Intel i7-5930k vs i5-6600k

JustSomeAsian

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So, I decided to upgrade my computer from a i5-3570k to either of the CPU's listed in the title. I'm mostly using it for gaming and general purpose use, but want to multitask on my computer while gaming (watching videos, watch live streams, etc) without having a huge affect on my pc performance. And I know most people would guide towards the i5-6600k because of the price and its good enough for the purposes I'm using it for. But here's the thing tho, I'm getting the i7-5930k for around the same price as the i5-6600k from a friend of mine selling his used one. And I have researched that the i5-6600k has faster cores but only 4 of them. And the i7-5930k has 6 slower cores. In your guys opinion with pretty much price set aside, what will be the better choice. Faster fewer cores or slower more cores. Thanks
 
well the 6600k is great for gaming and has good single core score but since you're comparing i7 with an i5 and the i7 has 6 core it's great for you (multi tasking of course ) tho the 6600k heats less so it good for ocing at the end they both great and they both has ddr4 and a pro for the i7 which is x99 it has mobo support 4-way sli :) hope i helped
 
The i5 also has no hyperthreading and less cache per core. You are comparing 2 very different processors with very different price tags.

The only two advantages the i5 has over the 5930k are a much lower price and faster per core performance. If you only care about performance the i7 5930k tears apart the i5, even in games, and with slower cores. Also you can overclock the 5930k almost as far as the i5, therefore leaving only a small IPC advantage Skylake has over Haswell.