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Is the i7-6700k the best processor for gaming right now? I'm thinking about performance on Fallout 4 and GTA 5.
No, the Athlon 64 is.
For gaming, I wouldn't recommend anything less than a Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3.
>>52071174
Ordered. Thank you, Shlomo. Your recommendations are always spot on. I'm sure I won't regret this one either.
Yes, but that's a stupid purchase.
i5 6600k is marginally slower in games and significantly cheaper.
>>52071086
Just get a 5870K
It is the same price as skymeme and has pretty much the same IPC + 2 more cores.
Gaming mostly depends on the graphics card.
There is no point in a CPU bigger than the X4 860K.
>>52071220
Great CPU and Average GPU > Average CPU and Great GPU.
>>52071220
I'm getting a GTX 980 Ti graphics card and a 27" 144hz monitor.
>>52071320
Depends on what you are looking to do with it and game to game. However from a future proofing perspective a good CPU will last you a lot longer than a good GPU.
>>52071338
Good for you
I got an i7 4790k how well did I do?
>>52071474
Thanks.
5820K
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Its better to invest in a good CPU because it has significantly more future proofing and with intel you have to consider getting a new cpu will cost significantly more due to requiring a new mobo as well.
AMD has less issues but they have kinda given up on innovation with regards to their CPUs
>>52071338
>I'm getting a GTX 980 Ti graphics card and a 27" 144hz monitor.
What a waste.
You can't just wait for pascal?
>>52071624
Is that a good idea?
How long will I have to wait though?
>>52071220
>>52071320
>>52071338
>>52071362
>>52071474
So is this CPU a good choice or not? Is the i7-5820K better for playing these games?
>>52071174
>he doesn't have a 1 million dollar cluster for his gaymes.
>>52071498
Kill yourself.
I don't hate you desu.
Skymeme is priced awkwardly right now. 5820k is a better buy at around $300 without a doubt.
Also both skymeme unlocked processors are about $75 more than their Devils canyon counterparts. So if you're going for value, go for those.
4790K is better for gaming.
>>52071884
Wrong image. Fuck.
>>52071798
I'm able to get i-6700k for only about $10 more than the i-5820k
>>52071086
go x99 with a 5820k and good GPU (more important than the CPU)
upgrade to broadwell-e later, if needed.
>>52071896
>>52071884
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/3502vs2384
>>52071905
So you're saying the i7-5820K is better for gaming?
>>52071946
Yeah but the 6700k is noticebly worse for gaming.
>>52071798
But you can overclock non-k skymemes now
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-locked-intel-cpus-can-now-be-overclocked
>>52071968
not generally. in some games, yeah. but CPU doesn't really matter for games anymore. even a 3770k would be fine for gaming. the GPU will be the bottleneck for any modern game.
with x99 you get better boards and all the good shit from z170 (ddr4, m.2 nvme)
>>52072060
Across 12 pretty major titles at random, it is outperformed by 110 frames per second by the 4790K. When we're paying an extra $1-300 for 10 exta FPS with a GPU. A CPU that is fucking up the FPS by an average of 10, is something worth paying attention to.
>>52072060
>>52072292
So you'd recommend what card?
>>52072060
You're so full of shit.
>>52072330
depends on your budget and resolution
>>52072057
only with shitty ASrock and GIGABYTE motherboards.
>>52072292
Sorry to include you, you're actually correct.
>>52072060
Is full of shit.
>>52072330
i7 4790K, definitely. I'm doing a $5000 4K gaming machine, and I'm going with 4790K.
>>52071204
>i5 6600k is marginally slower in games and significantly cheaper.
This is the best option for a new gaming rig.
The loss in performance is negligible but the cost savings is large.
>>52072354
Nope, MSI and ASUS is supporting BCLK overclock too. What did you think, they would pass on that? cmon
http://gamerick.com/overclocking-locked-skylake-in-an-msi-mobo/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9848/bclk-overclocking-intels-non-k-skylake-processors-coming-soon
>>52072399
4790k leads to lga 1150 which leads to z97 which leads to no ddr4, no quad channel and only like 3 boards with m.2 nvme.
not acceptable for a $5000 machine.
Just got myself an i5 6600k. I'm finally on the Intel train after years being with AMD.
I would've gone with the i7 6700k but fuck that price tag right now good lord.
>>52071708
5820k is better in the long run.
>>52072351
Budget 2000 dollars for the whole build. Monitor 1440p and 144hz
i7 5820k is the best CPU at the moment. 4820K is the runner-up. It's nice, but it doesn't support DDR4 memory and it doesn't overclock quite as nicely.
