cpu

[VengfulKing666]

what is the best CPU i can buy under 500 dollars that are compatible with a z170x ultra gaming motherboard from gigabyte its a lga 1151 chipset btw i prefer intel CPU thanks in advance

[3 Lions]

Intel Core i5 6600K 

[VeryDogeTV]

i5 6600k or 6600

[HKZeroFive]

Why the i5 6600K suggestions? The i7 6700K is the best CPU you can get on LGA1151 (currently).

[VengfulKing666]

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

Why the i5 6600K suggestions? The i7 6700K is the best CPU you can get on LGA1151 (currently).

i kind of figured i7 would be better then i5 but thanks for clarifying that but which is better i7 6700k or i76800k

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, VengfulKing666 said:

i kind of figured i7 would be better then i5 but thanks for clarifying that but which is better i7 6700k or i76800k

The i7 6800K is on the X99 LGA 2011-V3 socket and is only needed for serious workstation tasks e.g. 24-7 4K rendering and editing all day very week. The normal consumer i7 would be fine for you if you needed the 8 threads. 

[HKZeroFive]

4 minutes ago, VengfulKing666 said:

i kind of figured i7 would be better then i5 but thanks for clarifying that but which is better i7 6700k or i76800k

Both are on entirely different sockets. The i7 6800K won't be compatible with the Gigabyte Z170 motherboard.

 

For purely gaming, the i7 6700K will the better choice. For heavy/frequent content creation (video editing, VMs, rendering etc.), the i7 6800K with its extra cores will be the better choice.

[VengfulKing666]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

The i7 6800K is on the X99 LGA 2011-V3 socket and is only needed for serious workstation tasks e.g. 24-7 4K rendering and editing all day very week. The normal consumer i7 would be fine for you if you needed the 8 threads. 

 

its really only ment to work as a gaming pc mostly for the htc vive but want to be ready for anything i need so should i stick the a i7 6700k

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, VengfulKing666 said:

its really only ment to work as a gaming pc mostly for the htc vive but want to be ready for anything i need so should i stick the a i7 6700k

Get the i5 6600K then but make sure you get a GPU that has the horsepower to run VR ( GTX 1060 6GB, RX 480 8GB or GTX 1070 8GB). 

[HKZeroFive]

27 minutes ago, VengfulKing666 said:

its really only ment to work as a gaming pc mostly for the htc vive but want to be ready for anything i need so should i stick the a i7 6700k

Go for the i7 6700K. People somehow think the i7 6700K offers nothing more in comparison to the i5 6600K for gaming and that's simply not true.

[Festive]

46 minutes ago, VeryDogeTV said:

i5 6600k or 6600

 

47 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Intel Core i5 6600K 

The i7-6700k exists.

[typographie]

Well, clearly the best < $500 Skylake CPU is the i7-6700K (though they're all under $500 ). The 6600K is a fine alternative for gaming if you want to spend less than $350, but that wasn't the question.

[Simpsj17]

Going with the 6700k is your best option. Since intel is going to make Kaby lake backwards compatible with these chipsets it makes the 6700k a better option in my opinion. Plus the amount of extra money that a x99 mobo cost compared to a z170 is a deal breaker for me personally.

[VengfulKing666]

14 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Get the i5 6600K then but make sure you get a GPU that has the horsepower to run VR ( GTX 1060 6GB, RX 480 8GB or GTX 1070 8GB). 

I have a gtx 1070 8gb Windforce card from gigabyte so that not an issue and may I ask why chose an older i5 over a newer I7 for curiosity's sake

[Phentos]

Ignore the people suggesting i5s for modern AAA gaming. Only when you're strapped for cash should you go with one. 

 

You will want the extra threads provided by the i7 6700K for gaming nowadays and in the future. More and more games are becoming more thread-hungry.

 

This is especially true for VR.

[VengfulKing666]

24 minutes ago, Phentos said:

Ignore the people suggesting i5s for modern AAA gaming. Only when you're strapped for cash should you go with one. 

 

You will want the extra threads provided by the i7 6700K for gaming nowadays and in the future. More and more games are becoming more thread-hungry.

 

This is especially true for VR.

Thanks for advice but if u don't mind me asking why do people recommend i5 if it's old compared to the i7

[Phentos]

5 minutes ago, VengfulKing666 said:

Thanks for advice but if u don't mind me asking why do people recommend i5 if it's old compared to the i7

Because i5's are substantially cheaper than i7's.

 

Also the per-core performance of the i5 6600K is roughly the same as the i7 6700K, and until recently, games were predominantly reliant on per-core performance rather than multithreaded performance. 

 

That trend is beginning to disappear as games become more and more complex. In Battlefield 1 for example, an i5 6600K bottlenecks high end GPUs like the 1070 and 1080 rather significantly, while an i7 outperforms it by a large margin and thus becomes only a minimal bottleneck to these GPUs.

 

Therefore an i7 is always worth the added premium, unless you absolutely cannot afford it or if you only play older and less demanding titles.

[VengfulKing666]

3 minutes ago, Phentos said:

Because i5's are substantially cheaper than i7's.

 

Also the per-core performance of the i5 6600K is roughly the same as the i7 6700K, and until recently, games were predominantly reliant on per-core performance rather than multithreaded performance. 

 

That trend is beginning to disappear as games become more and more complex. In Battlefield 1 for example, an i5 6600K bottlenecks high end GPUs like the 1070 and 1080 rather significantly, while an i7 outperforms it by a large margin and thus becomes only a minimal bottleneck to these GPUs.

 

Therefore an i7 is always worth the added premium, unless you absolutely cannot afford it or if you only play older and less demanding titles.

Good to know ........yang I plan on playing very demanding games and lots of vr so a i7 with my GeForce 1070 is the combo I will go with thanks a lot for all the help

[Phentos]

Just now, VengfulKing666 said:

Good to know ........yang I plan on playing very demanding games and lots of vr so a i7 with my GeForce 1070 is the combo I will go with thanks a lot for all the help

Good luck. You won't regret it.