What skylake I5 should I get

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geofelt
If a i5-6600K and a z170 motherboard is within your budget, then go ahead and buy it. It is arguably the best gaming cpu available today.
If you do not, you will forever wonder if you should have.

If your budget does not permit, then a lesser I5 would be OK.
Actually, many games will play as well on a i3-6100.
If your games are multiplayer, then a i5 is better.
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It depends what you want to do, the 6400 is a good chip if you want to go budget, but the 6600k is another good option if you want to get the best performance. Any skylake i5 will not bottleneck a 970, so if you want to save some money, just go ahead and go for a cheap non overclocking chip and non overclocking motherboard. If you want to overclock for a hobby and get into liquid cooling, go for the 6600k and a z170 overclocking board for a little more money, but more performance.
 
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If a i5-6600K and a z170 motherboard is within your budget, then go ahead and buy it. It is arguably the best gaming cpu available today.
If you do not, you will forever wonder if you should have.

If your budget does not permit, then a lesser I5 would be OK.
Actually, many games will play as well on a i3-6100.
If your games are multiplayer, then a i5 is better.
 
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