i7-6700k or i7-4790k

bisnettda23 · Jan 5, 2016

As the title says. I mostly use it for gaming, school, and streaming and I am fully aware that even an i7-4790k may be on the upper end of all I'll ever nee but with the i7-6700k using a different socket I wasn't sure if there was any reason to get that other then having the newer technology.

rolli59 · Jan 5, 2016

6700K will give you the option to go over to DDR4 which is becoming the new std in ram, so really just newer tech. Performance difference is not much.

Dulith1118 · Jan 5, 2016

supporting ddr 4 is the only difference actually.. but there isnt much advantage in ddr4 over ddr3... and cpu themselves dont have much difference.... go for the cheapest one amoung them

dudeman509 · Jan 5, 2016

With the current price gap between the two, I wouldn't bother going for the 6700K.

If you can wait for the price to fall closer to the 4790K, it would indeed be better to build with Skylake for future-proofing.

89spencer · Jan 5, 2016

Dulith1118 :

DDR4 had higher stock clock speeds and the price has gone down substantially since it's release.

lyricyst2000 · Jan 5, 2016

The only reason to go old is budget.

bmcelvan · Jan 11, 2016

Since you're gaming probably not an issue for you but technically the 6700k has much better integrated graphics. So people can reasonably get away with not using a dedicated video card (and save some good money).

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