6600k vs 6700k

[darksoul43]

buying my cpu next week, cant decide between the 2, was going to just get the 6700k, but now realize i might not need it, as all i really do is, photoshop/adobe light room and gaming, this is all at 3440x1440p btw

i have 16gbs of ram to go with, so what will you reccomend for me? no i dont stream my games or anything like that and either way i will be overclocking to aorund 4.5ghz 

PS ill be able to afford either one at the time 

[Tristanus]

2 minutes ago, darksoul43 said:

buying my cpu next week, cant decide between the 2, was going to just get the 6700k, but now realize i might not need it, as all i really do is, photoshop/adobe light room and gaming, this is all at 3440x1440p btw

i have 16gbs of ram to go with, so what will you reccomend for me? no i dont stream my games or anything like that and either way i will be overclocking to aorund 4.5ghz

 

6600K should be good enough  But if you can spend more. Go for the i7.

[darksoul43]

Just now, Tristanus said:

6600K should be good enough  But if you can spend more. Go for the i7.

i was thinking just go for it since ill have the money, i was just also considering i do photohop on my current rig which has a dual core with 2gbs of ram, and my rig before that (died) had an i5 760 and 16gbs of ram

[BenoitWW]

umm. i7=hyperthreading. photoshop = likes hyper threading ==> get i7

 

[Tristanus]

1 minute ago, darksoul43 said:

i was thinking just go for it since ill have the money, i was just also considering i do photohop on my current rig which has a dual core with 2gbs of ram, and my rig before that (died) had an i5 760 and 16gbs of ram

 

Yea like I said. It should work fine. But if you have the extra money and you are willing to spend it. Just go for the i7.

[Castdeath97]

Which GPU are you getting though?

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, BenoitWW said:

umm. i7=hyperthreading. photoshop = likes hyper threading ==> get i7

 

Photoshop has very few functions that take advantage of hyperthreading. You may be thinking of Lightroom.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-CC-Multi-Core-Performance-625/#SpeedTestMulti-threadingResults

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Lightroom-CC-6-Multi-Core-Performance-649/

[darksoul43]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

Which GPU are you getting though?

1080, which is why i have been considering the i7, unless i get the i5 with a 1070

[ARikozuM]

Just now, darksoul43 said:

1080, which is why i have been considering the i7, unless i get the i5 with a 1070

What monitor do you have? 3440x1440?

Go with the i5 and 1070.

[darksoul43]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

What monitor do you have? 3440x1440?

Go with the i5 and 1070.

i was going to get the x34 predator but getting the dell one 3440x1440

[Castdeath97]

2 minutes ago, darksoul43 said:

1080, which is why i have been considering the i7, unless i get the i5 with a 1070

If you can afford both the i7 and the 1080 then go for it, both would be helpful in your use case.

[darksoul43]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

If you can afford both the i7 and the 1080 then go for it, both would be helpful in your use case.

i was thinking just get the i5 since many people have said the i5 is really good with the 1080, i guess i should clarify the type of photoshopping i do also, it is mostly changing levels and such as i do photography

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, darksoul43 said:

 it is mostly changing levels and such as i do photography

Do you use Lightroom at all?

[Festive]

1 minute ago, darksoul43 said:

i was thinking just get the i5 since many people have said the i5 is really good with the 1080, i guess i should clarify the type of photoshopping i do also, it is mostly changing levels and such as i do photography

However "good" the i5 is, the i7 will be better. Take it from someone who has had both an i5 6600k @4.6ghz and an i7 6700k @4.5 and the 1080 loves the extra power the i7 has. Also since you edit the i7 should be a no-brainer.

[Castdeath97]

3 minutes ago, darksoul43 said:

i was thinking just get the i5 since many people have said the i5 is really good with the 1080

I'd disagree with that, the i7 will give you a minimum frame rate boost.

[darksoul43]

3 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Do you use Lightroom at all?

i plan to start using that and i am in no  way a pro nor will i be or a while

 

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, darksoul43 said:

i plan to start using that

 

Can you get the i7 and the 1070?

 

Read the articles I posted above and find if the performance is worth it to you for the extra $100. Some of the functions in Lightroom and nearly all functions in Photoshop benefit from high clock speeds. Lightroom is the only area that your cost will make a difference.

[darksoul43]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Can you get the i7 and the 1070?

 

Read the articles I posted above and find if the performance is worth it to you for the extra $100. Some of the functions in Lightroom and nearly all functions in Photoshop benefit from high clock speeds. Lightroom is the only area that your cost will make a difference.

i wont be buying the gpu any time soon next year aorund the release of the ti, i heard about the clock speed, and also more ram helps a lot, and also i do plan to oc either chip to 4.5 ish

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, darksoul43 said:

i wont be buying the gpu any time soon next year aorund the release of the ti, i heard about the clock speed, and also more ram helps a lot, and also i do plan to oc either chip to 4.5 ish

Like I always say "Get the best CPU you can buy". If you can buy the i7 now and save up for a 1070 or 1080, go for it. I wouldn't use the 1060 with that monitor.

[darksoul43]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

Like I always say "Get the best CPU you can buy". If you can buy the i7 now and save up for a 1070 or 1080, go for it. I wouldn't use the 1060 with that monitor.

sounds fair, actually,