Best Skylake CPU

[Guest]

I am currently in the process of building a PC and was wondering what the best Skylake processor is for a gaming situations,

These are the processors I am currently considering

Intel core i3 6100
Intel core i5 6500
Intel core i5 6600k
Intel core i7 6700
Intel core I7 6700K

I am looking at the processor with the best performance as well as the best price for that performance, also i would like to hear from someone who has used one of these processors and hear their experience with it. Looking only at skylake chips however any information regarding older Haswell-E chips would be nice to have for comparison. Also if you know the cooler model you used and the temps that you got whilst using the chip with it i would greatly appreciate that info.

 

[Ryan_78]

Wow if you were to look like no sht it's 6700k. It can be compared to to the 5820k. Same performance , maybe more, but insignificant. As of the other Haswell E, they Apache lower single core performance compared to skylake, but TONS more multicore. Otherwise out of skylake is 6700k.

 

[InvalidError]

I am looking at the processor with the best performance disregarding price

That is one very strange question: the 6700k is incontestably the fastest mainstream Intel CPU currently available when budget is a non-issue. Mileage varies if you throw in overclocking or consider more prosumer/workstation-class CPUs on LGA2011. The i3 and i5 are non-starters.

 

[Tradesman1]

For gaming and if I read the question correctly, the 6600K (i5) is the best price to performance CPU, with about a 50% higher price the 6700K. While a great CPU, doesn't offer much of an improvement in gaming, particularly if OCing is thrown in. If thinking Price/performance, the 6600K comes out on top

 

[BadActor]

What's your total budget for the build? No sense getting an i7 for gaming if it only leaves you a couple hundred buck for a graphics card. Better to use the i5 and get a more powerful graphics card, you'll see higher FPS.