i7 6700k or i7 6800k

[Mathijs_1]

I wonder what CPU will be better for standard use and maxed out gaming and if the i7 6800k would actually be way more future proof and better for gaming I also wonder if the X99 would be better than the LGA 1151 socket since it does seem more expensive and it only supports ddr4 and I haven't seen any improvement in ddr4 benchmarks over ddr3 ram anyone maybe help out
I use a r9 390 gaming 8G GPU

 

[synphul]

I would imagine the same as it has been. The 6700k is the 4c/8t mainstream desktop cpu like the 4790k was and the 6800k is the lower clocked 6c/12t enthusiast or workstation cpu for the broadwell-e platform. Games are still not overly threaded, a couple are starting to make use and show a slight performance improvement with hyperthreaded cpu's but for the vast majority there's not much difference between the i5's and 4c i7's.

X99 is the predecessor to broadwell-e and the 5820k is the predecessor to the i7 6800k you mentioned. All 3 of those use ddr4 and ddr4 shows little to no improvement over ddr3 especially in gaming. If considering 3 cpu's that all use ddr4 though there's really no point in being concerned over how ddr3 stacks up.

There's no such thing as future proof. If that were the case the 8 core fx cpu's would be topping the gaming performance charts and instead they're in the lower half. Often times losing out to an i5 which has strictly 4c/4t or tying with the i3 many times which is only a dual core with ht. Not often but in a number of games the i3, i5 and i7 all perform within a few fps of each other.

Unless this is a video editing rig or you're looking to run obs or twitch or something along with your gaming at the same time the 6c/12t cpu's are liable to be overkill.

 

[Mathijs_1]

I have seen a improvement with the i7 6700k it's actually pretty epic how much better modern games run on it compared to even the i5 6600k.
Thanks I suppose I will be going for the i7 6700k

 

[TJ Hooker]

I have seen a improvement with the i7 6700k it's actually pretty epic how much better modern games run on it compared to even the i5 6600k.

Where have you seen this? Pretty much every gaming benchmark I've seen has shown the the 6600k to be within 10% or so of the 6700k.

 

[Mathijs_1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GEMuqoDvHA

 

[Mathijs_1]

all benchmarks are different everywhere it might be a big boost or a small boost but the boost is there and the hyperthreading will probably proof useful with dx12

 

[synphul]

I would be curious also, maybe in a few isolated cases. However here's a comparison between the i5 6600k and i7 6700k.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1544?vs=1543

In games there are like 2 listed that show even 5fps difference between the two. The biggest performance gaps are in file compression like winrar and 7zip and a few synthetic tests. Some heavily threaded production applications. Otherwise the two perform very close to one another. Of course the i7 is the better performer. It's also 50% more expensive than the i5. If you have the cash then go for it, but for the 50% price increase it doesn't offer 50% more performance and definitely not where gaming is concerned. At best around 15-20% difference in shadow of mordor.