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Gaming? Get a 6700K, you can get one and a high-end board for less than a i7- 5820K and the cheapest possible board. I'm pretty convinced at this point that the gaming industry will move from 4 cores to 8 cores at some point in the future so 6 isn't going to help anyway. Per-thread the 6700K is the fastest CPU ever.
There is no way of knowing exactly how much Dx12 will take advantage of the extra threads, but there is only ~$50ish difference in price and you get 2 extra cores/4 extra threads.
Depends what you want, usb C or more cores. The pcie lane statement is correct and incorrect:
Skylake still only has 16 native PCIe 3.0 lanes dedicated to GPUs. The 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes provided via PCH are for peripherals only, connected to the CPU via DMI 3.0, so you can't use them for (nVidia) GPUs. So if you want to have more m.2 drives etc connected, yes, z170 has more lanes. X99 is still better for more GPU's though. Of course you could buy a z170 mobo with PLX, but that kind of defeats the purpose because they are ~$400.
Skylake-K for single gpu, a X99 is still a major advantage for SLI/multigpu.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZABt8bHgDHo
At 4k with newer games and 980ti SLI you are looking at a 20-30% gap in performance between quad core haswell and hex core haswell at same frequencies. Skylake at 7-10% improvement won't close that gap in multigpu gaming so advanatage still goes to 5820k.
I'm pretty convinced at this point that the gaming industry will move from 4 cores to 8 cores at some point in the future so 6 isn't going to help anyway.
So comical how you always put your vacuous comments.
Then why is 6 better if CPU performance is "less relevant"?
You like to read, just can't comprehend. Not even your own thoughts nor the vacuous comments for that matter. As usual.
If you're going to say something, say something that makes sense, like by the time games start fully using 8 cores Haswell and Skylake will be dinosaurs. Saying 6 cores is useless over 4 cores because games will move to 8 cores is illogical..
X99's additional cores only help in a few games. Post the games you plan to play and we'll see whether or not they would benefit from more slower cores or few faster cores. Keep in mind that in general, the higher the graphical settings and resolution, the more GPU bound you become and the less relevant the CPU performance is.
What about this post?
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1041747715&postcount=121
If you have a Microcenter near you just get the 5820K for $299 and the Asus X99-A board. It's a very cheap setup.
The 5820K @ 4.5Ghz 6 cores / 12 treads is a very potent setup for 4k video editing / game play / music production / rendering etc
Not only the extra treads, you get double the memory bandwidth.
Getting 4.5Ghz is not likely. It's a best case scenario. 4.2 or 4.3 is a more realistic expectation.
Gaming only? The i7 6700K
The Z170 is one hell of a chip set when it comes to PCIE lanes and I/O.
70%...........LOL.
Comparing our Skylake DDR4 and previous DDR3 platforms we see that DDR4 pulls up short when compared clock-for-clock and this is due to DDR4 having more latency due to more relaxed timings. (Check out Test System page for a full rundown of timings on all systems.) Once we see Skylake DDR4 scale to its Intel specified platform speed of 2133MHz, it starts pulling out in front of our DDR3 systems. Above 3000MHz, DDR4 is even more impressive in this dual channel configuration. Even X99 motherboards with DDR4 in quad-channel configurations are only achieving 53GB/s at 2666MHz.
More... autistic... troll food!!! Seriously though, is being e-right 100% of the time really worth it? I mean to write these essays that split hairs down to the letter to say "no I really wasn't wrong because X word actually has a 57th definition in webster which means exactly what I said!" Do you have like an e-heavy weight champion belt or something?
Anyway.. Smite, EverQuest, and MAME arcade games..
CPU?!
He spreads bad information, then calls me a liar and claims I spread bad information when I correct him. I for one do not like taking personal attacks lying down.
Sounds traumatizing, like someone just bombed your house. But wait, in a moment of lucidity you remember: It's the internet. It carries the collective weight of "your momma." Aren't there more important things for you to care about?