i7 6850k

[natsuu]

Opinions if i should get 6850k for gaming/video editing rig no budget. purposed build: i7 6850k, ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME, Extended ATX x99 Motherboard , LGA 2011-V3 Socket, DDR4 3300Mhz+(OC), 1x gtx 1080(water cooled), 1 pice 400gb ssd, 1tb m.2 ssd, 4 tb sshd(hybrid HDD), AIO water cooling,2x 16gb ram Cosiar vegence w/LED

[79wjd]

I'd get a 6800k instead, you don't appear to need the extra lanes (storage can run off the chipset without any issues and so a 6800k will still have plenty of lanes for up to three-way SLI while being much cheaper).

[natsuu]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

I'd get a 6800k instead. 

why?

[79wjd]

Just now, natsuu said:

why?

It's cheaper and the only difference is 12 less PCIE lanes, but 28 PCIE lanes is still plenty for three way SLI (which has shit scaling anyway), and PCIE storage can run just fine off the chipset's lanes. 

[nerd866]

18 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

It's cheaper and the only difference is 12 less PCIE lanes, but 28 PCIE lanes is still plenty for three way SLI (which has shit scaling anyway), and PCIE storage can run just fine off the chipset's lanes. 

The 6850k has a higher stock clock speed. Typically I would take that to assume it will perform at least a little better than the 6800k, even overclocked. Your post, however, suggests that, at least when overclocked, you can get equal performance from both CPUs. Is that true?

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, nerd866 said:

The 6850k has a higher stock clock speed. Typically I would take that to assume it will perform at least a little better than the 6800k, even overclocked. Your post, however, suggests that, at least when overclocked, you can get equal performance from both CPUs. Is that true?

They're both unlocked and will overclock to similar speeds (you're playing the lottery either way, so they're each just as likely as the other to be the better overclocker). 

 

At the same speeds they will perform identically. So that clock speed advantage only means something if you don't overclock (which would be a sin to do on any extreme-edition CPU), and even then it still doesn't mean much due to how small it is.