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Hariy
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http://i.imgur.com/PPhoM6k.jpg?1
Computer corner. Can upload the rest when I finish the room
Love it.
http://i.imgur.com/PPhoM6k.jpg?1
Computer corner. Can upload the rest when I finish the room
Love it.
05-Dec-2015 23:07:02
I wouldn't say a 4790k is
better
than a 6700k; it's just cheaper and therefore more performance for your money - a 6700k is better than a 4790k, performance considered. I believe a 6700k has the same amount of PCI-e lanes but it has DMI 3 compared to DMI 2, so the lanes coming from the PLX chip (which is 20 for Z170 I believe) will be even faster, which is great for new storage solutions, however a bit overkill for anything that's considered consumer at the moment.
I would have personally gone for a 5820k with X99 over 6700k with Z170 if I was spending that sort of money, but if you are on a "budget", a 4790k with Z97 would be cheaper, however you do lose a better iGPU (of which I would have found really, really useful myself, but that is mainly because Haswell-E has no iGPU which is a pain in the arse when trouble shooting, or when you have to go some time without a GPU, it's nice to have a backup), some PCI-e lanes (arguably not a factor), better IPC and DDR4 RAM - the latter of which is something worth considering if you are future proofing. I believe Skylake processors also have reverse hyperthreading, which is nice for people who don't have multithreaded workloads.
As for iGPU, DX12 will be able to utilise multiple GPUs, regardless of manufacturer too, so if a DX12 game is too heavy for your graphics card, you could offload some to an inbuilt GPU too I believe? Not sure if it's discrete cards only, I haven't read too much into it.
6700k is great, it's new and shiny, however, seems a bit wasteful to get a "k" series Skylake processor considering recent news
e: PCI-e lanes matter a lot if you deem yourself an enthusiast and want the performance from PCI-e based storage, aka me, but I can see where you are coming from by suggesting 4790k/Z97.
As for watercooling, I have yet to see an air cooler with nice aesthetics so I can see why people would go for a loop, necessary or not - Or even an AIO as there are some compelling choices now. Unslain Bosses - Clan
I would have personally gone for a 5820k with X99 over 6700k with Z170 if I was spending that sort of money, but if you are on a "budget", a 4790k with Z97 would be cheaper, however you do lose a better iGPU (of which I would have found really, really useful myself, but that is mainly because Haswell-E has no iGPU which is a pain in the arse when trouble shooting, or when you have to go some time without a GPU, it's nice to have a backup), some PCI-e lanes (arguably not a factor), better IPC and DDR4 RAM - the latter of which is something worth considering if you are future proofing. I believe Skylake processors also have reverse hyperthreading, which is nice for people who don't have multithreaded workloads.
As for iGPU, DX12 will be able to utilise multiple GPUs, regardless of manufacturer too, so if a DX12 game is too heavy for your graphics card, you could offload some to an inbuilt GPU too I believe? Not sure if it's discrete cards only, I haven't read too much into it.
6700k is great, it's new and shiny, however, seems a bit wasteful to get a "k" series Skylake processor considering recent news
e: PCI-e lanes matter a lot if you deem yourself an enthusiast and want the performance from PCI-e based storage, aka me, but I can see where you are coming from by suggesting 4790k/Z97.
As for watercooling, I have yet to see an air cooler with nice aesthetics so I can see why people would go for a loop, necessary or not - Or even an AIO as there are some compelling choices now. Unslain Bosses - Clan
19-Dec-2015 09:37:03 - Last edited on 19-Dec-2015 09:52:02 by Hevilmystic
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