Finish my Build

November 22, 2016

Trying to find killer deals on a 6600(k) or a 6700(k).

I will go locked CPU if the deal is right and I'll even go k CPU on a non-Z board if the price is right (right now the k skus are seeing better discounts and still sport higher clockspeeds).

Sometime later I will do a GPU and Monitor upgrade at the same time (the purchased items are being migrated from old build).

Thanks!

Jake Dalay · November 22, 2016

If you are looking for deals, you could check the deals section of the forum =)

Been there myself, not too much though that a quick google wouldn't find, for CPUs.

But you might have better luck looking at mobos.

However, you didn't state any budget requirements and sound like you have things fairly well in hand, so I'd say just go with a 6700K and a decent board. Like I said, if price is only a minor issue, then I haven't seen any sale that was totally amazing so far, but you could check the forum more closely for your particular needs.

Betting you already know this, but worth mentioning that if you don't plan on doing anything more than gaming, that is, you don't do much/any real photoshop/GIMP work or a ton of video editing, then go with the i5 and save some $$ because you won't see much benefit from the additional hyperthreaded cores in games.

Also, for creative applications (photoshop etc.) you might find you would be better off with even more ram than the 16gigs you've got already, though that is plenty for pretty much anything else.

Also I don't know what luck you've had with your CPU cooler in the past, but depending on your particular K series chip (unless the new generation CPUs are very different, I am not that familiar with them) you may not be satisfied with your thermal headroom for overclocking, if you ever got into that. Personally, my i5 runs hot as hell (few gens old) and doesn't overclock worth a hill of beans, hence my upgrade to AIO liquid cooling. But that is certainly not required and would vary from chip to chip as far as whether or not it would be necessary.

November 22, 2016

30 minutes ago, Jake Dalay said:

If you are looking for deals, you could check the deals section of the forum =)

Been there myself, not too much though that a quick google wouldn't find, for CPUs.

But you might have better luck looking at mobos.

However, you didn't state any budget requirements and sound like you have things fairly well in hand, so I'd say just go with a 6700K and a decent board. Like I said, if price is only a minor issue, then I haven't seen any sale that was totally amazing so far, but you could check the forum more closely for your particular needs.

Betting you already know this, but worth mentioning that if you don't plan on doing anything more than gaming, that is, you don't do much/any real photoshop/GIMP work or a ton of video editing, then go with the i5 and save some $$ because you won't see much benefit from the additional hyperthreaded cores in games.

Also, for creative applications (photoshop etc.) you might find you would be better off with even more ram than the 16gigs you've got already, though that is plenty for pretty much anything else.

Also I don't know what luck you've had with your CPU cooler in the past, but depending on your particular K series chip (unless the new generation CPUs are very different, I am not that familiar with them) you may not be satisfied with your thermal headroom for overclocking, if you ever got into that. Personally, my i5 runs hot as hell (few gens old) and doesn't overclock worth a hill of beans, hence my upgrade to AIO liquid cooling. But that is certainly not required and would vary from chip to chip as far as whether or not it would be necessary.

I definitely want to get an AIO 240 rad at some point. But this is just a CPU cooler from the last build and should do, at bare minimum, a decent OC (after all it is cooling my 8320 @ 4.7 GHz).

Thank you for your in depth response.

Basically, threshold for the 6600k would have to be $180 or less, shipped and taxed. And the 6700k would be ~$270 shipped and taxed (i've seen it a couple of times for $290).

Pretty much only gaming, I want the i7 because it would feel more like an upgrade than the i5 will. Budget just depends on what I can justify - I am frugal but in no way actually need to be.