Is the i5 6600k good for gaming?

[The Tygore]

Is it good for gaming, if not then just give me suggestions.

 

[Wolfshadw]

One of the top three processors for gaming right now.

-Wolf sends

 

[wildfire707]

I agree.

It is an excellent CPU for gaming, and does not have much of the extra markup like you see on the i7 6700k.

 

[Devildog8teen]

(in my experience) it also overclocks like an absolute beast, running 50 celsius with a hyper 212 evo in aida64 stress test at 1.310 v 4.7ghz. It's an awesome processor for gaming too i get really good performance even at stock clocks. I'd say it's worth getting a skylake due to the insane overclocking potential and arctic temps.

 

[superninja12]

but how much extra frames do u get from overcloacking this cpu?

 

[Wayfall]

Overclocking only usually get you the odd few frames. Overclocking is more for speed, multitasking and to give that little bit more of punch when rendering

 

[Devildog8teen]

It depends on the game, if your running a really CPU intensive game like the witcher 3 for example: you can see a sizable increase in frames 5-10 sometimes even 15-20(but this number can vary wildly based on GPU and graphics settings) But if your running a non-intensive game on the CPU you wont see much if any increase in performance.