6600k worth it?

[silverjay928]

So as it says, it the 6600k worth the about $250 price tag? im building a system with i5-6400 and z170 board, would upgrade to 6600k later or 6700k? what is better the 6700k pretty much calls my name for just a little under $100 more than the 6600k and whats better for the price? i have 2 other brothers who are going skylake one has already bought the i3-6100 so if i was to upgrade from 6400 to 6600k/6700k i'd give him my 6400 and then give his 6100 to my other little bro.

[Zyndo]

9 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

So as it says, it the 6600k worth the about $250 price tag? im building a system with i5-6400 and z170 board, would upgrade to 6600k later or 6700k? what is better the 6700k pretty much calls my name for just a little under $100 more than the 6600k and whats better for the price? i have 2 other brothers who are going skylake one has already bought the i3-6100 so if i was to upgrade from 6400 to 6600k/6700k i'd give him my 6400 and then give his 6100 to my other little bro.

There is literally no good reason to get a Z170 board now and get a 6400 with the intention of upgrading to a 6600k later (or even a 6700k really). the 6600k is like 60 bucks more than a 6400... no sense in skimping out on 60 bucks now to cost you hundreds later. if you really cannot afford that 60 bucks, then take it out of your build elsewhere.

 

but yes, the 6600k is the best i5 on the market today, and is very capable of high fps gaming. There are a few CPU bound games where having a 6700k would be helpful (a game like BF 1 isn't going to run at 144 fps on a 6600k) but largely speaking its the best gaming CPU on the market for those people who have a fixed budget. a 6700k IS better for gaming, but only in certain games, but the i7 is more tailored towards content creators, not gamers.

 

If you are not going to be gaming beyond 60 fps, you don't need anything more than an i5 6400/6500 (or in the majority of cases, even an i3 6100)

[EuphoricLlama]

Save yourself $100 in the future and just buy the 6600k now would be my advice, a cpu is generally not something you upgrade

[silverjay928]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

There is literally no good reason to get a Z170 board now and get a 6400 with the intention of upgrading to a 6600k later (or even a 6700k really). the 6600k is like 60 bucks more than a 6400... no sense in skimping out on 60 bucks now to cost you hundreds later. if you really cannot afford that 60 bucks, then take it out of your build elsewhere.

 

but yes, the 6600k is the best i5 on the market today, and is very capable of high fps gaming. There are a few CPU bound games where having a 6700k would be helpful (a game like BF 1 isn't going to run at 144 fps on a 6600k) but largely speaking its the best gaming CPU on the market for those people who have a fixed budget. a 6700k IS better for gaming, but only in certain games, but the i7 is more tailored towards content creators, not gamers.

alright i see then i will definitely go for the  6600k i dont have a fixed budget, just trying to stay under 450 but i think i can make it work most likely

 

1 minute ago, Ellen_orangecloud said:

Since you're running a Z170 board, I'd recommend saving up for it and a decent cooler (6600K has no stock cooler). It's a nice chip and I've met some people that swear by their unlocked i5s. But if you're not planning on overclocking just get the i5-6500 and a cheaper non-Z motherboard (except H110) and reallocate the money to something else. 
I'll only recommend the 6700K if you're also a content creator. 

i do plan to overclock so i will go for the 6600k and OC with a 240 rad AIO think that will do. and i was looking at the 6700k and started to realize that i wouldnt utilize all 8 threads since i will only be gaming. with very little video editing

[Zyndo]

3 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

i do plan to overclock so i will go for the 6600k and OC with a 240 rad AIO think that will do. and i was looking at the 6700k and started to realize that i wouldnt utilize all 8 threads since i will only be gaming. with very little video editing

There ARE advantages to having an I7 for gaming, especially going forward and with new API's, more cores and more threads are going to be used in gaming. But even now, an i7 6700k can out perform an identically clocked 6600k in some highly CPU intensive games (a game like BF 1 for example). However the majority of games out there today are not CPU intensive, so there are only a handful of games where you will see any meaningful performance difference between a 6600k and 6700k, but there IS a difference (and in those games i mentioned it is often upwards of 20 fps or more, although your mileage may vary on that number. ).

[silverjay928]

6 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

There ARE advantages to having an I7 for gaming, and especially going forward with new API's, more cores and more threads are going to be used in gaming. But even now, an i7 6700k can out perform an identically clocked 6600k in some highly CPU intensive games (a game like BF 1 for example). However the majority of games out there today are not CPU intensive, so there are only a handful of games where you will see any meaningful performance difference between a 6600k and 6700k, but there IS a difference (and in those games i mentioned it is often upwards of 20 fps or more, although your mileage may vary on that number. ).

interesting would upgrading myself to a 6700k be worth it later on be worth it cause that is above my $450 budget i have decided on for Mobo,CPU,RAM,and PSU i will be playing BF1 that is why im selling my rig and building a new one.

