i5 6600k or i7 6700k?

[Xdrone]

Should I buy the i5 6600k or the i7 6700k?

Im playing 1440p with a GTX 1070. I only need this for gaming and the very occasional video render.

Im leaning toward i5 at the moment, but then again it will become obsolete in 2 years...

[deleted_member_030719]

i5-6600k overclocked.

[Festive]

6700k. Youre playing on a 1440p panel, youre playing on a GTX 1070, there is no reason not to go with the i7.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Xdrone said:

Money isn't a problem

i7

1 minute ago, Xdrone said:

then again it will become obsolete in 2 years

that's how components work, in fact it'll be obsolete the moment the next chip launches, beyond that it's a matter of how much you need to compensate for by havig the latest and greatest.

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in terms of the differences between the two, there is a defenate move in games to more multicore optimization, so if you're worried about staying relevant, the i7 will get you a 10% edge, on top of which the i7 comes out the box with a higher clock speed.

 

2 minutes ago, Jed M said:

i5-6600k overclocked.

clarify yourself on the "overclocked" bit? why does overclocking make a difference here?

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, Xdrone said:

Should I buy the i5 6600k or the i7 6700k?

Get the best you can afford, the i7 in this case.

3 minutes ago, Xdrone said:

Im playing 1440p with a GTX 1070.

You'll be playing at the ideal.

3 minutes ago, Xdrone said:

Money isn't a problem, I only need this for gaming and the very occasional video render.

Why are you asking rather than getting the best you can afford.

3 minutes ago, Xdrone said:

Im leaning toward i5 at the moment, but then again it will become obsolete in 2 years...

The Skylake i5 should last you nearly 6 years until you need an upgrade, not 2. That's like buying a car and saying it needs replacing at 20,000 miles.

[Wohaaa]

I'd say i7 6700k. If I was to buy a new PC in a few months I would wait for Kaby Lake, but old stuff is still powerful. You'll be fine for a few years. Look at how well the i7 2600k. Not as popular, but still kicks ass.

[HKZeroFive]

Get the best you can afford. i7 6700K.

[Wolther]

If money isn't an issue then.. Why even ask that question. Obviously the more performance CPU is better.. and that's the i7. 

[Praesi]

6700k is faster. So the answer should be obvious.

[Mi26]

If money isn't an issue then go with x99 6 core 

[Praesi]

7 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

If money isn't an issue then go with x99 6 core 

Not for Gaming.

[Moress]

11 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

If money isn't an issue then go with x99 6 core 

Yeah going above 4 hyperthreaded cores you actually start losing gaming performance due to clockspeed limitations.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

Don't want to blame anybody but you got it wrong. All of you. Period.

With that being said here is the obvious answer: Get the i7-6700K, not because it performs better, or is better value (which it is not) or can make your GPU neck in a bottle thing go faster or whatnot, but because it's made of rainbow dust glittered by pixies and running on baby seals rather than fancy PSU power stuff.

Also: I never make absolute statements for no apparent reason.

[stationvsbox]

i7 BABY

[Dackzy]

this is easy m8, get the i7. It gives you more room to upgrade you GPU at some point and well the FPS would be more stable in CPU intensive games.

[Zyndo]

45 minutes ago, Xdrone said:

Should I buy the i5 6600k or the i7 6700k?

Im playing 1440p with a GTX 1070.

Money isn't a problem, I only need this for gaming and the very occasional video render.

Im leaning toward i5 at the moment, but then again it will become obsolete in 2 years...

If money isn't an issue, then there is 0 reason to avoid getting the 6700k. in some cases you may experience no performance difference over the 6600k (such as some GPU bound games) and in other instances you can experience pretty significant fps increases (such as CPU bound games) as well as more consistent frametimes, and better performance overall when doing other CPU bound tasks like rendering

[manikyath]

55 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

That's like buying a car and saying it needs replacing at 20,000 miles.

but we need people who need a new car at 20.000 miles, that's where people like my parents get really good deals on "nearly new cars"

[deleted_member_030719]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

 

clarify yourself on the "overclocked" bit? why does overclocking make a difference here?

... are you fucking stoned?

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, Jed M said:

... are you fucking stoned?

I used to be but then my trainer traded me and I became Steel!

[ARikozuM]

10 minutes ago, manikyath said:

but we need people who need a new car at 20.000 miles, that's where people like my parents get really good deals on "nearly new cars"

That's a good point! Hopefully some derp sells me his 2014 Corvettible. 

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Jed M said:

... are you fucking stoned?

i am mildly sleep deprived, but anything that overclocking can do to a 6600k is also applicable to a 6700k so in essence "overclocking does not apply here"

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

11 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i am mildly sleep deprived, but anything that overclocking can do to a 6600k is also applicable to a 6700k so in essence "overclocking does not apply here"

yeah what he said. 

also: not stoned here

[deleted_member_030719]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

i am mildly sleep deprived, but anything that overclocking can do to a 6600k is also applicable to a 6700k so in essence "overclocking does not apply here"

Overclocking the i5-6600k and using it for 1440p gaming is the most cost efficient. A

 

To OP: if money's not an option, then why the fuck did you ask this question in the first place?

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

1 minute ago, Jed M said:

Overclocking the i5-6600k and using it for 1440p gaming is the most cost efficient. A

 

To OP: if money it's an option, then why the fuck did you ask this question in the first place?

seems like your mum forgot to give you a good spank every once in a while for your manors :-)

here - take one for free: *Slap*

[deleted_member_030719]

1 hour ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

seems like your mum forgot to give you a good spank every once in a while for your manors :-)

here - take one for free: *Slap*

I seriously hope you don't have kids.