i7 7700k vs i7 6800k for Streaming and Gaming

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HR_Luka

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Hello guys,
I am having a really hard time deciding between these 2 processors. What I mainly do is play games such as AC Unity, AC Syndicate, Witcher 3, CS:GO, Arma 3 (maybe)...

But the main focus is trying to stream those games. I was trying my best for a days to find if there would be any significant benefits of having those extra 2 cores for streaming cpu demanding games.

Thank you in advance,
-HR_Luka
 
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Comes down to budget really. If you stream all the time and edit a lot I would say the 6 cores are worth it. But the clock speeds the 7700k seems to be reaching certainly are enticing for raw gaming performance.

A chart I recall seeing of BF1 showed activity, to some extent, on 7 threads. With 6 of those being full cores on the 6800k there would be a minor advantage. Still, one of the cores was doing most of the work, so the high clock speeds there is still a trade off.

It will be interesting to see some more side by side benchmarks in the near future. All the ones I have seen were direct comparisons to Skylake. They didn't toss Haswell-E or Broadwell-E into the mix.
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Comes down to budget really. If you stream all the time and edit a lot I would say the 6 cores are worth it. But the clock speeds the 7700k seems to be reaching certainly are enticing for raw gaming performance.

A chart I recall seeing of BF1 showed activity, to some extent, on 7 threads. With 6 of those being full cores on the 6800k there would be a minor advantage. Still, one of the cores was doing most of the work, so the high clock speeds there is still a trade off.

It will be interesting to see some more side by side benchmarks in the near future. All the ones I have seen were direct comparisons to Skylake. They didn't toss Haswell-E or Broadwell-E into the mix.
 
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I would probably wait for the x299 platform in your case as it will have skylake-x and kaby-lake-x variants that should be significantly faster.

Or at least wait for amd ryzen and see how it performs in streaming as i saw demo that they seem to perform better than intel in that department.
 
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I thought we'd see a new chipset with Broadwell-E myself. For Intel to squeeze another gen of x99 chips out was a bit mercenary if you ask me. PCIE 2.0 on a board that is designed for those kind of chips? I mean, c'mon lol. PCIE 4.0 will be here soon. As will x299.

I agree the performance may be better than with the 7700k, but for gaming and streaming it really isn't necessary in my opinion. And the extra clockspeed will help with gaming.
 
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Just going by the past I expected to see a one more chip for X99. Shrinking Haswell down makes sense from their cadence. Let us consumers be the guinea pigs before they try to make the big chips.

I'm curious to see how Intel will play out the new socket. LGA3647 might just be a little overkill, even for the enthusiast. Hexa-channel memory, FPGA onboard, surely Optane support.

Hopefully they create a new CPU class with 6/8 cores on the consumer side by then.
 
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Yeah you'd think, although I did read that Intel said they'd never release more than a four core CPU on a mainstream platform, only enthusiast and server ones. With AMD's obsession with more cores it'll only be a matter of time 'til that changes tho. All x299 needs is PCIE 4.0 and USB 3.1 and it'll be a killer. Hex channel RAM? Pft lol.

Have never made much sense of Intel's tick-tock philosophy though. Have to concede on that one!
 
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They don't really do tick tock anymore. PAO Process -> Architecture -> Optimization (Broadwell->Skylake->Kabylake) (Broadwell-E [Architecture] [Optimization)

Broadwell-E is their adaption of Haswell-E onto a 14nm process. This next one is architecture, so new socket basically.

That and reading all the silly rumors out of the various websites. Also good.
 
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I stream on Twitch a lot and have some advice.. You DO NOT want to run your stream\OBS from the same rig you are running the games on. You are going to have a bad time. I have always had a high end PC and I was fighting stream quality issues and FPS drops until I got my second rig.

Have a powerhouse that runs the games and a second PC dedicated to the stream. The second PC doesn't have to be particularly amazing either.

It is especially nice when some crappy alpha game locks up your rig and your stream doesn't go down (which usually = a loss in viewers.)
 
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I can stream pretty much any game on my i5 6500 while i play. I dont use 2 machines. If you have a sub button then ya sure, but the avg streamer can only downscale to 720 @30fps. I was able to do this on my i5. Im pretty sure a i7 7700k can stream much better
 
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