4690k or 6600k?

antijoke · 25 Aug 2015 at 13:04

Totally new build, is it worth spending the few extra pounds on Skylake over the 4690k or should I be just saving some extra pennies and go with the 4690k?

Emlyn_Dewar · 25 Aug 2015 at 13:27

If you've got the extra to spend, always go for the latest and greatest!

antijoke · 25 Aug 2015 at 13:30

It was about £100 in it between Skylake and an I5 4690K build, was just curious to ask as all I have seen is lolLake/FailLake/****eLake etc etc.

Cyanide · 25 Aug 2015 at 13:36

~£40 difference if you look at the bundles. Skylake didn't live up to expectations and isn't a huge improvement over Devils Canyon but for £40 you'd get a chipset with a bit more life in it and DDR4

Deathjester · 25 Aug 2015 at 14:02

Go with Skylake unless you're looking at a multi GPU setup.

w00dy85 · 25 Aug 2015 at 14:17

I would go Skylake, just for the better chipset.

Boomstick777 · 25 Aug 2015 at 14:36

If your building a new, Skylake makes more sense. Newer chipset, DDR4 etc.

Skylake i5 + decent price 1151 mobo is new gaming sweet spot.

Simon Belmont · 25 Aug 2015 at 14:53

Boomstick777 said:
If your building a new, Skylake makes more sense. Newer chipset, DDR4 etc.

Skylake i5 + decent price 1151 mobo is new gaming sweet spot.

This all the way^

antijoke · 25 Aug 2015 at 15:21

Excellent, thanks for the advice.

This is the planned build FWIW:

Intel Core i5-6600K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Asus Z170 PRO GAMING
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition
Crucial BX100 250GB SSD
EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold'
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor
NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Blue

Deathjester · 25 Aug 2015 at 15:31

anticonscience said:
Excellent, thanks for the advice.

This is the planned build FWIW:

Intel Core i5-6600K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Asus Z170 PRO GAMING
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition
Crucial BX100 250GB SSD
EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold'
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor
NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Blue

Looks like a reasonable build; I might be tempted to go with a different brand of monitor, only because I haven't had great experiences with AOC monitors.

antijoke · 25 Aug 2015 at 15:40

Was the wrong monitor I posted, should have been the Asus VG248QE

Deathjester · 25 Aug 2015 at 15:45

anticonscience said:
Was the wrong monitor I posted, should have been the Asus VG248QE

I have the G-Sync version of that, I love it.

Good choice.

gavinh87 · 25 Aug 2015 at 20:22

I've just come from a 4690k to a 6600k.
The difference small and the motherboards do cost more but you'll be ready for the next wave of intel cpu's as 1150 is dead now.
Plus ddr4 is coming down in price. I have no regrets.

rtho782 · 26 Aug 2015 at 15:45

I wouldn't buy skylake when 5820k exists.

C64 · 26 Aug 2015 at 17:11

Depends how much cheaper the 4690k setup is saving over the 6600k.
Only worth it if it's £100 cheaper area.

It's weird they should be dropping the 4690k price to £150 or less yet it remains not far off the 6600k.
Their loss intel will never learn I don't get it they'd rather destroy haswells than lower price ?

Nasher · 27 Aug 2015 at 11:11

5820k is the better choice TBH.

Andy7 · 27 Aug 2015 at 20:06

rtho782 said:
I wouldn't buy skylake when 5820k exists.

I agree with you

ukxenon · 27 Aug 2015 at 20:34

Same 5820k seems the right cpu

Gabbatek · 28 Aug 2015 at 08:35

yeah 5820k obviously. Far superior cpu!

I'm planning to get this sometime between now and next summer depending how much the price drops or if craplake release a better alternative

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