Upgrading from i5 3570k to i7 6700k

[Mandeepsingh10]

My old motherbord died so im wondering whether i should upgrade to 6700k or just buy a better mobo (like z77 extreme 4.My last mb was gigabyte b75 d3h) and a cpu cooler and oc the i5 rather than upgrading to 6700k
Im a gamer and also tell will it be beneficial to buy the 6700k or i should buy the above specified components and a gpu like 980 (im using gtx660)
Pls tell me is skylake worth it over ivy for gaming and multitasking??

 

[Sleetz]

You will not see much of an upgrade in gaming unless the game utilizes Direct X12 and hyper-threading, a cheaper equivalent would be the i7 4790k but even then I doubt you will see much of an improvement in games.

 

[spentshells]

Take the cheaper path go with the z77, gaming wise you will gain very little overclocking wise there is a lot more to be gained moving away from the b75. Were you able to overclock at all on that b75?

 

[Mandeepsingh10]

Nope i was not able to overclock on b75

 

[Mandeepsingh10]

Im thinking ill now buy only z77 extreme 4 and cm 212x plus 8 gb ram if required
And also will i notice a significant improvement in perfomance after overclocking my 3570k

 

[Sleetz]

Yes if you get a stable overclock you should see an fps increase and overall improvement in speed with your system.

 

[Johan Kryger Haglert]

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/3502vs1316

36% quicker single-core, 24% quicker quad-core according to that.

I think Intel made the claim 6700K was 10% quicker than 4790K, 20% quicker than 4770K and 30% quicker than 3770K but I assumed that was an exaggeration.

The i7 6700K has hyper-threading though so it's 82% quicker according to that as "multi-core."

But yeah, maybe it's about 30% quicker than your current processor and both can be overclocked almost as much so that still holds but the i7 also have hyper-threading.

Your processor is close to the i5 4590:
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4590-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/2604vs1316
But yours is over-clockable.

I would just try to get hold of a used motherboard I guess and use it and catch the next generation instead (get a Skylake-E?)