i5 6400 to 6600K?

[prjwebb]

For gaming at 144hz 1080p, would this yield significant gains?

The rest of the system is Asus z170 sabertooth, 16gb ram, r9 nitro fury.

And is going i7 6700K instead a no brainer?

Thanks

 

[peahead]

You would gain some fps with the 6600k maybe 10fps but have you not considered a gpu upgrade instead you would see bigger gains that way

 

[prjwebb]

Ha I just upgraded to the fury

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

What's your GPU usage during gaming? Use something like afterburner to see what percentage your CPU/GPU is using.

 

[prjwebb]

I'll check it out. I tend to run up upcapped fps so probably 100% usage

 

[peahead]

Ha I just upgraded to the fury

Oh i see then i guess @ 6600k overclocked to say 4.5ghz would give you a boost or if you really want that little bit more a 6700k

 

[prjwebb]

But we are not talking anything substantial?

 

[peahead]

Best you look at benchmarks between both cpu but from what i have seen your looking at about 10 fps or slightly more.

 

[prjwebb]

I'm assuming a decent oc would stretch that though.

I'll do some research tonight

 

[ste91]

I'm on a 6500 and sometimes regret not going for a 6600k instead, but depending on your BIOS you can overclock the non-k models, some people have got quite good results even with the 6400, have a look on youtube. If you've got a decent cooler on there you might get away with not having to upgrade.

 

[prjwebb]

Yeah sadly the sabertooth is one of the few z170s without a non K bios

 

[ste91]

Ah if you need to upgrade then I'd consider a 6600k and a decent cooler, it'll be faster out of the box plus the ability to overclock, an i7-6700k seems overkill compared with the rest of your system though. I can't justify upgrading from a 6500 to a 6600k myself, as I can O/C my 6500 and I don't "need" the extra performance yet.

 

[prjwebb]

Yeah I bought a decent cooler with the intention of ocing the 6400 before I realised there was no bios for my mobo so I'm pretty much good for ocing the 6600k

 

[Jumper118]

You could get a different board instead of the other cpu. You might be able to do a straight swap for a deluxe or rog board.

 

[prjwebb]

Hmm that's a point. My white theme will be ruined though!

 

[nashathedog]

Hmm that's a point. My white theme will be ruined though!

Plus the OS's are usually locked to the motherboards so you'd need to get another one. I wouldn't swap the motherboard.

 

[los]

If you swapped the other motherboard, the other one he got would probably have a code linked to it anyway.
I'm guessing its cheaper to replace the mobo, but a lot more hastle.
The Z170a krait gaming I have is white and I'm pretty sure it has a non k bios, I'm pretty sure its a lot cheaper than yours as well. There must be lots of white motherboards, although personally I went with a k as I figured its a guaranteed overclock without any of the issues attached to BCLK overclocking, the main one for me was the voltage dropping, but whatever the OP is happiest with really.

 

[prjwebb]

I ended up going with the 6600K. OC'd at 4.4ghz without even upping the vcore and it seemed stable in every day use. Temps were low even at full load for I upped it to 1.25v just to be sure. I could push the clock higher but my CPU usage isn't getting close to maxing out anymore so no reason to.