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6800k or 7700k

IvanDobskey

IvanDobskey

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Going to do a rebuild on my 2500k rig.

Wondering whether to go x99/6800k or wait for z270/7700k.

I mostly use the pc for gaming, media streaming and general usage. Doubt I'll be upgrading for a long time after this. I'll be overclocking it.
 
I'm biased and firmly in the "more cores for the future" camp so my vote goes 6800k. You could even get the 5820k as there's not a lot in it and it clocks slightly better. Silicon lottery though.

If you want the latest features go with z270. There's no denying that skylake is better in general for gaming but the difference isnt as big as people say.

Most games are GPU bottlenecked, what res will you be running? Games that like strong single thread performance will prefer skylake but from all the research I done it usually boils down to around 5 fps.

For me the extra 2 cores were more important.
 
If you're going to be holding on to it for a long time, I'd choose the 6800k (or 5820k as mentioned above) for the additional cores.
7700k looks quite underwhelming...
 
Yeh this is my debate all over.

More cores for the future or the latest features and single threaded performance for the now.

I don't really need the extra pcie lanes though. I have no plans for sli and will be sticking with a single 1070 for at least two years.

Unfortunately i can't go throwing the money around for a 6950x :p

I'd say £650 is my limit on this rebuild.
 
If your limited on budget I would get whichever is cheaper.

For your usage either will be ok IMHO.

May also be worth looking at 5820k and 6700k if the price is right.

Better to save some cash and get a better gpu for gaming.
 
Well I'm not really short on cash but there's a limit to what I'm prepared to throw at my pc. Want to get my mortgage paid off in the next few years :)

The 5820k seems to be harder to get hold of and not much cheaper than the 6800k.

Happy with my 1070 for gaming at 1440p but feel my cpu is now a little behind the times.
 
IPC is better on skylake BUT the difference is tiny in reality. At 1440p the CPU won't be working so hard anyway. Either chip will compliment a 1070 nicely.
 
I would wait for the 7700k.

Z270 boards might offer something new.

Then price up 6700k and 6800k as well and see which looks better value.

The 7700k might be more expensive for a very small gain.
 
I'd go 6800k but it seems they only clock to about 4.2 ghz and the x99 platform is getting a little old now.

Shame there are still no 6 core mainstream parts :(
 
Well no, I'm sure it isn't. I'm just trying to weigh up the best for my needs :)

Will hang on for more overclocking results on the 7700k before making a decision i think.

If most 7700k are hitting 5ghz i might be swayed.
 
only reason to get a i6700k or 7700k is price.

rest its x99 platform.

about same in games.games like bf1 for eg showing more cores when catered for = better experience.

more cores to do everything else. generally better at media aswell.

so if budget is fine id get a 5820k newer ones about tend to clock well.or a 6800k over 6700 or 7700.
 
If i go 6800k what am i likely to be able to clock it to? I'm guessing 4.2ghz?

Actually i just priced up a 6800k, x99 board and 16gb of ddr4 and it came to £680. Maybe a bit more than i want to spend.
 
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well the thing is you dont need to match what a 6700k will do .say it does 4.7ghz.a 5820 or 6800 will match that at probably 4.2.most newer 5820ks do 4.4-4.7. so that is a 5ghz 6700k/7700k all day.

6800ks seem to oc a little less on avg.

also remember thats just for stuff where they are both even.in almost everything else the x99 platform will be ahead.sometimes by large margins.
 
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well the thing is you dont need to match what a 6700k will do .say it does 4.7ghz.a 5820 or 6800 will match that at probably 4.2.most newer 5820ks do 4.4-4.7. so that is a 5ghz 6700k/7700k all day.

6800ks seem to oc a little less on avg.

also remember thats just for stuff where they are both even.in almost everything else the x99 platform will be ahead.sometimes by large margins.
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I think it depends on your use.

In games they are pretty even with the 4 core cpu doing better in single threaded where cpu performance is more likely to be a bottleneck. Games that can use 6 cores are likely to be gpu limited.

Unless your regularly running software that utilize more cores x99 is only attractive at the right price.

I went with x99 as I got a good deal on an ocuk bundle.

At work we have both 5820k and 6700k systems for Adobe and 3d design.
Unless your doing lots of rendering the 6700k is just as good IMHO

I would go with the cheaper option and put that money towards a gpu upgrade later on.
 
When the 6800k is behind its by a little bit, when its ahead its usually noticably more.

Although that's in benchmarks, unless you encode a lot of stuff and time is of the essence then you wont really notice.

My main reason for going 6 core was back in the day when Bad company 2 came out. I was rocking a 4ghz E8400 dual core and the game really wanted a quad core and really hit performance. That was years ago and since CPU's havent progressed in terms of raw power i see the future being more cores the better. The consoles are all mini pc's now and they run 8 core cpus ( i think). With DX12 now coming round it makes sense looking long term.

You cant fake those cores though, if you aint got em you aint got em!

I've clocked to 4.2ghz and because of my cooling (single 120 rad) its my happy place with temps/performance. I can get it to 4.4ghz but the temps got way out of hand. Never tried going faster but TBH is so fast i have no need for 4.2ghz never mind 4.4ghz+.
 
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