Gaming 2500k cpu upgrade? 6700k or 5820k

[OrionTC]

went ahead and did it. The board of the 2500k or the PSU was on it's way out, kept doing funky things like multiple attempts to boot and just flashing then powering down.

But anyway:

Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz
Asus TUF X99 Sabertooth Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz
Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower Case
Noctua NH-D15S Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler
Super Flower Leadex Platinum 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum"
Noctua NF-A14 PWM Fan

To go alongside my:

970 MSI GTX
Samsung 840 SSD
Samsung 850 SSD

runs super smooth, much smoother than before. I can literally throw anything at it.

it was an expensive show but hopefully it's me done for 5 years in the CPU department. The board has a 5 year warranty. I'm going to do a mild OC on the CPU.

i also noticed that even at stock speeds the main MMORPG i play runs much smoother.

 

[OrionTC]

What resolution are you playing at OrionTC? And is it your average frame rates during gaming that have improved the most or minimum frame rates?

1080p, 144hz monitor.

The game I play is archeage, its a cryengine game, the FPS is very dependent on where you are, if you're in a crowded area etc, its very different to a single player game.

It's still early days and i need to OC the cpu a bit but I can definitely tell my minimum and average FPS is higher in this game. It would literally grind to a halt on my 2500k, the CPU ultilisation when i selected "multithread rendering" in the options would spike between 80-100% per core.

This 5820k handles it much better.

I guess the problems I had with the 2500k stability could have played into things too making the 5820k look better. My 2500k was many years old and always been overclocked to 4.4ghz.