I5 6600K buying question

[Paul Frost]

I am planning to buy a new processor and for the sakes of saving a few $ i want to buy a i5 6600K The "K" because having the option to oc is nice.
The problem however is that the local site from my country (Croatia) only offers one type of the i5 6600K and that type has "N/A" on the intergrated graphics. and also says "Skylake S" at the product info page. When i look at the I7 6700K one it does say "yes" on the intergrated graphics and also just says "Skylake" No S. Also the picture of the I5 just has an "open" cpu while the I7 one has a picture of the box. I am worried to buy the i5 and have it with lower specs. beeing deffective or something like that so please if anyone knows explain Both say no fan included but im buying an bigger one anyway. I hope i am not asking some dumb question a thirdgrader knows, but i googled it bunch and nothing came up. Sorry for the occasional grammar errors. I can provide screenshots or links if they would help.

 

[InvalidError]

There is only one model of the i5-6600k available as OEM (naked) and retail packaging. If the 6600k is listed as "no IGP", that's a listing error - all LGA1151 CPUs have IGP.

 

[Paul Frost]

So it doesnt matter if it says "skylake S" ? Thank you for lightning fast answers 😀

ill take a ss and post it here just so you can see. just in case

 

[InvalidError]

So it doesnt matter if it says "skylake S" ? Thank you for lightning fast answers 😀

Skylake-S refers to Skylake's desktop codename. All LGA1151 Skylake chips are Skylake-S. That's everything from the Celeron to the i7-6700k including LGA1151 Xeons.

 

[Paul Frost]

Oh. ok thank you i thought something was off as the I7 didnt have the "s" part but its just sketchy half-assed product description's fault. Apologies for the foreign language of the screenshots.

 

[Hlsgsz]

There is only one model of the i5-6600k available as OEM (naked) and retail packaging. If the 6600k is listed as "no IGP", that's a listing error - all LGA1151 CPUs have IGP.

Just to nitpick, some Xeons don't, and they are also FCLGA1151

 

[InvalidError]

Just to nitpick, some Xeons don't, and they are also FCLGA1151

FCLGA and LGA are physically the same thing. If you look at the i7-6700k's listing and most other LGA chips on ark.intel.com, they are listed as FCLGA too. The "FC" stands for "Flip Chip" - the attachment method between the CPU die and substrate. Practically all BGA chips on a carrier substrate from the past ~15 years are Flip-Chip, so the "FC" is not really worth mentioning anymore.

For the IGP, pointing out that some Xeons "do not have one" (though they do have one, it is just disabled) is kind of moot when Intel has artificially fragmented the market place to prevent LGA1151 Xeons from working with mainstream chipsets, so not much risk of someone putting a Xeon in a b/h/z1xx motherboard.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Just to nitpick, some Xeons don't, and they are also FCLGA1151

FCLGA and LGA are physically the same thing. If you look at the i7-6700k's listing and most other LGA chips on ark.intel.com, they are listed as FCLGA too. The "FC" stands for "Flip Chip" - the attachment method between the CPU die and substrate. Practically all BGA chips on a carrier substrate from the past ~15 years are Flip-Chip, so the "FC" is not really worth mentioning anymore.

For the IGP, pointing out that some Xeons "do not have one" (though they do have one, it is just disabled) is kind of moot when Intel has artificially fragmented the market place to prevent LGA1151 Xeons from working with mainstream chipsets, so not much risk of someone putting a Xeon in a b/h/z1xx motherboard.

All true. Like i said, i was just nitpicking
Sorry for offtopic.

 

[Paul Frost]

Alright just to sum up;
This processor is in no way worse than others with the fan included/ that arent "naked" Am i missing out on some goodies that come with the "in the box" cpu's ?
It is overclockable. Correct ?

Oh and also i am thinking about buying 3ghz ram but on the processor page it doesnt say that number in the supported list. will it still work ? Pc part picker says its compatible. (Patriot-Viper4-3000Mhz-8GB-2x4GB-CL16)

(http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xyQh3F)

 

[InvalidError]

No heatsink or fan is included with the i5-6600k and i7-6700k, you have to buy your own. That's another $40-100 on top of the $30-50 premium on the K-chip vs non-K and the more expensive motherboard you need to get better stable OC results.

 

[Paul Frost]

Alright thats all. thank you all for all the fast answers and support !