the New vs the Old i5 6600k vs i7 4790k

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Pretty sure every question on this forum was answered 100 times why not make it 101 !?
Trying to build a new pc these is what I got (on paper) for now...

1) i5 6600k or i7 4790k
2) gtx 970 evga or msi
3) Cooler master hyper evo 212
4) MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151
5) Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
6) WD BLACK SERIES WD 2003 FZEX 2TB
7) NZXT S340
8) EVGA Super NOVA G2 550W
9) windows 10 home edition
10) using the above at 1080 for gaming & some light design

Word on the street is that games like fallout 4, benefit from hyperthreading; would it be possible that the immediate future will follow with more of the same ?

Should I go with the last gen i7 or the new skylake i5 ?

 
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There is really no difference for gaming. If you will be running applications that take advantage of multiple threads, then get the i7. If not and gaming is the only concern, then go with the i5. It's really as simple as that. Future games COULD see an advantage from the use of more threads than the i5 provides, but it's probable that it will either be far down the road or that the impact will not be tremendous.
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There is really no difference for gaming. If you will be running applications that take advantage of multiple threads, then get the i7. If not and gaming is the only concern, then go with the i5. It's really as simple as that. Future games COULD see an advantage from the use of more threads than the i5 provides, but it's probable that it will either be far down the road or that the impact will not be tremendous.
 
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I generally want to build with the latest and greatest. However, if it comes down to those CPU's, objectively the i7-4790k does offer more performance- if there is a need for hyperthreading as it offers 4 more virtual threads of performance. This is ideal for video editing, but pretty useless for most games. On the other hand, the i5-6600k is better in single core performance and quad core performance.

Of course, for a little more, the i7-6700k offers the best of both worlds.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6600K/2384vs3503

 
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The 6700k is more than just "a little more", it's almost $100 more. On top of that, it doesn't overclock as well as the 4790k.
 
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First of all, the single core performance of Haswell Refresh and Skylake, on both i5 and i7 processors, is almost identical, an even playing field, in most processes, benchmarks and applications. For gaming, it's dead even in almost every case. The threaded performance of Skylake is slightly better than Haswell Refresh, but not significantly so. The i5-6600k certainly doesn't beat the i7-4790k in anything, single or threaded, due to the higher clock speed of the 4790k. Both can be overclocked, one has four additional threads, both have very similar single core performance.

To me it's clear. If gaming is all you care about, the four cores of Skylake are plenty for any game and most applications. If you do serious multitasking or run applications that realistically benefit from more than four threads, then an i7, HR or Skylake, either, is a superior alternative.


Considering the 6700k and 4790k have almost, disappointingly, identical performance in 90% of results, both real world and synthetic, the Skylake i5 can't possibly hope to be better than the HR i7 on anything but gaming. Especially if we're talking stock clocks.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Haswell-vs-Skylake-S-i7-4790K-vs-i7-6700K-641/
 
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I gotta make sure I get this right since I upgrade every 4 or 5 years, so this has to be somewhat future proof...

simply put i7 4790k is more of a multi tasker while the i5 6600k is for gaming and such ?

which do you think would be better to go with for the next 5 years let's say knowing that I game and do a bit of design (nothing major) ?

I'm assuming with stock values the i7 performs better in games ?


 
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Honestly, I'm going through about the same dilemma as you right now, simply based on need. I think I've determined that for myself, the 4790k is going to be the right upgrade as it WILL likely remain capable and relevant for about another five years at the rate of the currently broken Intel tick tock. A Skylake i7 is 25% more in price for a 0-5% increase in performance in 90% of things, and a 10% improvement in a very few things.

I'd recommend either chip to you as they can both handle what you want to do. The i7 is probably the better decision for anybody that has absolutely no intentions of limiting themselves to gaming as if their system were a console.
 
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