What Intel CPU Is Best For Gaming And Has More That 4 Cores?

[Keppla]

So, I'm building a new PC (eventually) and I would like to know what the best Intel CPU is for gaming that is also higher than a quad core.. I'm looking at the Intel i7-6900k which does have 8 cores.

Any Other Suggestions?

[The Sloth]

6900k is not good for gaming get a 7700k if you are pure gaming. get a 5820k and overclock that ting to 4.5 ghz if you want x99. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

why do you need more than 4 cores?

[Enderman]

7700k

[flibberdipper]

Why do you think you need more than a quad core for gaming...

[Keppla]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

6900k is not good for gaming get a 7700k if you are pure gaming. 

Ok, that was my other choice, thanks nerdslayer1

[Keppla]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Why do you think you need more than a quad core for gaming...

Well I do more than gaming like CPU intensive tasks and video rendering.

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Keppla Gaming said:

Well I do more than gaming like CPU intensive tasks and video rendering.

And a 4 core 8 thread i7 can do all of that perfectly fine.

There is nothing preventing you from CPU intensive tasks and video rendering on a 4 core CPU...

In some rendering programs the 7700k is faster than any other 6 or 8 core CPUs.

[patric_o]

I have a 6850K which works amazing for anything I throw at it, but what are you doing the needs more than 4 cores? The only reason I got the 6850k is just because I could but I now realize that I do not need it. Seriously think about what you are doing before you get a hex or octa core processor. There is almost nothing that a 6700 or 7700 can't do.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

And a 4 core 8 thread i7 can do all of that perfectly fine.

There is nothing preventing you from CPU intensive tasks and video rendering on a 4 core CPU...

In some rendering programs the 7700k is faster than any other 6 or 8 core CPUs.

 

a 5820k is a bridge between gaming and video editing. 

[Mr.Humble]

2 minutes ago, Keppla Gaming said:

Well I do more than gaming like CPU intensive tasks and video rendering.

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

And a 4 core 8 thread i7 can do all of that perfectly fine.

There is nothing preventing you from CPU intensive tasks and video rendering on a 4 core CPU...

In some rendering programs the 7700k is faster than any other 6 or 8 core CPUs.

Or, if you need dem cores, wait and see how Ryzen will turn out to be.

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

a 5820k is a bridge between gaming and video editing. 

A 5820k performs worse than a 6700k in pretty much everything, including rendering.

[The Sloth]

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

A 5820k performs worse than a 6700k in pretty much everything, including rendering.

why do servers need high performance Xeon when they can get i7s?

 

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[Enderman]

3 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

why do servers need high performance Xeon when they can get i7s?

6820k is the replacement of the 5820k and performs better.

6700k is still almost as good as the 6820k.

The 7700k is even better than the 6700k, so you do the math.

 

 

Servers use xeons because they run highly parallel computing programs that scale accross many cores.

They also do stuff like host many VMs, require ECC, etc, stuff that no consumer ever needs.

They suck at gaming, and also are a waste of money for anyone that's not doing rendering as their job 24 hours a day.

 

TLDR: you're falling for the "more cores = always better" mentality that most PC newbies believe.

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[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

6820k is the replacement of the 5820k and performs better.

6700k is still almost as good as the 6820k.

The 7700k is even better than the 6700k, so you do the math.

 

 

Servers use xeons because they run highly parallel computing programs that scale accross many cores.

They also do stuff like host many VMs, require ECC, etc, stuff that no consumer ever needs.

They suck at gaming, and also are a waste of money for anyone that's not doing rendering as their job 24 hours a day.

 

TLDR: you're falling for the "more cores = always better" mentality that most PC newbies believe.

 

nice so its better for linus meanes its better for everyone? a 5820k is a bridge between programs that uses 6 cores and a gaming cpu. games like bf1 that uses all 8 cores run really well on a 5820k. in the future people will use more cpus higher ipc cpu if OP wants to edit videos and play games i suggest a 5820k. 

[stealth80]

18 minutes ago, Enderman said:

A 5820k performs worse than a 6700k in pretty much everything, including rendering.

WOW, why did you say this dude?

 

Not even at stock would I expect a 6700k to beat a 5820K in multi threaded programs, IPC is better yes, but personally given the price (in the UK) I would get the 6800k anyway which is slightly better than the 5820K in IPC.

 

@Keppla Gaming Personally id rather have a 6800k @ 4.4ghz than a 6700k. As this is for gaming and programming if you have the money I see no reason not to grab the 6900k provided you aint gimping other components to fit it in the system. Can you link a pcpartpicker.com build here?

[Enderman]

3 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

nice so its better for linus meanes its better for everyone? a 5820k is a bridge between programs that uses 6 cores and a gaming cpu. games like bf1 that uses all 8 cores run really well on a 5820k. in the future people will use more cpus higher ipc cpu if OP wants to edit videos and play games i suggest a 5820k. 