[silverjay928]

5 minutes ago, Ellen_orangecloud said:

Alrighty then. Make sure your PSU can handle the overclock and preferrably a Noctua NH-D14 or a Corsair H100i/Switftech H220-X for the cooler. I'm not that good with selecting PSUs for overclocking (normally I just recommend any 600W+ Seasonic) so I'll leave it to the guys at the forum to recommend you a PSU.  

i already have a 600W EVGA PSU selected and ill definitely look into those coolers thanks for the suggestions

[Zyndo]

3 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

interesting would upgrading myself to a 6700k be worth it later on be worth it cause that is above my $450 budget i have decided on for Mobo,CPU,RAM,and PSU i will be playing BF1 that is why im selling my rig and building a new one.

It depends on the refresh rate of your monitor. if you have a 60Hz panel you will be able to play at your maximum 60 fps with something like a 6400 or 6500 just fine. If you have a 144hz panel or something like that, then a 6700k is the only thing that will be able to get you that many fps on a game like BF 1. a 6600k is going to get you about 100-ish fps (plus or minus a bit depending on your clock and exactly what you're doing in game). most other games will run easily at 144 fps or more with the 6600k, but recent AAA CPU bound games can't quite get there anymore.

[silverjay928]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

It depends on the refresh rate of your monitor. if you have a 60Hz panel you will be able to play at your maximum 60 fps with something like a 6400 or 6500 just fine. If you have a 144hz panel or something like that, then a 6700k is the only thing that will be able to get you that many fps on a game like BF 1. a 6600k is going to get you about 100-ish fps (plus or minus a bit depending on your clock and exactly what you're doing in game). most other games will run easily at 144 fps or more with the 6600k, but recent AAA CPU bound games can't quite get there anymore.

ok yeah im gonna be using a 60hz panel so ig its the 6600k for me this really helped you have no idea.

[Cyracus]

If you get the 6600k and still want to upgrade later to an i7 Kaby Lake will use the same cpu socket so it will be as simple as pulling the 6600k out and placing the 7700k in, and of course then you could still hand your 6600k down

[Zyndo]

13 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

If you get the 6600k and still want to upgrade later to an i7 Kaby Lake will use the same cpu socket so it will be as simple as pulling the 6600k out and placing the 7700k in, and of course then you could still hand your 6600k down

It would be up to your motherboard manufacturer to do a BIOS update to allow that functionality. But assuming your company does that, its always an option. I've heard that it won't go the other way though (you won't be able to put a 6700k into a Z270 board)

[c0d0ps]

3 hours ago, Zyndo said:

There is literally no good reason to get a Z170 board now and get a 6400 with the intention of upgrading to a 6600k later (or even a 6700k really). the 6600k is like 60 bucks more than a 6400... no sense in skimping out on 60 bucks now to cost you hundreds later. if you really cannot afford that 60 bucks, then take it out of your build elsewhere.

 

but yes, the 6600k is the best i5 on the market today, and is very capable of high fps gaming. There are a few CPU bound games where having a 6700k would be helpful (a game like BF 1 isn't going to run at 144 fps on a 6600k) but largely speaking its the best gaming CPU on the market for those people who have a fixed budget. a 6700k IS better for gaming, but only in certain games, but the i7 is more tailored towards content creators, not gamers.

 

If you are not going to be gaming beyond 60 fps, you don't need anything more than an i5 6400/6500 (or in the majority of cases, even an i3 6100)

I ordered an i5 6500, is there a noticeable difference between it and 6600k (except for overclock capabilities) ?

 

I am using a 280x and a 60hz screen.

[Zyndo]

9 hours ago, c0d0ps said:

I ordered an i5 6500, is there a noticeable difference between it and 6600k (except for overclock capabilities) ?

 

I am using a 280x and a 60hz screen.

You will notice probably 0 difference on a 60 hz screen. there is a definite difference in performance between a 6500 and 6600k, but you aren't going to see the difference in gaming if all you do is 60hz gaming because the 6500 can do 60 hz gaming just fine.

 

for example a 6600k might be able to be 25% faster than a 6500, but if the 6500 is already producing 80 fps, going up to 100 fps on the 6600k doesn't make a difference at all since you are limited to 60 fps by your monitor.

[belfouf]

6600K owner here. 

 

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