Should I use i7-6700K or i7-5820K for gaming? (no overclock)

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Emhyr var Emreis

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I was going to order the parts for a i7-5820K setup, but then I came across the i7-6700K. I'm not sure if I should buy the i7-6700K or the i7-5820K, because the i7-6700K is newer, but oddly costs less, while the i7-5820K is older, but costs more. I don't plan on overclocking, and listed below are the builds I would use for each one. Also, I'm going to be playing and streaming DOTA 2, LoL, and WoW (at max settings, hopefully).

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card

NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case

EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)

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Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card

NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case

SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
 
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glamdringfh

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The two will perform near identically in games. There may be a small percent difference that you will never notice without running a benchmark. The 5820k will have the edge in applications that scale better with more cores (video encoding, rendering).

So if you ever plan on doing any serious graphics work, go with the 5820k. If you're only interesting in gaming, then get whichever one is cheaper or whose chipset has more features that you want.
 
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Random_tech

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the i7 6700k will get you a fair bit better gaming preformance.
also i would never get an OEM version of windows, since it is tied to that motherboard and components.
if your OS drive corrups or something dies, then you will have to buy another windows licence
 
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