i7 or i5

[yannick12]

hey,

 

planning to build a new gaming pc. i cant choose between the i5-6600k and the i7-6700k. does it effect gaming or??? thanks!

 

Btw: i am also going to use vmware

[Castdeath97]

What is your budget and what GPU are you considering?

[PenPoint]

When it comes to VMware, more cores -> higher performance. Choose 6700K unless your budget limits.

[Morgan MLGman]

Yep, an i7 reduces stuttering and gives more FPS, it's also more powerful and more futureproof. But it's also more expensive.

 

What GPU?

[yannick12]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

What is your budget and what GPU are you considering?

well i dont realy have a budget if it makes a difference. and planning to use 2 RX 480's

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, Vape_lord said:

hey,

 

planning to build a new gaming pc. i cant choose between the i5-6600k and the i7-6700k. does it effect gaming or??? thanks!

 

Btw: i am also going to use vmware

It won't have that much impact in most games. 5 FPS in FPS games and GPU-bound games, 10+ in open world games. But it should help some if doing alot of virtualization. 

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, Vape_lord said:

well i dont realy have a budget if it makes a difference. and planning to use 2 RX 480's

no you don't. Why would you get an CF system over a single, more powerfull card? get a 1080 pls

[yannick12]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Yep, an i7 reduces stuttering and gives more FPS, it's also more powerful and more futureproof. But it's also more expensive.

 

What GPU?

2 rx 480's

[yannick12]

 

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

no you don't. Why would you get an CF system over a single, more powerfull card? get a 1080 pls

 

it is cheaper...

[Castdeath97]

Just now, Vape_lord said:

well i dont realy have a budget if it makes a difference. and planning to use 2 RX 480's

Don't use two RX 480s, get one 1070. Not all games support crossfire and some suffer from frame time issues:

 

(I know that's an RX 470, but its pretty close in performance and price)

 

(Yes that is a fury x, but it does investigate crossfire performance).

 

 

Also at what resolution will you play? That can matter too.

[yannick12]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

Don't use two RX 480s, get one 1070. Not all games support crossfire and some suffer from frame time issues:

 

(I know that's an RX 470, but its pretty close in performance and price)

 

(Yes that is a fury x, but it does investigate crossfire performance).

 

 

Also at what resolution will you play? That can matter too.

1440p

[Castdeath97]

Just now, Vape_lord said:

 

 

it is cheaper...

But will run you up with more issues than a single card, it's generally not that recommended for mid tier cards.

[yannick12]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

But will run you up with more issues than a single card, it's generally not that recommended for mid tier cards.

ok, thanks

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, Vape_lord said:

2 rx 480's

Then get the i7.

[Castdeath97]

Just now, Vape_lord said:

1440p

Well your going into more GPU bound territory there, but the i7 will help with virtualisation so do consider it.

[MVPernula]

Just now, Vape_lord said:

1440p

Still definetly recommendable to go for one good GPU. As earlier mentioned by @Castdeath97 some titles wont utilize crossfire or SLI, and a 1070 will pretty much offer similar performance.

[yannick12]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

Well your going into more GPU bound territory there, but the i7 will help with virtualisation so do consider it.

i will thanks! but will the i5-6600k run with the 1070?

[Castdeath97]

Just now, Vape_lord said:

i will thanks! but will the i5-6600k run with the 1070?

Yes. It won't hold the 1070 back much at 1440p since it's more GPU bound now, but if can afford it go for if you want extra benefits with virtualisation and maybe other tasks that can benefit from the extra cores. You can go for a i5 and a 1080, but I'm not sure how well it's going to handle. Still waiting for someone like digital foundry to try it out and see how well the i5 handles it.

[MVPernula]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

Yes. It won't hold the 1070 back much at 1440p since it's more GPU bound now, but if can afford it go for if you want extra benefits with virtualisation and maybe other tasks that can benefit from the extra cores. You can go for a i5 and a 1080, but I'm not sure how well it's going to handle. Still waiting for someone like digital foundry to try it out and see how well the i5 handles it.

There's nothing really set in stone on what bottlenecks the 1080 yet, can't really find any concrete results of anything yet. There's been quite an argument about it here on the forums whether or not the 6600K bottlenecks a 1080 or not. I'd personally like to say that it does from what I've seen on benchmarks and tests so far.

6 minutes ago, Vape_lord said:

i will thanks! but will the i5-6600k run with the 1070?

That should be fine.

 

If you however can afford the 6700K I'd recommend it, gives you some extra horsepower and lesser chance of bottlenecking future upgrades.

[yannick12]

Just now, MVPernula said:

There's nothing really set in stone on what bottlenecks the 1080 yet, can't really find any concrete results of anything yet. There's been quite an argument about it here on the forums whether or not the 6600K bottlenecks a 1080 or not. I'd personally like to say that it does from what I've seen on benchmarks and tests so far.

That should be fine.

 

If you however can afford the 6700K I'd recommend it, gives you some extra horsepower and lesser chance of bottlenecking future upgrades.

thanks! have a good day

[HmmR]

If budget is not an issues get gtx 1080 or 1070.single gpu is always better than sli/crossfire for gaming 

[yannick12]

Just now, HmmR said:

If budget is not an issues get gtx 1080 or 1070.single gpu is always better than sli/crossfire for gaming 

thank you sir