6700k vs 4790k for video editing/gaming

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I keep trying to figure out if Skylake is better than Haswell, and I keep reading "Yes, it's better" and "No, it's not worth it to upgrade".

So my question is, will a 6700k have a noticeable difference in gaming and video editing vs a 4790k?
 
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If you already have the 4790k, no its not worth upgrade.

You can find a 6 core Haswell E CPU for under $400 new, this is cheaper than skylake. Both Haswell E and Skylake would require new motherboards and Ram, making Haswell E more compelling because you get two more cores. X99 motherboards might cost a little more but its not drastic, and both platforms use DDR4.

I would stay on your current platform or go to Haswell-E if you really need more horsepower. Skylake is fine for people that are upgrading from IvyBridge or older, and even then thats only if they NEED more power.
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If you already have the 4790k, no its not worth upgrade.

You can find a 6 core Haswell E CPU for under $400 new, this is cheaper than skylake. Both Haswell E and Skylake would require new motherboards and Ram, making Haswell E more compelling because you get two more cores. X99 motherboards might cost a little more but its not drastic, and both platforms use DDR4.

I would stay on your current platform or go to Haswell-E if you really need more horsepower. Skylake is fine for people that are upgrading from IvyBridge or older, and even then thats only if they NEED more power.
 
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If I overclocked my 4790k to 4.7+ GHz would I see a large improvement over skylake?
 
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That doesn't matter, you could also overclock a 6700K. 4790K and 6700K in terms of raw performance are nearly identical. The only benefit Skylake would have is DDR4 support, some extra features on the motherboards, and better upgradability in the future, since Z97 is pretty much at it's end (and the 4790K is as high as it goes).

So buying new, go for 6700K for a couple of nice extra's. If you already have that 4790K, you would be throwing away money for a tiny bit of performance.

If you REALLY want an upgrade, for editing and so on, something you'd really notice, you'd have to go with either a really expenisive Xeon, or the top X99 processor. Other than that, that 4790K is fine.
 
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Video editing? Upgrading from 4 cores and 8 threads to 4 cores and 8 threads is absolutely pointless. Video editing programs hardly take advantage of clock speed. Rather, upgrade to i7-5820K. Adding 2 more cores and 4 more threads makes a difference because there's more cores to distribute workloads to.
 
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