PRO M.2 SSD, but first I want to replace my these three components. 

 

Current set-up:

- i5 2500k (yes I know a k processor on a H67 motherboard, it's done for value purposes, the K version is much more worth and was just 10 euro more expensive)

- Asus P8H67

- 12GB of DDR3 RAM 2x2GB and 2x4GB @ 1333 Mhz

- MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G

- Corsair H110 GTX liquid cooler

- Corsair RM550x

- 2TB HDD (which is full, I need to get another HDD)

- 1TB 850 PRO SSD

What my PC will be used for:

- Gaming

- Videoediting

- Compressing and uncompressing large files up too ~200GB, sometimes larger

- Adobe CC etc...

- Sony Vegas

- Developing software

As you can see my motherboard needs to be replaced after serving me for almost 6 years now.

 

Right now I have a dilemma between these components:

 

Skylake:

- Intel Core i7 6700k

- Asus ROG Z170 MAXIMUS VIII HERO

- 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LED (RED) RAM running at 3200Mhz

 

Totalprice ~ €666,-

 

And...

 

Broadwell-E:

- Intel Core i7 6800k

- Asus ROG Strix x99 Gaming

- 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LED (WHITE) RAM running at 3200Mhz

 

Totalprice ~ €866,-

I will be paying 200,- euro more if I'll be running a Broadwell-E setup. I've seen soooo much reviews, that have been so positive about Skylake that I don't know which one I should take. I don't need the fastest of the fastest, but okay... If I'm going to go for Broadwell-E I'll be running a white theme inside of the PC, if I'll be taking Skylake it will bed a red build... Ofcourse both builds will be mixed with black. I also have a Corsair 760t Artic White case. Broadwell-E will look much better since the PC case is already white. But a red themed build will look nice too. I also know that Skylake has 16 PCIe lanes and Broadwell-E has 28 (with the 6800k). I won't be running SLI but I know it's possible no matter which platform I'll take. 

 

In reviews I saw that Skylake doesn't perform alot slower than Broadwell-E, but the price is significantly higher. Also in games the 6700k performs better because of the higher clockspeeds. What should I do? Any advice left for me? I just don't know and I prefer a white build, but red is fine too with me... I'll be doing overclocking obviously, but it is something I haven't done before.  Also is the RAM compatible with the motherboards?! I can't be sure with my own research.

 

Thank you for reading! 

[LxstInNxght]

Nobody?

[Flesky015]

If gaming is your priority (since you listed it first) get the 6700k. I doubt you'll care about the extra 2-10 minutes of rendering or like another half hour of compressing (if you're talking 200GB).

Get a cheaper mobo aswell since i don't think you need the 200 euro mobo.

 

But the 6800k will be some sort of future proofing for future apps that your going to do / cpu intensive games

 

Personally id get the 6700k and spend the other cash for a gift to my parents but either are good, just one side will have more money

 

I don't know much about the developing software so i won't say anything though but just for my curiousity, what are you developing?

 

 

Edit: if your going x99 might aswell get quad channel ram and not dual

[SuchIlluminati]

If you really want to focus on video editing and file compression, I would reccomend the i7 6800K, it costs €452,01 on this website: https://azerty.nl/8-6127-938171/intel-core-i7-6800k-3-4-ghz.html. If you also want good gaming performance you should get the i7 6700K. Its slower than the i7 6800K in video editing and file compression but not by a huge amount, and you'll have much better single core performance.

[Blackie Sheen]

They should both be sufficient (understatement) in gaming. 

 

Now it only depends on productivity needs. Is it important to have it be a little bit faster in compressing, decompressing and video editing? If yes, 6800k. If not, 6700k.