If money is no factor and you base it on productivity , gaming , and overall experience for future proofing.
Also consider depreciation and new options on Z270 motherboards for Kaby Lake and much bigger IPC improvement .
Does the 6950X have any future in gaming such as star citizen or any future games where more than 4 cores will help?
Or would you rather take the IPC advantage with the 7700k and have less performance in productivity , using CAD, movie making etc or just having multiple programs open at once. Maybe Virtual Machines?
Also consider depreciation and new options on Z270 motherboards for Kaby Lake and much bigger IPC improvement .
Does the 6950X have any future in gaming such as star citizen or any future games where more than 4 cores will help?
Or would you rather take the IPC advantage with the 7700k and have less performance in productivity , using CAD, movie making etc or just having multiple programs open at once. Maybe Virtual Machines?