I5 6600k vs i7 6700k for almost anything

EeJaay · Oct 1, 2016

So yeah, I'm about to build my very first PC. I don't have any budget yet, but probbably $1000 or so. I am a senior high school student, and currently studying programming
(Mobile App and Web Development).
I will use the PC for gaming, rendering, school works, recording, editing, and such. I need to choose a very good CPU for doing those tasks simultaneously and I am currently stuck from choosing from an unlocked i5 or unlocked i7. I am planning to upgrade the PC in the future or so. I also plan getting a GTX 1060 or GTX 1070 from ASUS.
Also I need to decide in which case I should get.

CTurbo · Oct 1, 2016

How important is gaming to you? i5 + 1070 is better than i7 + 1060.

The i7 is better for just about everything else.

Don't completely discount the locked i7 6700 + H170 motherboard. Overclocking is not necessary these days and usually yields little real world benefit.

EeJaay · Oct 1, 2016

I forgot to mention, but I will be playing DotA 2, GTA V, Forza Horizon 3, Assetto Corsa, and League of Legends only.

John_485 · Oct 11, 2016

CTurbo :

Hmm...I'm surprised by that statement, considering how many people are into overclocking. Would you mind elaborating on the subject for me please? I was under the impression that say, going from 3.5ghz to 4.5ghz would be a 25% improvement in speed and efficiency? I'm ignorant so I'm really looking forward to hearing your opinion and your reasoning behind it.

Thank you,

-laz.

Isokolon · Oct 11, 2016

there was this test, overclocking an i5-6600k to 4.2 GHz I think it was added 3-4% performance. not sure I can find it again.

for you gaming needs an i5 would be sufficient as none of the games you've listed can handle more than 4 threads and the single core performance of the i5-6600k is on par with the i7-6700k in gaming situations

depending what's more important to you, I'd go with an i5+1070 (gaming focus) or an i7+1060 (recording/editing/rendering focus)
if you can afford it, a 6700 non-k + a 1070 would be a nice compromise, but I think that's above budget?

Maarsch · Oct 11, 2016

EeJaay :

I have never studied programming, but. Do you spend a lot of running programs while rendering/compiling?

I stream, so I run games as well as encoding software simultaneously. The additional threads of an i7 is actually a boon to me.
If you don't ever have anything running that doesn't use more than 4 cores though . . . that i5 will do you just fine.

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