Ordered i5 6600, Amazon sent i5 7500

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ShikikanZero

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So i ordered a i5 6600 from amazon a couple days ago and ended up receiving a kaby lake 7500 processor instead. should i be complaining? is there a huge performance difference between the 2?
 
Practically, there should be zero noticeable difference in performance. The bigger concern is whether the motherboard you have would support the Kaby Lake processor out-of-the-box, assuming it is based on a previous generation 1xx chipset. 1xx motherboards will need a firmware update in order to use Kaby Lake processors, meaning you may possibly need to find a Skylake to borrow before being able to use the 7500. Of course, if you have a 2xx-chipset-based motherboard, then you will have no issues using either.
 
I'd at least mention it to them. It's the ethical thing to do, even if the i5-7500 would work fine in your current system.
 
Peter2k said:
the 6600 actually has a higher turbo boost then the 7500 :confused:

https://ark.intel.com/m/products/97...-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz#@product/specifications


https://ark.intel.com/m/products/88...-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz#@product/specifications
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i5 7500 is still better because it can do hardware acceleration for h.265 and vp9 both of which will be used heavily in 4k streaming.

It will also support Optane SSD and speedshift v2. The onboard graphics is also about 10% faster than skylake.
 
I'd rather return it and add the difference for the K variant on the 6600

raclimj said:
i5 7500 is still better because it can do hardware acceleration for h.265 and vp9 both of which will be used heavily in 4k streaming.
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because OP stated he has intentions of streaming and encoding 4k a lot, but somehow has chosen a 4 core CPU for things that love more and more cores

it can also be offloaded to a dedicated card
my NVIDIA can do this


getting a K i5 might have been better in that regard anyway
wonder why anyone would choose a 6600 over a 6600k
the uptick is kinda low

at least the 6600 you could BCLK overclock using a custom UEFI
I did that with my 6400, had it running 4.5 on air no sweat

not sure on kaby lake

raclimj said:
It will also support Optane SSD
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unlikely on anything but the new chipsets and newer

OP ordered a 6600
leaves me to believe it's an "old" chipset
so, source for Supporting Optane on z170?

the first products I've seen regarding to Optane are highly meh
considering the price for 8gb it seems to me anyone buying anything but an i7 K cpu is not going for Optane for the next years

until Optane matters and comes into price regions affordable for even enthusiasts OP has another PC altogether

raclimj said:
and speedshift v2.
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mmm

so it can clock down and up faster and more finely grained

not sure how that is an advantage a lot
in a HTPC might be nice

still a higher boost for the first core would be more preferable there as well me thinks

raclimj said:
The onboard graphics is also about 10% faster than skylake.
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Something tells me going for an i5 at the higher end of the spectrum (20 bucks more for k) implies a dedicated card
even if it just 150$ it would obliterate the Intel graphics



ShikikanZero said:
So i ordered a i5 6600 from amazon a couple days ago and ended up receiving a kaby lake 7500 processor instead. should i be complaining? is there a huge performance difference between the 2?
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there is none, not really
maybe like raclimj said
h.265 encoding

but why not choose a 6600k anyway?
 
thanks for the replies! didnt think about the warranty aspect, will contact amazon about this. I didnt go for the 6600K because im actually building this pc for a client, and they have no interest in overclocking. my personal rig has a 6700k.
 
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