1151 vs 2011-3

[Provin915]

Hey guys,

I am in a midst of comparing components and initially I was opting for the Skylake i5 6600K and Z170 chipset. Now, I found out that the i7 5820K Boxed and X99 chipset are 'only' ~200 Euro's more expensive.

So, my question; for purely gaming and streaming which combination would be better? I would assume the latter choice since it has more cores and hyperthreading. However, the Skylake is newer and I assume it is more futureproof, although I am in no way an expert. I was wondering if any expert here could disprove me on this issue.

Thanks in advance!

Hereby the list of components for my new right if it is relevant in any case.

Case: NZXT H440 Black/Red
MOBO: MSI X99A Raider
CPU: Intel Core i7 5820K Boxed
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H105
Fans: Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm
GPU: MSI R9 390 8GB
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2133 Mhz
SSD: Samsung Evo 250GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU: Corsair RM 550x

 

[Samat]

Purely for gaming it won't make a difference. More cores on the X99 makes it more future proof though, you also get more PCIE lanes if you wanna go crossfire/sli later on. For your use you would propably be just fine with a i5 6600K though. Either way I'd get a bit beefier PSU, maybe a 750W version of that Corsair. Never hurts to have some headroom especially if you decide to do some overclocking, and 550W isn't too much with that combination.

 

[Provin915]

Purely for gaming it won't make a difference. More cores on the X99 makes it more future proof though, you also get more PCIE lanes if you wanna go crossfire/sli later on. For your use you would propably be just fine with a i5 6600K though. Either way I'd get a bit beefier PSU, maybe a 750W version of that Corsair. Never hurts to have some headroom especially if you decide to do some overclocking, and 550W isn't too much with that combination.

Thank you for your fast reply. What about streaming and multi-GPU setups? I will likely go for a triple screen monitor now and perhaps later I will buy another GPU.

Also, I will buy a beefier PSU; I just saw on many different builds that people recommended the selected PSU or something similar because it was efficient.

 

[Samat]

Purely for gaming it won't make a difference. More cores on the X99 makes it more future proof though, you also get more PCIE lanes if you wanna go crossfire/sli later on. For your use you would propably be just fine with a i5 6600K though. Either way I'd get a bit beefier PSU, maybe a 750W version of that Corsair. Never hurts to have some headroom especially if you decide to do some overclocking, and 550W isn't too much with that combination.

Thank you for your fast reply. What about streaming and multi-GPU setups? I will likely go for a triple screen monitor now and perhaps later I will buy another GPU.

Also, I will buy a beefier PSU; I just saw on many different builds that people recommended the selected PSU or something similar because it was efficient.

It's a good series, just get a version with more watts. X99 is better for multi GPU setups for sure (more PCIE lanes). More cores might help with the streaming aswell.