i5 6600k or i7 6700k?

[POOPHAMMER]

Seems the only real difference is that i7 has hyperthreading which does not really matter for gaming much, is the i7 really worth the extra money or nah

[Christo]

i5

[Yuang]

If only the game, i5 enough. If the design, or i7.

[Kadeth]

nah

[Mr_Oujamaflip]

Seems the only real difference is that i7 has hyperthreading which does not really matter for gaming much, is the i7 really worth the extra money or nah

Generally speaking, I just get an i7. i5 is fine, i7 is cooler.

That's about it.

[Rhekimos]

Look at some reviews for what kind of performance you can expect in use. Like this one:

i7 has a definite advantage in heavy duty applications like rendering while i5 is almost as good for gaming use. This is especially true when the game is poorly optimized.

[Molly]

E3 1231V

If yet to witness a game where one of the cpus went higher than 45% load... *shrugs*

[POOPHAMMER]

Got a pay raise today unexpectedly might buy an i7 after all

[Daunt_Flockula]

Wow! Getting a raise without having to struggle for it... Now that is something totally foreign to me.

[POOPHAMMER]

Yeah its pretty awesome I now make 10% more than previously! I am slightly less poor!

[Jona]

Slightly less poor, you say? Time to blow all your money celebrating!

For real though, gratz man, always a good feeling when your financial situation improves ever so slightly. I just paid off one of my larger loans in one fell swoop after saving up for a bit, and now I feel like blowing all the rest of my money to "reward myself for being financially-smart" even though I've got plenty more to pay off. The moment I give in and buy something is the moment I contradict myself and fail at life.

[POOPHAMMER]

decided to be smart and use the money i saved buying the 6600k to get some DDr4 ram and a nice cooler so i can overclock the i5 and still save on cash

[Molly]

decided to be smart and use the money i saved buying the 6600k to get some DDr4 ram and a nice cooler so i can overclock the i5 and still save on cash

Which is not the smart decision when buying a Xeon cpu gives you an i7 for the money of an i5, except the integrated gfx unit which you not gonna use as a gamer anyway.

[POOPHAMMER]

Which is not the smart decision when buying a Xeon cpu gives you an i7 for the money of an i5, except the integrated gfx unit which you not gonna use as a gamer anyway.

I looked into this.

6600k offers DDR4 support as well as being able to reach higher clock speeds than your CPU

all yours offers really is hyperthreading and a bit more cache which is good in a workstation environment, but in the long run 6600k offers more for gaming

[Molly]

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