i7 3770 vs i5 6600

[QuadCore Gamer]

Which performs better in gaming. I have LGA 1155 motherboard but for i5 6600 I have to change my motherboard also.

 

[drtweak]

If you have a 1155 motherboard just stick with it. Unless you need things like NVMe SSD's, DDR4 which honestly you won't see a huge difference with, or worried about conserving energy just stick with the 1155 i7. There is still life left in that guy. if it was a 3rd gen i3 i'd say upgrade but 3rd gen i5 and up are still good for gaming.

 

[Chugalug_]

Agreed.
If you're buying new get the 6500 over the 6600, as the price difference is quite a bit, and the performance difference is tiny.
If you currently have a 3770, you'll have better performance in multi-threaded applications and about the same in others.
No need to worry about upgrading.

 

[spentshells]

If you can afford it, go with the newer hardware, otherwise the 3770 is very decent for gaming, it will keep up with any modern graphics card.

 

[hdgaming]

Both cpu's will handle everything you throw at them.
Since you have a LGA1155 already the i7 3770 is your best bet and will last you multiple years. It will not bottleneck any card out there.

I have an i7 4790, the i7 3770 is only 5-10% behind it in raw power, I have my I7 paired with a gtx 1070 and they have no issues with any game ive played so far which are, Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1 beta, sw Battlefront, witcher 3, DOOM, far cry primal etc.