will this intel porcessor work?

[samzap]

will a i7 6700k work for gaming?

 

[ChillyPepperGuy]

1 minute ago, samzap said:

will a i7 6700k work for gaming?

 

eeh maybe

 

[Natsoup]

It's number one for a reason, buddy

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, samzap said:

will a i7 6700k work for gaming?

 

Yes.

[saladcrack]

It's overkill but it has the highest stock clock speed I think?  So yeah it'll work great.  Gaming is more GPU though.  If you are trying to decide between a 6700k and an i5 for pure gaming I would get an i5 unless you want to expand your work load in the coming years you'll have the CPU.

[Alaa]

7 minutes ago, samzap said:

will a i7 6700k work for gaming?

 

Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz  + Compare	Average CPU Mark
Socket: LGA1151 Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz No of Cores: 4 (2 logical cores per physical) Typical TDP: 95 W Other names:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz CPU First Seen on Charts:  Q2 2015 CPUmark/$Price:  32.52     Overall Rank:  100 Last Price Change:  $339.99 USD (2015-08-21)\   No	11055 Single Thread Rating: 2341 Samples: 5627* *Margin for error: Low

[Castdeath97]

Probably the best CPU to pick for most games out there.

[stealth80]

i7 is the sweet spot, people are still throwing around the false advice that it's overkill. Games are already starting to want more cores/threads (BF1. WD2) this is going to become the norm, ofc a 6600K will be fine for a while, but i7 will quickly become the gaming norm once DX12's grip tightens

[Deimond]

52 minutes ago, samzap said:

will a i7 6700k work for gaming?

 

I would go for an i5. i7 is VERY overkill, unless you want to legitemately stream

[WkdPaul]

Moved to appropriate section

[GH3]

7 hours ago, stealth80 said:

i7 is the sweet spot, people are still throwing around the false advice that it's overkill. Games are already starting to want more cores/threads (BF1. WD2) this is going to become the norm, ofc a 6600K will be fine for a while, but i7 will quickly become the gaming norm once DX12's grip tightens

The 6600k and the 6700k have nearly identical gaming performance. 

 

Edit: It was a joke

[i_build_nanosuits]

14 minutes ago, Deimond said:

I would go for an i5. i7 is VERY overkill, unless you want to legitemately stream

 

11 minutes ago, GH3 said:

The 6600k and the 6700k have nearly identical gaming performance. 

that's complete bullshit...it's no longer 2011-2012 guys wake up and go check modern AAA games benchmarking the 6700K is quite a bit better nowadays.

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, GH3 said:

The 6600k and the 6700k have nearly identical gaming performance. 

Do you play Arma 3 or BF1?

[Deimond]

5 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

 

that's complete bullshit...it's no longer 2011-2012 guys wake up and go check modern AAA games benchmarking the 6700K is quite a bit better nowadays.

Yes. You are correct. but the difference between something like 100 and 70 fps is nothing you will notice on a 60 Hz monitor

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, Deimond said:

Yes. You are correct. but the difference between something like 100 and 70 fps is nothing you will notice on a 60 Hz monitor

well yeah then if you game on a 1080p 60hz monitor all you need is a weak core i5 CPU and mid-range GPU and then start saving money for a monitor that doesn't have specs from 2009

[Deimond]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

well yeah then if you game on a 1080p 60hz monitor all you need is a weak core i5 CPU and mid-range GPU and then start saving money for a monitor that doesn't have specs from 2009

true. but you'll gett more pawah from a gpu nowdays

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

5 minutes ago, Deimond said:

true. but you'll gett more pawah from a gpu nowdays

If you look at average framerates on random benchmarking videos and make yourself this idea from there then all the power to you but in reality there is a lot more to it than that when it comes to smootness of animation and micro-stutter free gaming experience, with good minimum FPS, tight frame-pacing and just overall perfectly fluid animation and for that a good powerful CPU with more headroom is required...i would suggest you watch Digital Foundry CPU benchmarking videos they go quite in depth in explaining why in gaming charts the core i5 and core i7 SEEM to perform SIMILARLY but once you hook them to a powerful GPU and a Gsync monitor for example you can instantly tell which is which.

[Princess Luna]

yes? I mean that is the best gaming cpu available without going full enthusiastic... keep in mind that between a overclocked 6600k and the normal 6700 without overclocks I would say that going with the 6700 is a better cost-benefit choice but if you want to overclock everything and have full performance while budget is no issue the 6700k will work perfectly for gaming and multi-tasking.

[stealth80]

36 minutes ago, GH3 said:

The 6600k and the 6700k have nearly identical gaming performance. 

This serious?

[Deimond]

12 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

If you look at average framerates on random benchmarking videos and make yourself this idea from there then all the power to you but in reality there is a lot more to it than that when it comes to smootness of animation and micro-stutter free gaming experience, with good minimum FPS, tight frame-pacing and just overall perfectly fluid animation and for that a good powerful CPU with more headroom is required...i would suggest you watch Digital Foundry CPU benchmarking videos they go quite in depth in explaining why in gaming charts the core i5 and core i7 SEEM to perform SIMILARLY but once you hook them to a powerful GPU and a Gsync monitor for example you can instantly tell which is which.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant

[JamesDean]

You're joking, right?

[Jumper118]

5 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

 

that's complete bullshit...it's no longer 2011-2012 guys wake up and go check modern AAA games benchmarking the 6700K is quite a bit better nowadays.

Its not £100 better lol. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 hour ago, Jumper118 said:

Its not £100 better lol. 

it depends...if you spend 1500$ on gaming PC with a 450$ nvidia GPU and a 600$ Gsync 144hz IPS panel...100$ is nothing, it's not even 5% of what you've spent on your setup and it will improve your performance by a lot more than 5%.