4790 or 6700?

[jirehbobs]

Hi!

 

Im planning to upgrade this coming weekend and I have a deal setup where I can swap my 4690k for a 4790 for roughly $55 (PHP converted to USD). The thing is, I realized that  I could setup a different deal where I can swap out my MSI z97 gaming 5, 4x4gb ram, and 4690k to a 6700, asus h110m-d, and 8gb or ram for the same price of $55.  

 

The question is, is it worth it? I know that hands down the 6700 is better, but I feel like downgrading the motherboard and ram is somehow a lose for me.

 

Note that the reason I prefer an I7 is that I play rainbow six siege on 144hz and an I5 just isn't enough especially when you are streaming/recording, and then making content.

 

Hoping to get some insights from our enlightened community. Thanks in advance.

[Trevor87]

You can't relay over clock the 6700 but you would need at 16 GB of ram to stream. I not bad board the asus h110m-d just don't OC.

[i_build_nanosuits]

2 hours ago, jirehbobs said:

Hi!

 

Im planning to upgrade this coming weekend and I have a deal setup where I can swap my 4690k for a 4790 for roughly $55 (PHP converted to USD). The thing is, I realized that  I could setup a different deal where I can swap out my MSI z97 gaming 5, 4x4gb ram, and 4690k to a 6700, asus h110m-d, and 8gb or ram for the same price of $55.  

 

The question is, is it worth it? I know that hands down the 6700 is better, but I feel like downgrading the motherboard and ram is somehow a lose for me.

 

Note that the reason I prefer an I7 is that I play rainbow six siege on 144hz and an I5 just isn't enough especially when you are streaming/recording, and then making content.

 

Hoping to get some insights from our enlightened community. Thanks in advance.

to me it would depend on the memory configuration you get with the h110 board...is it a single 8GB stick so you can pop another one real quick and get it to 16GB?

cause otherwise if both ram slots are already populated then that would wipe that deal off the table for me personally.

 

Also, the 6700 is faster, but just a touch faster:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790/3515vs2293

 

i think you'd be better of to keep your board and ram and just put a new CPU in it.

[jirehbobs]

3 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

to me it would depend on the memory configuration you get with the h110 board...is it a single 8GB stick so you can pop another one real quick and get it to 16GB?

cause otherwise if both ram slots are already populated then that would wipe that deal off the table for me personally.

 

Also, the 6700 is faster, but just a touch faster:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790/3515vs2293

 

i think you'd be better of to keep your board and ram and just put a new CPU in it.

I'm not sure but I believe it's a single stick of 8GB ram. Although not a big deal, the hassle of disassembling the whole unit the assembling the new one, then reformatting, seems like a lot of work to me. Would do it though if it is really worth it.

 

I was looking at side by side benchmarks for both cpu's in youtube, and yeah it seems the difference is not that significant. I think I'll go for the 4790 and save the big upgrade for later. Maybe for coffee lake. Especially since I believe I can still sell the new bundle with the 4790 for a higher price than that of the 4690k bundle. 

[KarmaFPS]

I'd stick with the 4790k.

 

The 6700 isn't really better because it's locked and has the same amount of cores/threads.

 

IDK about OC on a 110 board but even if you can get a marginal overclock you'll be gnawing at the Achilles of the 6700

 

edit: 4790 didn't say 'k'.

 

I'd still say stick with the 4790.

[jirehbobs]

16 hours ago, KarmaFPS said:

I'd stick with the 4790k.

 

The 6700 isn't really better because it's locked and has the same amount of cores/threads.

 

IDK about OC on a 110 board but even if you can get a marginal overclock you'll be gnawing at the Achilles of the 6700

 

edit: 4790 didn't say 'k'.

 

I'd still say stick with the 4790.

Yep, I will be swapping for the 4790 today. Appreciate all of your replies @Trevor87, @i_build_nanosuits @KarmaFPS.