Good build for AI and Unity?

[Devin92]

Hello guys, so this is a partlist for a friend. He want 1080 for deep learning and a powerful but not ridiculous cpu for unity, and I dont think he will overclock very soon. No budget but 2k CAD is probly the most he want to spend unless theres a good reason to invest more.

Tell me what you guys think.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/DRTBLD
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/DRTBLD/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($428.94 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI Z170M Mortar Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($155.56 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.94 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($889.34 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($79.39 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($138.83 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2031.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-08 14:46 EDT-0400

 

If he don't overclock will a i7-6700 be good enough? I checked the clock speed between the two and find non k one has a significant lower frequency. Why is this? and will it affect performance very much given 6700k is not overclocked.

[thebrownieguy]

Getting a K processor and not oc'ing is kind of sorry, really. You are spending extra money for no extra performance. The clock speed is higher, yeah, but that small offset won't really make a difference in current games. Maybe you can overclock in a few years, to futureproof more.

[Devin92]

Just now, thebrownieguy said:

Getting a K processor and not oc'ing is kind of sorry, really. You are spending extra money for no extra performance. The clock speed is higher, yeah, but that small offset won't really make a difference in current games. Maybe you can overclock in a few years, to futureproof more.

well, thats the plan.

But this build is not for gaming. Will Unity and AI development benefit from a beefier CPU?

[thebrownieguy]

They will, i think, but that isn't really needed. This cpu does handle everything you throw at it and should get the job done. Side note: i once had to use a pentium 4 to use with unity 4, so even the worst cpus still work. derp.