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

[i_build_nanosuits]

i've seen my overclocked 4770K reach 99% load in BF1 multiplayer and 95%+ in watch dogs 2...SO...if i was going to build a new high-end gaming PC at this point i would FOR SURE go with a 6c/12t chip like the 6800K this one has IPC improvement over the 5820K is not as fast as a 7700K but if you overclock it to 4.3 or 4.5ghz it's a hell of a gaming chip and it has a lot more cache and can handle much serious of a gaming load...i personally think in 2017/2018 the quad-core will become the new dual-core...spending the money on higher-end parts you'd be much better off with an entry level X99 board which comes feature packed anyways and won't cost much more than those fancy Z270 boards and get the 6800k...that's what i would do for sure.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($409.69 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $569.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-08 15:22 EST-0500

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, Keppla Gaming said:

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

Like @Enderman said, the "mainstream" chips do that fine. Hell, a 6700K is as good/better than a 6800K in editing. 

 

[Princess Luna]

Wait for Ryzen.

To buy one? Nope.

To get an i7 7740k.

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Like @Enderman said, the "mainstream" chips do that fine. Hell, a 6700K is as good/better than a 6800K in editing. 

 

cores against clock...but what if you can have both like if you buy a 6800K which run at a 3.4ghz (like in the video tested) and overclock it to 4.3 or 4.4ghz (like most people with a brain would do anyways) huh?!

[stealth80]

52 minutes ago, Enderman said:

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.

The video you linked showed it beating a 6700K ....

[WkdPaul]

Thread cleaned.

I'll remind everyone that trolling or insults aren't tolerated.

[flibberdipper]

4 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

cores against clock...but what if you can have both like if you buy a 6800K which run at a 3.4ghz (like in the video tested) and overclock it to 4.3 or 4.4ghz (like most people with a brain would do anyways) huh?!

It still would lose because the 6800k has a slightly lower IPC, and that would also make your PC output as much heat as the inner core of the sun, not to mention that IIRC most 6800ks are GARBAGE overclockers.

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

It still would lose because the 6800k has a slightly lower IPC, and that would also make your PC output as much heat as the inner core of the sun, not to mention that IIRC most 6800ks are GARBAGE overclockers.

''slightly lower IPC'' yes sure..5%...probably even less...that's NOTHING...literally...what about +50% core/thread count though...and +50% cache...IMHO you have to be a bit silly to get the 7700K if it cost anywhere near a 6800K...period.

[MageTank]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

''slightly lower IPC'' yes sure..5%...probably even less...that's NOTHING...literally...what about +50% core/thread count though...and +50% cache...IMHO you have to be a bit silly to get the 7700K if it cost anywhere near a 6800K...period.

It's even lower than 5%. Skylake only brought a 2-3% improvement at best in terms of IPC. To help end this argument: More threads will help in titles that can use them, and often helps with minimum framerates, the most important framerate. If your minimum framerates are higher, your end-experience is better.

 

Does that mean you NEED something higher than an overclocked 4c/8t CPU to game? No, not at all. However, don't discount the gaming capabilities of the higher end SKU's simply because they are at a clock disadvantage. Not every title scales well with clock speeds. Witcher 3 is a great example of this. Besides, the real bottleneck in modern gaming isn't the CPU, but the monitor. A decent monitor can make your CPU irrelevant as long as it's capable of feeding the GPU. With less frames to deal with (and the GPU being pushed to it's limits by the monitors resolution) the CPU's importance becomes less of an issue. 

 

TL:DR? Get a CPU that can drive your GPU at your preferred resolution, and be satisfied. There is a reason slow CPU's use 4k benchmarks, lol. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

5 minutes ago, MageTank said:

It's even lower than 5%. Skylake only brought a 2-3% improvement at best in terms of IPC. To help end this argument: More threads will help in titles that can use them, and often helps with minimum framerates, the most important framerate. If your minimum framerates are higher, your end-experience is better.

 

Does that mean you NEED something higher than an overclocked 4c/8t CPU to game? No, not at all. However, don't discount the gaming capabilities of the higher end SKU's simply because they are at a clock disadvantage. Not every title scales well with clock speeds. Witcher 3 is a great example of this. Besides, the real bottleneck in modern gaming isn't the CPU, but the monitor. A decent monitor can make your CPU irrelevant as long as it's capable of feeding the GPU. With less frames to deal with (and the GPU being pushed to it's limits by the monitors resolution) the CPU's importance becomes less of an issue. 

 

TL:DR? Get a CPU that can drive your GPU at your preferred resolution, and be satisfied. There is a reason slow CPU's use 4k benchmarks, lol. 

agree

witcher 3, battlefield 1, watch dogs 2...i've seen my 4c/8t CPU reach 90%+ in those games...modern games...new...newer games...100% in BF1 quite often...i have a 144hz monitor, and my overclocked haswell core i7 is sometimes barely enough......buying new...for sure i'd get something with 2 extra cores and twice the cache...especially if it cost about the same...overclock a 6800K...and come back to me in 2 years from now and tell me you made the wrong choice...yeah, that's what i mean

 

check this out...this is me ripping some ass in BF1...check that CPU load man...for real

...and this is ULTRA 1440p...with nothing other than origin running in the background...my PC is clean and light...so that's purely the gaming load on the CPU...

 

 

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

''slightly lower IPC'' yes sure..5%...probably even less...that's NOTHING...literally...what about +50% core/thread count though...and +50% cache...IMHO you have to be a bit silly to get the 7700K if it cost anywhere near a 6800K...period.

But you'd also have to be downright insane thinking that spending 200+ dollars on a CHEAP X99 board will net you any gains at all during gaming 99% of the time and even editing. And really don't bother bringing up streaming because OBS doesn't give a flying rip about CPU's now, with the AMD framework and Nvidia goodies.

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

But you'd also have to be downright insane thinking that spending 200+ dollars on a CHEAP X99 board will net you any gains at all during gaming and even editing. And really don't bother bringing up streaming because OBS doesn't give a flying rip about CPU's now, with the AMD framework and Nvidia goodies.

159$ and this will support quad channel DDR4 and 6c/12t 6800K overclocking...and you have no idea what you're talking about keep watching your little youtube stuff

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8gYXsY/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme3

[flibberdipper]

26 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

159$ and this will support quad channel DDR4 and 6c/12t 6800K overclocking...and you have no idea what you're talking about keep watching your little youtube stuff

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8gYXsY/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme3

Sorry that boards came down in price since I gave half a fuck about X99?

[i_build_nanosuits]

26 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Sorry that boards came down in price since I gave half a fuck about X99?

alright i guess we'll have to agree to disagree son

[flibberdipper]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

alright i guess we'll have to agree to disagree son

Suits me perfectly fine even though it was quite fun.