Intel Core i7 6700K  vs i5 6600K 

Wowzorz, a whole 23 mhz difference

I use both processors for gaming coding 3d modeling. Use GPUs from 1060 to 1080, In real world so far I don't see any difference

you need a bios update if youre using a kaby lake cpu (i7-7700k) on a b1,h1,and z1 motherboards

it was the bios. not really ready for the board (and bios ver 1.0 is scary) and no way to update it.

thats odd bud, i personally have an i5 with only 8gb of ram, i run various producing programs and video editing software. some have a little "cpu usage" meter on them and i never see them pass 1/8 of the meter. black ops and most games are also 60+ frames. i was thinking of upgrading to an i7 just because i wanna do the whole water cool led "look at me" build next

now when do we get an i9? i did buy the i7-7700k first.- but none of the boards i have would support it. even with a bios update. sent it back to amazon. a afffordable 6 core would be nice. i dont like to spend more than 400 for a cpu.

had to sell the i5. my cpu usage in win 10 build 15025 was usually always at least 60%. and encoding, vsts, and djing was a bit off. i have 32gbs ddr4. i5 was clocked at 4.4ghz. but when it needed to do something intensive. crash. got the i7-6600k. and cpu usage is around 8%. and i am not overclocking it. tried the i5 on 3 boards. same deal. i think for the money its ok. but to give them the same rating is crazy. hyperthreading saves me hours. im not a gamer. maybe i should start again. peace

Is i7 better for VR? i currently have a i5 and play loads of battlefield 1 too and it's saying recommended CPU is a i7? help? if anything i can give you my email so we can talk back and forth because i have a boat load of questions about computers

ZEN is a hype trap. Just like FX

No, not better, but definitely in the same ballpark.

I'm running a similar setup and I agree with you. I have an MSI Z170A G5 paired with a Skylake i5 6600K (overclocked @4.2GHz) and 16GB of Ballistix Sport LT RAM. I went with a MSI GTX 1060 X 6GB graphics card but I only use a small SSD for windows. I put all of my games on an old Western Digital Black (until I decide to buy a larger SSD) and everything runs great. I have a pretty good monitor also (KG240 A) with a refresh rate of 144hz and a response time of 1ms (FreeSync also though it's of no use to me). I consider the build to be pretty damn good considering the money I spent to build it. The 1060 eats up anything I throw at it. I doubt spending that extra $160.00 would have been worth it for my particular uses.

I'm really happy with my 6600K but if I had the extra cash I would have went with the 6700K. Both processors are pretty much identical besides the hyper-threading of the i7. As to value the 6600K wins hands down.

I got my i5-6600k for $199 vs the i7-6700k which cost $359.99 and I'm completely happy with my decision of saving $160 But then again, I'm also running (unlike CPUBoss) the following: MSI Gaming M7 Mainboard Viper extreme 3400Mhz 2x8GB Dual Channel mode Asus Strix GTX970 Graphics connected to a Samsung 48" 4k UHD Smart TV Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD 1TB

You are not representing EITHER processor properly with all due respect. They both are capable of DDR4 upto what? 3600Mhz Dual Channel yet you're testing them both with DDR3L 1600Mhz? Get real, CPUBoss. I'll probably look elsewhere for real life comparisons from now on. Also, running liquid cooling, I'm getting my i5-6600k overclocked to 4.576, not 4.54

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IDK but I just wanna get a GTX 1060 MSi GAMING X over the RX 480. I just don't like it for some reason. All the games that AMD has performed better on are either sponsored by AMD (like Hitman) or poorly optimised (Tomb Raider). I believe after all, that GTA 5 seems to be the best game for testing out GPUs. And in that, the GTX 1060 has the trophy. Try to look into the GTX 1060 a little before buying the 480 but again, it's your choice, whether or not either performs better.

I have both . Finished the i7 build. Still deciding on parts for the i5

I first bought the I5 6600k for my mitx i built for my (owner operator). Amazon sent me everything except the cpu. I went online and cancelled my order for the 6600k and drove up to Micro Center and bought an I7 6700k. It was $52 more than what Amazone was charging for the I5. So splurged a little bit. I got a good deal on my GPU and plus the I did not have to buy another motherboard. I primarily will be using my rig for gaming, record keeping, and entertainment but I also play around with some software like Blender once in awhile. Problem is I am not getting alot of time to learn new software but I try. On top of that got an email today saying Amazon is shipping the I5 I cancelled and will arrive on the 12th. I don't plan on returning it but it will have to sit for awhile. I am planning a matx build in the future. But I really like the I7 6700k so far and I haven't overclocked it. I'm glad I bought it. I paid $300 for the I7 and paid $230 plus shipping for the I5

I just purchased an i5-6600k for my son. These CPUs can be overclocked to roughly the same speed as an i7-6700k. Each additional thread equates to only about 0.3 cores, since the extra threads are simply a 2nd register file and the CPU rapidly switches to the other registers/thread whenever the main thread is stalled due to pipeline interlocks. Often (about 70% of the time) the alternate thread would be stalled as well! So you are talking 4 cores for $229(i5-6600k) vs. 5.2 cores for $329(i7-6700k). The 1.2 "extra" core is not worth a 50% price boost! Most games are still bottlenecked by the GPU (we are purchasing an Rx480 to get fluid 60 fps at 1080p). If you want a really good deal wait for AMD Zen this winter - you will probably be able to get 8 actual cores at Intel speeds for ~ $300, not just 5.2 cores.

if your gaming get i5, if you do video editing and gaming get i7 as easy as that i got i7 as was on offer for 200 pounds from a online store

well mate not genuinely you can do that with an i5 6600k also but u need a decent oc and A grade cooling because you don't want your cpu to be running above 60C at all times or maybe even 65

Alienware? Does anyone really buy that crap? They are overpriced and not worth the money considering you can build your own with the same configuration for half the price.

Yes if you a heavy user, or you do not know if will use it or not in future, if you have the money yes. 2016-05-31 16:54 GMT+03:00 Disqus <notifications@disqus.net>:

My friend had a 4690K i5 and went for 6600K i5 even though he games a LOT with a little editing/animation etc. If you're on a budget of ~2000 dollars then I don't recommend getting the i7 at all. Just buy a kickass liquid cooler (prefer Corsair) and OC