i7 4790k vs i7 6700k

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Tciceedude

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Hello again Tomshardware!

I am having a problem deciding between the two CPU's in the title. My current CPU and motherboard is a FX 8320 and a gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 (has issues with overclocking), I will be giving these parts to my younger brother for christmas when I upgrade to one of these i7's...
The main reason I'm having trouble is because the 4790k is cheaper but is a "dead upgrade path" with the 6700k being more expensive and generally out of stock everywhere... I would have to also get DDR4 memory as well... Would it be viable to just get the 4790k? I know they are nearly the same CPU power wise but I have also heard that skylake overclocks better...

Thanks for any help guys! feel free to ask any questions if it will help with a solution and I will respond ASAP. :)

P.S. I will hopefully be buying from Microcenter.
 
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How often do you upgrade? If you are not upgrading every couple years, and there is little reason to, your Skylake platform won't be upgraded ever again. Intel changes sockets every couple years, but their CPU's are good for 5+ years. So unless you are always getting the itch to upgrade it, don't worry about an upgrade path. You won't use it.

Save money and get the i7 4790K, or go for an i7 5820K if you want something similarly priced to a 6700K. It comes with 6 cores instead of 4, and uses DDR4 as well.
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skylake overclocks just about as well as that i7-4790k does. you can expect about the same clocks~ hovering around 4.6-4.8ghz max, with the lucky chip hitting 5ghz.

Skylake is about 3%-5% faster then haswell, that said there is some moderate advantage to ddr4 as well.

Up to you, personally i don't think skylake is anywhere near worth the premium over haswell.
 
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Tciceedude

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I think I will get the 4790k at microcenter and use the saved money on a motherboard... what motherboard would you recommend for pushing my CPU and system to the limit?
 
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How often do you upgrade? If you are not upgrading every couple years, and there is little reason to, your Skylake platform won't be upgraded ever again. Intel changes sockets every couple years, but their CPU's are good for 5+ years. So unless you are always getting the itch to upgrade it, don't worry about an upgrade path. You won't use it.

Save money and get the i7 4790K, or go for an i7 5820K if you want something similarly priced to a 6700K. It comes with 6 cores instead of 4, and uses DDR4 as well.
 
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