>>52072808
There aren't really any advantages for DDR4 at the current gaming moment
There hasn't been a bottleneck due to RAM in over 15 years
>>52072491
DDR4 and quad channel hasn't shown any performance boost in gaming. And I have one of the m.2 ssd lga 1150 motherboards (msi gaming 5).
>>52072808
I don't know why the 4820k would be considered since it's basically a slower 4790k with more PCI-E lanes and more DIMM slots. It's pretty much down to, if you're gonna get a i7 tier CPU, get the 5820k, if you're just gaming get a i5 6400 and make use of the new BCLK overclocking.
>>52072833
The more important aspect of DDR4 at the moment is its increase frequency capabilities. 3GHz RAM is a wonderful thing. If you're already using, say, 1666MHz DDR3, you'll certainly enjoy the upgrade.
From the replies here it seems like my best options are i7-6700k, i5-6600k and i7-5820k. Because there is no real consensus here in this thread, I should learn more about how what features of each affect performance on a game like Fallout 4. How do I do that?
>>52072924
Overclocked, the 5820k can beat out a 6700k. I've personally overclocked mine to 4.4GHz comfortable on air. The single core performance of the 5820k is indeed under the 6700k, but they still perform incredibly close to each other at their respective stock speeds.
Also, 5820k is cheaper because it's not the latest generation.
>>52071086
Typical gaming retards.
Lets do some Logic summary
> 1) I need the best of the best to play games that ether do not utilize specific features of hardware or just enjoy the thought of being no.1 for less then a second.
> 2) I need to use a high grade CPU so I am able to calculate if the world is going to be sucked into a black hole while I play csgo
Somewhat over this stupid fucking gamer mind.
Tho If you had said:
"I am not a dumb cunt after top hardware, I do however game, use virtulised machines, run a server sometimes, and compress files on a everyday basic, and so on, maybe, just maybe that is a fitting choice to buy high priced hardware.
Seeing how having a keyboard with faggot changing LEDs on it somehow makes you a top notch fat cunt, I guess you guys are retarded with a fat wallet and no brains.
To prevent retards Implying I am poor...
Bank has 23k in it. I already have a system which can play games using no graphics card.
>Costs me a grand.
>Has another 4 years in her until I need a graphics card
Not going to buy a top cunt machine because having interest, the ability to buy a new car, and brains, allows me to tell retards they are retarded.
>>52073033
Maybe it's because you do not have any changing LED keyboards. These keyboards always remind you that you are retarded with us.
I have you know I play gta5 at 59.9 using my titan.
>>52071905
>x99 with a 5820k
This. I plan on running Freenet/i2p(cpu intensive p2p applications) inside a Xen VM or KVM and am torn between an i7-5820k or an i7-6700k.
The i7-6700k has four cores, but can handle eight threads, while the i7-5820k has six cores but can handle 12 threads. I already bought a gtx 750ti for the VM guest it's just that if I choose a x99 chip then I'll need to buy a second gpu sooner.
>>52071086
stop being such a guy goy. Both games works on my PC at ultra settings (60FPS) and guess what, it has an overclocked g3258 CPU.
Don't fall for this meme shit.
>>52073098
Do you even know what threads do when you are using applicated functions that do not need to use all cores at once?
The cores sit there and do fucking nothing
>Flushing money down the drain
Just being a normal cunt and buy a 4790k.
>>52071320
Yeah, not for gaymens.
Meme and trolling aside, go Skylake OP, the IPC difference exist and is noticeable. Don't waste money on a dead platform:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0
The thing is the i7 6700 is hard to reccomend for gaming, when the i5 has almost the same performance. You could say the i7 is more futureproof, yet when major differences start to appear between the two, is going to be the time when both CPU will be probably obsolete.
Its up to you if you want to pay these $100.
>>52073140
>buy a 4790k.
Well that's another variable, but there's no upgradability.
At least with a i7-5820k, i could upgrade to a used i7-5930k or a used i7-5960x...
>>52073033
>money sitting in a bank
if you're gonna play the rich card, at least start with some non-liquid assets, preferably something with projected growth like anything not a vehicle
>>52071086
>Shitout Four
Just kill yourself already.
>>52073291
Yeah and why the fuck do you need anything more powerful and worth more?
Unless you are running MORE >> then 10 virtulised systems then having more cores come into a non dumb cunt area.
>>52073317
Interesting breakdown over the smallest point in my comment.
I guess having money and being retarded is the norm here.
Should I just empty my bank out and waste it on a system that yells " dumb cunt gamer" like you guys?
Maybe begin buying a house?
