CPU upgrade?

[Alda14]

So this is my rig: Asus Z170 PD-3 Mobo, Intel i5 6600K, 2 sticks of Kingston Hyper X Fury 8 GB RAM 1866 MHz, windows 10, and a Zalman Z11 Neo case.  My question is is it possible for me to upgrade my CPU to an I7 6700K and if so in what ways wis the I7 better? Sorry for the noob question 

[PigWithAMustache]

You could upgrade to an i7, but the i5 is still good. Unless you are noticing that its slowing you down then upgrade.

[Slottr]

Only real significant difference is hyperthreading. 

 

Yes you can upgrade, but what do you use your computer for? The i5 can still kick ass in gaming and in other properties.

[rn8686]

The only real differnce is the extra 4 threads, but that is only useful for editing/rendering, not much improvement for gaming (+ 2Mb more cache not that that matters much). I would just stick to the i5. 

[Alda14]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Only real significant difference is hyperthreading. 

 

Yes you can upgrade, but what do you use your computer for? The i5 can still kick ass in gaming and in other properties.

 

4 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

You could upgrade to an i7, but the i5 is still good. Unless you are noticing that its slowing you down then upgrade.

Ok Thank you!

[Alda14]

2 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

The only real differnce is the extra 4 threads, but that is only useful for editing/rendering, not much improvement for gaming (+ 2Mb more cache not that that matters much). I would just stick to the i5. 

Ok thank you!

[Alda14]

4 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Only real significant difference is hyperthreading. 

 

Yes you can upgrade, but what do you use your computer for? The i5 can still kick ass in gaming and in other properties.

I use it fo

 

4 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Only real significant difference is hyperthreading. 

 

Yes you can upgrade, but what do you use your computer for? The i5 can still kick ass in gaming and in other properties.

I use it for gaming and schoolwork I was just wondering because I want my PC to run as fast and smoothly as possible 

 

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Alda14 said:

I use it fo

 

I use it for gaming and schoolwork I was just wondering because I want my PC to run as fast and smoothly as possible 

 

 

if you multitask yes it will be an improvement but i5 is more then good for gaming and school  

[LexenZ]

4 hours ago, Alda14 said:

So this is my rig: Asus Z170 PD-3 Mobo, Intel i5 6600K, 2 sticks of Kingston Hyper X Fury 8 GB RAM 1866 MHz, windows 10, and a Zalman Z11 Neo case.  My question is is it possible for me to upgrade my CPU to an I7 6700K and if so in what ways wis the I7 better? Sorry for the noob question 

If you really want to upgrade it maybe instead of focusing on the cpu which is already very good you can spend it on your graphics card. I mean seeing gaming is your priority the priority should be the graphics card. As I didn't know what graphics card your using so maybe that's another alternative. 

 

If your graphics card is good, just put it back to your piggy bank and unleash hell for the next line of series of other components