Z170 or X99? (6700K or 6800K/6850K)

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IIIWtRIII

IIIWtRIII

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First of all, I know this has been asked plenty of times but should I get a 6700K, 6800K or 6850K?
The build will be used for 4K/1440P gaming, Photoshop and 3D Modelling.
Specs I have decided on:

GPU: 2x Asus STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB
SSD: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2 & Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum
 
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I'd get the 6 core 6850 if you can swing the price. Because 3d rendering/modeling takes so much less time on a that sort of CPU. I saw a significant improvement in speed when comparing a 4790k and a 5930k.

For most photoshop work, a 4 core CPU is enough. The exception would be large batched workflow or very complex edits. But your typical pull a raw in adjust the levels and export a JPG is not very demanding of the cpu.

Gaming does not currently benefit from 6 cores.

The 6850k will get you as close as you reasonably can to the 6700k while still maximizing your 3d work speed.

And I would suggest your PSU is overkill. A decent 600-750w is all you need.

 
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And will I get the same gaming performance with the 6850K than the 6700K?
 
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For now it will be close enough so that you're unlikely to care. If gaming performance is most important get the 6700k in some games it might get you 1-2 more frames per second. In most either cpu will be more than enough.
 
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