I have a cooler master hyper 212 evo and I do want to get the 7700k but im worried about the temperature being crazy even at stock and I'm not quite sure that 7 case fans and my cpu cooler is quite going to cut it, if I was to get the 7700k it would be at stock until I could get a better cooler in a few months time, not to mention the added temperature from overclocking my ram, I really don't know what to choose I know the 7700k is a far better choice for gaming...but I've heard of heat issues and it's generally not worth it so i just don't know
i7 6700k or i7 7700k for gaming
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Hardware Brad
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Those CPUs are essentially the same, they are the same architecture and when clocked at the same speed perform identical. I have read about the heat issues with the 7700k, I am unsure if this has been resolved or if it affects all of them. If you are truly worried about the 7700k heating issue, get the 6700k and overclock it, you wont notice a difference.
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They are fairly close. The 7700k is only 200MHz faster stock speeds, the 6700k will definitely keep up with it. We are talking a handful of FPS max in some games, others less than that.
If you can get them for the same price, I'd get the 7700K. You could always underclock/undervolt to 6700K levels if temps prove an issue. You'll probably never notice a difference between the two, but the 7700K is a little better in theory.
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