box vs unboxed

[acrobatbat]

Hi I can buy a core i7 6700 boxed for 422 or a core i7 6700k tray version for 463. Which one should I get and why?

 

[ModernWarfare]

There is no quality difference between retail (boxed) and OEM (tray) processors. The differences are a shorter warranty period and you have to get a CPU cooler separately with the tray ones.

 

[thx1138v2]

It depends on what is more important to you, money or performance and/or whether you want to overclock.
i7 6700 vs 6700k

The boxed version will come with a cooler in the box. The tray version does not include the cooler so that will be added to the price also so the price difference is not just the 41 but 41 + price of whatever cooler you choose. That makes sense because the 6700k can be overclocked and the 6700 can't. How far you are willing to push the overclocking will determine the amount of cooling you need.

 

[Gam3r01]

Boxed Skylake "K" series processors do not come with a cooler anyway. You are choosing between a locked processor with a stock cooler, or an unlocked processor sold alone. If you want to OC, get the 'K" series, if you dont, consider a Xeon.

 

[acrobatbat]

Wanted a xenon but the z170 motherboard I have won't work with it. I may over clock it. I have a cooler hyper Evo 212 so no stock cooler necessary

 

[Gam3r01]

ASRock is releasing new boards to support the Xeon processors.

 

[acrobatbat]

Is It mATX.?

 

[Gam3r01]

Their two boards announced now are ATX: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-e3v5-xeon-v5-motherboards,30824.html

 

[acrobatbat]

Well the price of the 6700k went up to 545 from the same vendor so i went for the 6700 instead. Since I don't want to wait till February for the build