i5 6600k vs i7 6700k Question

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Epicbethyname

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I understand this thread has been done to death and I apologize, however, I've only found the questions related to gaming performance and I understand that the difference is minimal and the cost is not worth it.

Now, my question is if I do a lot of digital art in Photoshop and OpenCanvas will there be a notciable difference in how fluid my programs run between the two CPUs or can I still go with the i5 6600k to save money? Additonally, if I plan to purchase an ROG SWIFT PG279Q will my CPU matter or is that solely on the GPU for G-sync etc?

Thank you.
 
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Karsten75
You should probably fix the typo in the thread title. :)

It's an i7-6700K and i5-6600K

Here are some "professional" benchmarks of other application suites. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/12

In general, rendering tasks will show a similar improvement.

If you do not plan to overclock, you can elect to go the non-K route. the 7% difference in cycle speed is negligible and you can save an additional amount by electing a H170 (or H110 even) chipset instead of the Z-series chipset motherboard.

G-Synch is depending on the CPU only inasmuch as it needs to do whatever the processor needs to offload calculations to the GPU. It's mostly a GPU thing and you won't notice...
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You should probably fix the typo in the thread title. :)

It's an i7-6700K and i5-6600K

Here are some "professional" benchmarks of other application suites. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/12

In general, rendering tasks will show a similar improvement.

If you do not plan to overclock, you can elect to go the non-K route. the 7% difference in cycle speed is negligible and you can save an additional amount by electing a H170 (or H110 even) chipset instead of the Z-series chipset motherboard.

G-Synch is depending on the CPU only inasmuch as it needs to do whatever the processor needs to offload calculations to the GPU. It's mostly a GPU thing and you won't notice a difference between the i5 and the i7 in this area, because most games are not able to multi-task to the level where hyperthreading makes a difference.
 
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