I5 6600k vs i7 6700k for almost anything

[EeJaay]

So yeah, I'm about to build my very first PC. I don't have any budget yet, but probbably $1000 or so. I am a senior high school student, and currently studying programming
(Mobile App and Web Development).
I will use the PC for gaming, rendering, school works, recording, editing, and such. I need to choose a very good CPU for doing those tasks simultaneously and I am currently stuck from choosing from an unlocked i5 or unlocked i7. I am planning to upgrade the PC in the future or so. I also plan getting a GTX 1060 or GTX 1070 from ASUS.
Also I need to decide in which case I should get.

 

[CTurbo]

How important is gaming to you? i5 + 1070 is better than i7 + 1060.

The i7 is better for just about everything else.

Don't completely discount the locked i7 6700 + H170 motherboard. Overclocking is not necessary these days and usually yields little real world benefit.

 

[EeJaay]

I forgot to mention, but I will be playing DotA 2, GTA V, Forza Horizon 3, Assetto Corsa, and League of Legends only.

 

[John_485]

Overclocking is not necessary these days and usually yields little real world benefit.

Hmm...I'm surprised by that statement, considering how many people are into overclocking. Would you mind elaborating on the subject for me please? I was under the impression that say, going from 3.5ghz to 4.5ghz would be a 25% improvement in speed and efficiency? I'm ignorant so I'm really looking forward to hearing your opinion and your reasoning behind it.

Thank you,

-laz.

 

[Isokolon]

there was this test, overclocking an i5-6600k to 4.2 GHz I think it was added 3-4% performance. not sure I can find it again.

for you gaming needs an i5 would be sufficient as none of the games you've listed can handle more than 4 threads and the single core performance of the i5-6600k is on par with the i7-6700k in gaming situations

depending what's more important to you, I'd go with an i5+1070 (gaming focus) or an i7+1060 (recording/editing/rendering focus)
if you can afford it, a 6700 non-k + a 1070 would be a nice compromise, but I think that's above budget?

 

[Maarsch]

SI am a senior high school student, and currently studying programming
(Mobile App and Web Development).
I will use the PC for gaming, rendering, school works, recording, editing

I have never studied programming, but. Do you spend a lot of running programs while rendering/compiling?

I stream, so I run games as well as encoding software simultaneously. The additional threads of an i7 is actually a boon to me.
If you don't ever have anything running that doesn't use more than 4 cores though . . . that i5 will do you just fine.