Intel 6850K or 6700K for Gaming.

[FireFox]

Hi everyone.

I am planning to build a new Machine for gaming and as the titles says the 6850K and the 6700K are the two candidates

All advices are welcome

 

[P4-630]

I voted 6700K because games don't use more than 4 cores 8 threads effectively.

 

[GreiverBlade]

voted 6700K ... not that it's useful (since the 6600K fare better for gaming in some special case where HT is a b*tch) since most game (if we except some RTS or MMO or MMOFPS ) use "up to" 4 threads

 

[FireFox]

But if i am not wrong new games would show take advantage of more cores, or am i wrong?

 

[GreiverBlade]

But if i am not wrong new games would show take advantage of more cores, or am i wrong?

probably no wrong but not right either ... judging by Intel's behavior, i have yet to see any game that would need more than my actual 6600K to ensure a smooth play experience.

and some case show that a 6700K with HT enabled can perform worse than a 6700K with HT disabled (which led me to take a 6600K as i don't have to bother with HT de-activation )

for future games? not sure ... developer tend to care for the "mass" and the mass is still dual core (with HT sometime like my i3-4130T, which perform like a charm in all game i play on it ) or quadcore ... tho, let's see what AMD/DX12 etc etc etc will bring later

(for saying, i had a i7-920 Xeon E3-1275v2 and later a i7-4770K and none of them did show a real advantage over the i5 counterpart i had for them in the same timeframe which explain why i did keep the i5 variant over them in the end )

 

[Dethroy]

I prefer math...

12 * 4.0 GHz / 8 * 4.2 GHz = 1,43

i7 6850K = 626,39€ (Mindfactory)
i7 6700K = 339,74€ (Mindfactory)

If the i7 6850K was priced at 485€ (339,74€ * 1,43) both processors would be comparable in perf/price, or, if you want to put it differently, the i7 6700K offers 29% (626,39€ / 485€) more performance/€ (considering i7's would scale 1:1 with clocks and cores, which we all know is a far cry from reality).

→ i7 6700K gets my vote

 

[Melvis]

Neither, Id go with the i5 6600K

 

[FireFox]

I was considering the 6700K because it's a nice 4.0GHz/4.2GHz with some little Oc 4.5GHZ/4.7GHz would be my goal

 

[Melvis]

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...rks-core-i7-6700k-hyperthreading-test.219417/

 

[GreiverBlade]

I was considering the 6700K because it it's a nice 4.0GHz/4.2GHz with some little Oc 4.5GHZ/4.7GHz would be my goal

my 6600K @4.4 is a charm to game on (could push it a bit more but, no real need for the moment )

although a 6700K will shine if you do something else than gaming on it ... i.e: encoding rendering or any CPU intensive task

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...rks-core-i7-6700k-hyperthreading-test.219417/

thanks to remember me that

end words:
a 6600K is always the top choice over a 6700K if you intend to game only (well even in some other task the 6600K is close to the 6700K )
and HT is useless in gaming except on 2 core type i3

well nothing new but glad to see it confirmed

obviously HT is useful on dual core i3

 

[Dethroy]

Neither, Id go with the i5 6600K

If Knoxx29 plans to keep the processor for at least 2-3 years, I'm sure he will see a real benefit from HT in games as well. If he isn't on a budget, I'd say the 6700K is a much better investment.

 

[FireFox]

encoding rendering or any CPU intensive task

For that i have my dual Machine

 

[FireFox]

If Knoxx29 plans to keep the processor for at least 2-3 years, I'm sure he will see a real benefit from HT in games as well. If he isn't on a budget, I'd say the 6700K is a much better investment.

Budget it's not a problem.

 

[Dethroy]

Budget it's not a problem.

There you have your answer

 

[GreiverBlade]

If Knoxx29 plans to keep the processor for at least 2-3 years, I'm sure he will see a real benefit from HT in games as well. If he isn't on a budget, I'd say the 6700K is a much better investment.

i doubt even in 2 or 3 years from now we would see a evolution in the trend ... though it's kinda sad, tho if Intel or AMD will do a next i5 type in a 6 to 8 core manner ... and with a price following the i5 pricing ... i wouldn't say no.

For that i have my dual Machine

then ... no need for a 6700K even with a higher budget ... you can take a 6600K and put the extra in the GPU or SSD or whatever.


funny but since i joined TPU my CPU never lasted me more than 11 to 15 month ... contracted the virus of the serial upgrade itch ( "de Viris Illustribus Vide renova prurigine" errr),always at the best price, new or second hand

 

[Dethroy]

funny but since i joined TPU my CPU never lasted me more than 11 to 15 month ... contracted the virus of the serial upgrade itch ( "de Viris Illustribus Vide renova prurigine" errr),always at the best price, new or second hand

Haven't upgraded since more than 40 months... and still don't see the need to.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Haven't upgraded since more than 40 months... and still don't see the need to.

did i wrote i felt the need to nope nope and nope i just felt to ... buy something ("enthusiast") otherwise i would have kept my 920 or my 760 (or even my E3-1275v2 )

luckily with the resale value each time i "upgraded" my PC's my old pieces yielded me nearly 85% of the new gears prices (or 100% in the case of my "lightning storm 4690K sad event" )

basically i almost work like a reviewer but for personal matter

 

[BeZol]

i5 6600k, or i7 5820k (cheaper than 6800k, but both goes on 4.4ghz with oc). 6850k only if you need 40 pcie lanes. 6600k and 6700k got 20, 5820 and 6800k got 28.
6 cores 12 thread are more futureproof (6+ years), but for now the i5 6600k is the best pick.
Check google directX 12 cpu scaling.

 

[P4-630]

did i wrote i felt the need to nope nope and nope i just felt to ... buy something ("enthusiast") otherwise i would have kept my 920 or my 760 (or even my E3-1275v2 )

luckily with the resale value each time i "upgraded" my PC's my old pieces yielded me nearly 85% of the new gears prices (or 100% in the case of my "lightning storm 4690K sad event" )

basically i almost work like a reviewer but for personal matter

Well I'm glad that in the end I could afford a new Skylake system with a GTX1070, but I don't have the money to upgrade again anytime soon.
This build must last a year at least as I have it now, next year summer I might upgrade to a 1440p monitor and then I have to wait another year before I can upgrade something.
Most of my money goes to the rent of my apartment, mandatory health insurance(140 Euros a month here) and gas.

 

[FireFox]

GPU or SSD

I have already ordered the Evga 1080, and i have a brand new Samsung EVO 850.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have already ordered the Evga 1080, and i have a brand new Samsung EVO 850.

screen, food, beer, hook.. wait not that one ... something useful whatever

oh yes ... some games with the difference between a i5 and a i7 you can get a whole lot of those ... essential things for a gaming rig (new one preferably ) (joking)

 

[FireFox]

Now that i have decided to buy a 6700K I need some help choosing the Motherboard.

Here are the candidates:

1 - Asus Maximus VIII Ranger

2 - Rog Maximus VIII Hero Alpha

Gigabyte, MSI or AsRock advices are not welcome

 

[EarthDog]

Ranger would be plenty for where you (and 99.9% of people) want to take it.

 

[Vego]

go for hero, i love the LEDs there

 

[mrthanhnguyen]

If you do other task while gaming like stream to twitch or watch something, more cores is better. In that case, 5820k or 6800k is your pick.