i5 6600k or i7 6700k for gaming?

[KieranPCGamer]

Alright guys,

i am not sure what to do should i buy the i5 6600k and put the rest of the money towards a custom loop or should i just buy the i7 6700k?

i would just buying a basic custom loop at the start just to cool my CPU?

 

[joex444]

Gaming? I'd do 6500k and put the rest towards GPU not a loop.

 

[thor220]

Both of these CPUs are going to achieve the same performance in Gaming so choose the 6600k to save some money.

 

[thor220]

Gaming? I'd do 6500k and put the rest towards GPU not a loop.

You mean the 6600k. There is no 6500k.

 

[KieranPCGamer]

Ye i was thinking the 6600k and overclock and i want a custom loop it looks cool and its something i want to have ago at as i have
never done a custom loop it will be a tight fit in my S340 case LOL.

 

[babernet_1]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

 

[thor220]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Not even 1 FPS difference in most games

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

Hyper-threading has been around for over 10 years now, anyone who wanted it implemented have done so already. DX 12 will remove most of the burden from the CPU which will make Hyper-Threading even less relevant to gaming in the future.

 

[KieranPCGamer]

Thank you for everyone's help i am just going to buy the i7 6700k and shell out an extra £200 for my loop lool.

 

[babernet_1]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Not even 1 FPS difference in most games

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

Hyper-threading has been around for over 10 years now, anyone who wanted it implemented have done so already. DX 12 will remove most of the burden from the CPU which will make Hyper-Threading even less relevant to gaming in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaB1dqYv_I

Shows how much faster hyperthreading is at high frame rates.

DX12 will bring out CPU intensive games that will use the extra threads.

 

[thor220]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Not even 1 FPS difference in most games

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

Hyper-threading has been around for over 10 years now, anyone who wanted it implemented have done so already. DX 12 will remove most of the burden from the CPU which will make Hyper-Threading even less relevant to gaming in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaB1dqYv_I

Shows how much faster hyperthreading is at high frame rates.

DX12 will bring out CPU intensive games that will use the extra threads.

First, that link prove my point even more. Little no difference when the 6600k is overclocked, which it always is. Nobody is getting a k model and not overclocking.

2nd, DX 12 will not bring CPU intensive games out at all. It designed around the idea of reducing CPU overhead, I don't know where you get the idea that the opposite is true.

 

[thor220]

Thank you for everyone's help i am just going to buy the i7 6700k and shell out an extra £200 for my loop lool.

If I may ask, what are you trying to accomplish with your custom loop?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Then a 5820K is better than everything else.

 

[babernet_1]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Not even 1 FPS difference in most games

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

Hyper-threading has been around for over 10 years now, anyone who wanted it implemented have done so already. DX 12 will remove most of the burden from the CPU which will make Hyper-Threading even less relevant to gaming in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaB1dqYv_I

Shows how much faster hyperthreading is at high frame rates.

DX12 will bring out CPU intensive games that will use the extra threads.

First, that link prove my point even more. Little no difference when the 6600k is overclocked, which it always is. Nobody is getting a k model and not overclocking.

2nd, DX 12 will not bring CPU intensive games out at all. It designed around the idea of reducing CPU overhead, I don't know where you get the idea that the opposite is true.

I got the idea from reading articles about DX12. Here's a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOevOiJUQAE

 

[thor220]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Then a 5820K is better than everything else.

2 extra cores is pretty awesome. I'd definitely recommend it over the 6700k any day, especially if the argument is going to be based around multi-threading.

 

[thor220]

Don't bother with the custom loop. Get a 6700K. It is faster in a few newer games. And going forward, that hyperthreading will be used more and more.

Not even 1 FPS difference in most games

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

Hyper-threading has been around for over 10 years now, anyone who wanted it implemented have done so already. DX 12 will remove most of the burden from the CPU which will make Hyper-Threading even less relevant to gaming in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaB1dqYv_I

Shows how much faster hyperthreading is at high frame rates.

DX12 will bring out CPU intensive games that will use the extra threads.

First, that link prove my point even more. Little no difference when the 6600k is overclocked, which it always is. Nobody is getting a k model and not overclocking.

2nd, DX 12 will not bring CPU intensive games out at all. It designed around the idea of reducing CPU overhead, I don't know where you get the idea that the opposite is true.

I got the idea from reading articles about DX12. Here's a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOevOiJUQAE

That video only states that DX 12 utilizes more cores. It is not designed to be harder for CPUs to run.