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5820K to 6700K... any benefit?

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Any benefit in doing this, aside from perhaps a slight bump in games (if that)? I'm curious from an aesthetic point of view, as friend of mine has a 5820K but is asking me to put together 6700K build for him, mostly because he likes aesthetics of Z170 board and layout etc. He games and does some video/photoshop work, so extra cores aren't entirely wasted, but not exactly essential. I've not had much experience with Skylake so I don't know how well it fares, as I have a 5820K myself, but I'm more curious looking ahead... are we going to see the extra cores on a 5820K utilised in gaming, VR or anything else mainstream soon? Or is that years away yet?
 
It seems a bizarre side/down grade especially as games with DX12 etc become more receptive to more cores. Maybe get him a non-windowed case?!
 
Yeah that's what I was thinking. It's probably not helped that X99 has been a bit pointless for the average user since its release, but we seem to approaching a point in the very near future (perhaps) where it will actually become more beneficial to have those extra cores at your disposal.
 
why would you downgrade lol.

in some newer benchmarks it alredy shows the benefit.clock the 5820k if its a good one and it really comes to life. in the future games it will be quicker.at editing and everything else multitasking its already faster.
 
Seems strange to downgrade for cosmetic reasons. Besides, there's some nice looking x99 boards too, if staring at computer components through a plastic window is your thing :)

I built a new system recently around the 6700k. I'm very happy with it. But I also considered the 5820k for the extra cores and the only reason I didn't go with this was budget. If I could have, I would have (well, that or the new 6800k).
 
Yes, fully agree and echoes what I've been telling my friend. He's just a bit hung up on the aesthetics side of things and likes what he likes lol! All arguments above make perfect sense though, just need to drill that in to him ha!
 
A alternative solution:

Keep using the X99 system, but put it in a plain discrete case and tuck it away out of sight.

Build a pretty looking Z170 system in a nice windowed case, put this somewhere prominent and pretend that's what's being used.

Best of both worlds :)
 
I dread to think how many think there is a benefit and will buy one anyway. 6700 is a bigger number than 5820, it's a tough call to make.
 
Legend said:
Any benefit in doing this, aside from perhaps a slight bump in games (if that)? I'm curious from an aesthetic point of view, as friend of mine has a 5820K but is asking me to put together 6700K build for him, mostly because he likes aesthetics of Z170 board and layout etc. He games and does some video/photoshop work, so extra cores aren't entirely wasted, but not exactly essential. I've not had much experience with Skylake so I don't know how well it fares, as I have a 5820K myself, but I'm more curious looking ahead... are we going to see the extra cores on a 5820K utilised in gaming, VR or anything else mainstream soon? Or is that years away yet?
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What clock-speed is the 5820k running at would be the question. Like for like in terms of clockspeed with skylake they are pretty much identical in games and the 5820k will stretch its legs beyond skylake in video/photoshop.

Consider getting an AIO cooler for for the 5820k and run it at 4.5GHZ minimum would be my suggestion.

If video/photoshop less important and gaming in CPU bound games more important then Skylake is pretty awesome as 4.7GHZ is very common on the 6700k. I was lucky and got mine running at 4.8GHZ with low temps.

Maybe also consider an NVMe SSD disk for the 5820k, I was surprised at the kick-up in perf by using one.
 
hardly a downgrade based on core count considering we barely have games that use quad core never mind hex core, more of a tiny and i mean tiny upgrade/side grade for gaming. anyone saying a downgrade clearly has justification reasons going off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwwaVGUFtk

edit: for other tasks then yea the 5820 to 6700k would be a slight downgrade, but again its very slight.
 
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It's a different story on dx12 games which will use more cores. Also windows 10 will try to use extra cores by itself. They don't say what OS they are testing on.
 
Nasher said:
It's a different story on dx12 games which will use more cores. Also windows 10 will try to use extra cores by itself. They don't say what OS they are testing on.
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...ted-Ashes-Singularity-Benchmark/Results-Avera

not yet it isn't, the 6700k is still faster in dx12, granted true dx12 games going forward the 5820k should be faster but at the moment it simply isn't.

i personally wouldn't swap, but stating you shouldn't because its a downgrade simply isn't true.
 
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