A 7700k performs better in all games, and better in most rendering programs than any of those expensive 6 or 8 core i7s.

Buying 6 or 8 cores is just a waste of money unless your job is rendering videos all day, in which case you make that money back.

 

But hey, it's not use trying to talk sense into you even with proof and benchmarks because you bought the 5820k yourself, so of course you will try to justify your purchase to make yourself feel better.

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

WOW, why did you say this dude?

 

Not even at stock would I expect a 6700k to beat a 5820K in multi threaded programs, IPC is better yes, but personally given the price (in the UK) I would get the 6800k anyway which is slightly better than the 5820K in IPC.

 

@Keppla Gaming Personally id rather have a 6800k @ 4.4ghz than a 6700k. As this is for gaming and programming if you have the money I see no reason not to grab the 6900k provided you aint gimping other components to fit it in the system. Can you link a pcpartpicker.com build here?

Go look at the benchmarks.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Go look at the benchmarks.

It was a stock 6800k vs an o/c 6700k, that makes no sense, if you wanna test like that they should be at equal clock speeds. Also when overclocked, the 6800k was beating the 6700k in gaming, I didn't even bother looking at multi threaded.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-6950x-6900k-6850k-6800k,4587-4.html

 

They were run at stock, and as expected the 6800k blows the 6700k away in multi, vice-versa in single, but you wouldn't run a 6800k at stock , no way, it only boosts to 3.6ghz vs the 4.2ghz of the 6700k, they run it at 4.4ghz on the overclock test

[The Sloth]

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

Go look at the benchmarks.

5820k destroyed a 6700k and a 7700k in multithreaded benchmark.  

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

A 7700k performs better in all games, and better in most rendering programs than any of those expensive 6 or 8 core i7s.

Buying 6 or 8 cores is just a waste of money unless your job is rendering videos all day, in which case you make that money back.

 

But hey, it's not use trying to talk sense into you even with proof and benchmarks because you bought the 5820k yourself, so of course you will try to justify your purchase to make yourself feel better.

 

the 7700k doesn't "perform better in all" games. if OP has a job that has rendering component mixed with gaming i would suggest a 5820k. the main reason i bought a 5820k is because i wanted to get a high-end cpu that will last me a while. what a joke a 6700k beating a 5820k at multithreading. 

 

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

It was a stock 6800k vs an o/c 6700k, that makes no sense, if you wanna test like that they should be at equal clock speeds. Also when overclocked, the 6800k was beating the 6700k in gaming, I didn't even bother looking at multi threaded.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-6950x-6900k-6850k-6800k,4587-4.html

 

They were run at stock, and as expected the 6800k blows the 6700k away in multi, vice-versa in single, but you wouldn't run a 6800k at stock , no way, it only boosts to 3.6ghz vs the 4.2ghz of the 6700k, they run it at 4.4ghz on the overclock test

The 6800k is one of the worst overclockers.

The 7700k is waaay better than the 6700k at overclocking too.

 

The 6800k does not beat the 6700k at gaming, it is an older architecture.

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

5820k destroyed a 6700k and a 7700k in multithreaded benchmark.  

Multithreaded benchmarks mean nothing.

Real world benchmarks are what matter.

In both of those videos I posted you can see how even in programs like aftereffects a 6700k is still better than a 6800k.

Which makes sense because the 6700k is one generation newer than the 6800k.

 

Also, OP is mostly going to be gaming, and isn't doing rendering 24/7 as a job, so wasting money on a 6 or 8 core i7 for a few minutes shorter rendering time and worse fps in games is just stupid.

 

Stop trying to make people waste money on worse performance just because you need to justify your own purchasing decisions.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Multiple cores may help with maintaining minimum framerates, but if you're constantly hitting those, something else is probably wrong.

[Qwweb]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

A 7700k performs better in all games, and better in most rendering programs than any of those expensive 6 or 8 core i7s.

Buying 6 or 8 cores is just a waste of money unless your job is rendering videos all day, in which case you make that money back.

I completely agree as the >4C/8T CPUs are only better in a select few programs. The degree to which video rendering is impacted is also minimal. Keep in mind that CPUs are better at raw compute functions such as rendering vectors and individual points, these functions seldom show up outside of engineering, architectural, or other professional layer based workflows. Rendering a pixel is a lot easier than rendering an infinitely thin line (vector), fractal (in aero or hydrodynamics), or definite point (as opposed to pixel). Also as a final point, keep in mind that >4C multithreading and hyperthreading was invented for HPCs and virtualization, which is where the true benefit is shown.

[Unrealcpu]

i vote 7700k at 4.7-5ghz