LGA 2011 or 1151 for PC gaming?

[Mookeylama]

getting a new pc built and i'm trying to decide between 6700k or 5820k (is 5820k the 6700k equivalent?). it will be for gaming. no rendering or work stuff. i know that 1151 single cores are faster, so usually run games better...UNLESS it's a CPU intensive game. like Fallout 4, Crysis 3, ect. i'm hearing that for those type games, a 2011 may be better.
what do y'all think? thanks

 

[boosted1g]

1151 hands down.

The single core performance is better with a 7700k over a 5820k and anything else better will not give you NEAR enough improvement to justify spending double to tripple on the CPU.

You also have the standpoint that the rest of the 1151 hardware is designed for gaming, while 2011 is designed for server/workstation.

 

[ObelixThe]

"Hands-Down better"... I truly wonder if the people making this claim have ever bought the processor actually?

FYI, I am running the 6700K since January last year and I can say that its a wonderful gaming processor and I have had no issue whatsoever with CPU bottlenecking in ANY games so far.

Having said that...

If I had had the foresight then I would probably have bought the 5820K instead and gotten a AMD R9 390X 8GB also instead of the overkill 980Ti.

 

[Mookeylama]

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Question from Mookeylama : "2011 or 1151 for PC gaming?"

getting a new pc built and trying to decide between 6700k or 5820k or another 2011-v3. it will be for gaming. no rendering or work stuff. i know that 1151 single cores are faster, so usually run games better...UNLESS it's a CPU intensive game. like Fallout 4, Crysis 3, ect. i'm hearing that for those type games, a 2011 may be better.
what do y'all think? thanks

 

[CRO5513Y]

Boosted is correct, the 6700K outperforms the 5820K in a high majority of games, if you did rendering and other workstation related tasks i would consider the 5820K, but for just pure Gaming the 6700K is the better CPU (7700K not available for you)? Another obvious bonus being the CPU and the Motherboards are both cheaper for the 6700K.

If you need some gaming comparisons, Digital Foundry has done this already > http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-what-is-the-fastest-gaming-cpu. Even a 5820K @ 4.6 GHz can't match a 6700K @ Stock in most the games.

 

[Jarie_Punz]

In my opinion, you should go for lga 1151 and buy 7600k instead of 6600k. It gives you the better clock speed. But if you want to future-proof your build, in my opionion, you should buy r5 1600x as it gives you more count cores(6 cores 12 threads). The only disadvantage the r5 1600x gives is the lesser fps in games today but as times goes, games will start to utilize more cores. And then you can just upgrade your GPU however you want.

 

[Jarie_Punz]

I think you should buy r5 1600x(which have 6 cores and 12 threads). It may have less fps on most games today, but as time goes, games are also moving forward meaning utilizing more cores(today most games uses 2-4 cores). I think future-proofing is the best direction to go here. It may not answer you question but i'm just trying to tell you my opinion if you're having a new pc built either cause that's what i would've done instead of having this 6600k. But if you want to stay intel, you should buy the 7600k already for better clock speed.😀

 

[Mookeylama]

i would get the 7600 or even 7700k but i NEED to have Window7 somewhere on my pc. in a dual boot i guess. either both win10 and 7 on one large M.2 drive, or maybe separate drives). still working that out, as i'm having Micro Center build the pc.
i've read that win7 is terrible to install on Kaby Lake (driver issues, install hell, isos ect) and Microcenter even stated they would not install win7 on a 7700k (i was gonna buy it)

 

[Jarie_Punz]

i would get the 7600 or even 7700k but i NEED to have Window7 somewhere on my pc. in a dual boot i guess. either both win10 and 7 on one large M.2 drive, or maybe separate drives). still working that out, as i'm having Micro Center build the pc.
i've read that win7 is terrible to install on Kaby Lake (driver issues, install hell, isos ect) and Microcenter even stated they would not install win7 on a 7700k (i was gonna buy it)

Is something wrong with win 10?