Beats me. You guys piss money away on hardware that is overkill.
>>52072899
Not really, anything above 1600mhz has extremely diminishing returns, the difference between 1600mhz and 2400mhz memory is so stupidly low its nothing
>>52073033
I will be using a 27" monitor 144hz 1440p and I'll want to play Fallout 4 on maximum settings so I figure I need a good graphics card and CPU for that.
>>52073346
Okay, okay. It was just a possibility, i wouldn't actually pay $800-1000 just to run Freenet and game at the same time. XD
I think I'll be getting the i7-5820k for my plans.
>>52072899
>If you're already using, say, 1666MHz DDR3, you'll certainly enjoy the upgrade.
Not really
http://techbuyersguru.com/does-ram-speed-matter-ddr3-1600-vs-1866-2133-and-2400-games
>>52073389
>>52073389
http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/
get an i9
>>52073419
and get DDR3 1600mhz memory gives me 60fps over every set up
This just goes to show how shit DDR4 is
DDR4 is pointless unless you're using an igpu.
>i7 for gaming
>>52073390
Fallout is the same game whether you use turd hardware or rich cunt hardware.
It will not add future DLC to a sim city game and it will not make the game better,
With that logic:
>Would buying fallout 4 then costs at least a grand to even use?
Who the fuck buys a games that requires to buy a new monitor, graphics card, CPU. What happens after you finish?
>Try to make yourself feel better then only shit games will use hardware that is considered overkill for sim city
My mate is playing it on his 6 year 760 nvidia card and his pentium 4 4.0ghz overclocked cpu.
>>52073335
8/10 moobie, a favorite top 10 for me
So, um why aren't you running an anonymous p2p application like Tor in a VM, in preparation for SOPA/TPP?
>>52072354
>>52072434
>>52072057
So it looks like its a concentrated effort by Intel itself to allow this. To mitigate the AMD Zen's bombshell.
>>52073468
So let's say I am using a 144hz monitor 1440p resolution, what CPU and GPU would be ideal but not overkill (waste of money) for running Fallout 4 on max settings perfectly.
>>52073497
>AMD's Zen bombshell.
Which will have the performance of Haswell
>>52073491
What?
>>52073491
Becuase the botnet kills people and everyone here is a gamer retard.
They play of servers which logs everything they do.
>The botnet,
>The fear
>The bypasses
>The government control on dem bypasses
>Becomes botnet
>>52073528
for all intents and purposes, haswell performance is the same as skylake's
>>52073515
Playing a 1080 games on anything higher is going to be over kill.
Fallout 4 is a console port which they then adjusted for 1080. Anything over that is your graphics card doing to amp the reso.
You are aiming to far up the scale and get what you think will be the experience of a life time.
Remember your first car?
Does it matter now?
My guess is that you replaced it for something better. Apply that to computers and slow the fuck down on the overkill spending of jew dollars
970
290
390
960
780ti
shit all said above do it. Use two of these and you get your 60fps shit that doesn't really matter.
>>52071086
Skylake has worse single thread performance than haswell.
>>52073662
this
>>52073591
OK then, I'll take your advice and just use the 24" 1080p 60fps monitor that I have now. I've decided on a i5-6600k because it is cheaper. What graphics card do you recommend? I was going to go for a 980 Ti but I'm thinking that is maybe overkill too.
>>52073804
970, 390x, 290, 780ti,
>>52073497
Bus frequency overclocking is not a new concept. Look at this mad fuck overclocking celeron 300a to 700mhz
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1854992
Abit had a dual cpu motherboard just for celeron 300a, you were the king with 2 300a running at 450MHz. Multi CPU only worked on Windows NT 4 though so it was useless for muh directx games but it run quake like mad. It was overall a very cheap alternative to Pentium Pro workstations
>>52073528
If this is true, then AMD's lower end will eat the intel's mid-low end market. They are mitigating that by allowing OC on non-k CPU.
skylake is generally a waste of money
How is this guys? I've already bought the motherboard and put it in the case.
>>52074060
I've also already got the PSU except I got the 850w version.
>>52074060
what monitor
>>52074187
At the moment I have a 1080p 60hz monitor but I'd like to get a 144hz in the future, possibly a 27"
>>52074227
with your current monitor the 980ti is overkill but if you plan on upgrading then you gucci
>>52073033
And 23k is a lot to you?
>>52074254
Was just about to say - what kind of fucking poorfag background did this guy come from that he thinks 23k in the bank is a lot :P I'd be saving on PCs too if I was that poor.
>>52071086
> GTA 5
Yes. 5-8 fps more than the 4790k.
