Thinking of a new build for gaming. i7 VS i5 Help deciding?

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ibaphomet

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I've been contemplating a new build. I'm still rocking a i5 2500k, and I've been running into games that demand more (despite the 4.2ghz I have it OC'd to). Now my dilemma is which to choose, there seems to be a rift of thinking among my friends and what I see posted around the web. The main CPU's I've been looking at are 6700k/6600k/4690k; obviously this will change my budget drastically. The true question is: Is there really any point to consider hyperthreading worth it now, or even down the line, for gaming type processes? Additionally would there be a clear advantage to go to Skylake vs a higher clock when comparing the 2 i5's i have listed.
 
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Some games show a bit of improvement with hyperthreading but very few. If you're considering 4th gen cpu's, why not the 4790k? It's a good amount cheaper than the 6700k. It depends on the games, what future games do regarding ht (we don't know as they haven't happened yet), what gpu, what resolution, what other tasks (such as streaming etc).

Skylake platforms do offer more ram capability (up to 64gb), faster m.2 support, ddr4 etc however none are critical to gaming. So a clear advantage to gaming on skylake vs devil's canyon? Not that I can see.
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Some games show a bit of improvement with hyperthreading but very few. If you're considering 4th gen cpu's, why not the 4790k? It's a good amount cheaper than the 6700k. It depends on the games, what future games do regarding ht (we don't know as they haven't happened yet), what gpu, what resolution, what other tasks (such as streaming etc).

Skylake platforms do offer more ram capability (up to 64gb), faster m.2 support, ddr4 etc however none are critical to gaming. So a clear advantage to gaming on skylake vs devil's canyon? Not that I can see.
 
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Haswell or Skylake, either will be a good choice, you've prob had the 2500K a few years now and a new rig could carry you the same length of time, with that in mind I'd look at the i7s and prob the 4790K, it cost less, you could use your current DRAM (opposed to getting new DDR4, at least initially) and leave more towards a higher end GPU or other components
 
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Yep, I waited until my budget could get me the 4790k as I knew this would offer me a degree of future-proofing as more games are becoming CPU intensive.
I couldn't really justify the price hike to get me a 6700k/Mobo/DDR4 As the increase in fps according to various benchmarking vids i found in YouTube using current games as references wasn't that much to warrant the increase cost.
But hey, the 6700k is better, it must be it's got bigger numbers ;-)
 
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