Deciding between Skylake and Kabylake, i5 6600k and i5 7600k

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Hi guys, as per the thread title, I'm caught between the two. Besides the incremental performance difference, are there any other advantages? I have pasted a breakdown of my build below.

As it stands, I can get a pretty good deal on a 6600k. 150 eur plus a trade of another CPU... so I'm pretty torn.

Primary uses for this build will be as a HTPC and gaming at 1080p with a R9 390x. Would there be much difference in performance if I opt for the 7600k or do you reckon the 6600k could be the best bet?

I WAS going to wait for Ryzen, but the 1700 and 1800 are out of my budget, and judging from recent leaks they don't seem to offer any substantial improvement in gaming performance.

Any advice / opinions would be very much appreciated!

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£19.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z170M Mortar Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£109.22 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£128.89 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390X 8GB Tri-X OC Video Card
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£68.64 @ Eclipse Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.09 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £775.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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With that setup id get a 6600k oc it to the default speeds of the 7600k and it'll be the same performance. The only real difference is z270 chipset support optane which doesn't exist in any form for sale today and likely won't be common in general computing for years
 
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Do you plan to eventually move up to a 4k display? Right now, Hollywood is forcing video streaming services (like Netflix) to use newer encryption on 4k streams. Encryption that only Kabylake has built-in hardware for decrypting. So if you get the Skylake CPU, you will never be able to stream copyright-protected 4k movies with this rig. With Kabylake, you could.

Of course the other option is to use a dedicated 4k streaming box like a Roku if you ever get a 4k TV. There's nothing hardware-intensive about 4k video that can't be done with a simple ARM processor if you use a dedicated video streaming device. It's just stupid Hollywood mandating a feature found only in the newest Intel processor if you want 4k movies on a general-purpose PC.
 
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Thanks for the reply. That's interesting... I wasn't aware of that.

I do want to make the move to 4k eventually, but I figure I'm going to wait a little while until it becomes a little more mainstream, or when high-end consumer GPUs are able to tackle 4k content/games at high settings without breaking too much of a sweat.

I've been keeping my eye out on 4k screens and monitors, but at the moment they're a bit out of my price range. When I do go for it I want to be sure it's something that will last me a good while.

I had a family member, years ago, they decided to buy the latest and greatest pioneer TV. They spent STUPID STUPID STUPID money on it. I don't even want to say how much. They finally threw it away a few years back. I don't know what resolution it kicked out. Probably 420p. It had archaic connections and was incompatible with everything. No hdmi. Washed out shitty colour. I honestly don't think it was even good, or top of the range at the time they bought it. Sorry... off topic rant.

BACK ON TOPIC! The person I was going to buy from ended up having to sell to someone else so I've now decided to place an order for the KabyLake i5 7600k. Now I just need to figure out what motherboard to go for...
 
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