6700 or 7700?

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

I dunno. I mean one has higher clocks but is much harder to cool. wouldnt it be easier to overclock a 6700k instead?

[Enderman]

Lol no, the 6000 CPUs were horrible overclockers.

The 6700k will be MUCH harder to cool and not get anywhere near 5GHz.

[The Sloth]

7700k after delidding would be better, if you are comfortable doing that, if you want cooler temperature with plug and go 6700k. 

[RadiatingLight]

I assume you're talking about K SKUs here.

 

Not at all

the 7700K is an objectively better CPU than the 6700K.

it OC's to 5Ghz on air. for the same clocks, the 7700K runs cooler.

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

7700k after delidding would be better, if you are comfortable doing that, if you want cooler temperature with plug and go 6700k. 

yeah im not delidding. i like my warranties

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

I assume you're talking about K SKUs here.

 

Not at all

the 7700K is an objectively better CPU than the 6700K.

it OC's to 5Ghz on air. for the same clocks, the 7700K runs cooler.

but doesnt the 6700 have better thermal paste inside the ihs?

[DarkBlade2117]

I mean... in reality I'd personally buy whatever one is cheaper. Could care less about 2-300Mhz higher clocks, in all honestly are you really going to notice the different in performance? Likely not. If you can save yourself $30-$35 going with a used 6700k I'd do it, put that towards some more RAM or whatever.

[DeKay_]

I went with the 6700K over 7700K because benchmarks were within the margin of error and if you add the discounted cost of a Z170 board over a Z270 you save a little over very similar performance. I was able to get 4.7GHz out of mine with thermal headroom left using an H60.

[nebula33]

30 minutes ago, Nickathom said:

but doesnt the 6700 have better thermal paste inside the ihs?

no they use the same thermal compound in them

[Technomancer__]

you can get a r5 1600 for cheaper