Intel Skylake i5 6600K & i7 6700K 1151 Z170 Review

Tom, everywhere I see many get recommended the 5820K over either Skylake part for gamers. In your review of the former you did not recommend it, has your opinion meanwhile changed now that Skylake is out? I can't find comparisons between the two anywhere, but am inclined to say Skylake would he the better of the two for gamers. Any thoughts?
 
One review I read shows a consistent, though absolutely tiny, degradation in frame rate when GPU-bound. They speculated that there may be additional latency around or an internal bus running slower than before but there's no saying for sure until more info about the architecture itself comes out at the IDF.

The loss is usually under 1 FPS but there's still something causing it, and it's got me itching to find out if leveraging the adjustable bclk can wipe it out.
 
Hi Guys,

im am tinkering arround with an i7 6700k

i have clocked yesterday - multi: 36 blck: 125 = 4,5 GHZ
volted ~1.35
not 100% stable -> okay.

getting 85c° under prime95 with corsair h110 push/pull @ 1000 rpm's.

These Chips get hotter than sandybridge i assume.
Do your skylake chips from the review behave simular?
 
soapbox187 said:
Hi Guys,

im am tinkering arround with an i7 6700k

i have clocked yesterday - multi: 36 blck: 125 = 4,5 GHZ
volted ~1.35
not 100% stable -> okay.

getting 85c° under prime95 with corsair h110 push/pull @ 1000 rpm's.

These Chips get hotter than sandybridge i assume.
Do your skylake chips from the review behave simular?
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You need to start your own thread dude :)
 
Corsair A70 With 6600k

So my 2500K just died on me a couple of hours ago, that's how i stumbled upon this video, which was awesome and so informative. My question is. Would the 6600k work well with the A70 Cooler or does it need to be Watercooled?, I'm not an extreme overclocker, i ran my 2500k at a steady 4.5Ghz for years. i currently have a 650W Corsair power supply. Would the cooler or the power supply be a problem for the new build? i also currently run a GTX570 on a Cooler Master Case with many fans, not bothered by noise, (Headphones).
 
So I JUST pulled the trigger on a 4790K, and then I come across this review.

I'm experiencing buyer's remorse right now, and i'm wondering if it's justified.

I'm coming from an i7-930 (Bloomfield/Nehalem), and I'd like my system to last 4 years or so. I was going to be pairing the 4790k up with a H100, 16gb of ram and a decent MSI board, but now, after watching this, I'm starting to wonder if I made the right choice.

Opinions?
 
Kreiger said:
So I JUST pulled the trigger on a 4790K, and then I come across this review.

I'm experiencing buyer's remorse right now, and i'm wondering if it's justified.

I'm coming from an i7-930 (Bloomfield/Nehalem), and I'd like my system to last 4 years or so. I was going to be pairing the 4790k up with a H100, 16gb of ram and a decent MSI board, but now, after watching this, I'm starting to wonder if I made the right choice.

Opinions?
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I'd get the Skylake cpu and a decent board if you are buying right now. It will have a better resale value and you get the newest features.. the chipset is massively improved compared to before
 
NeverBackDown said:
I'd get the Skylake cpu and a decent board if you are buying right now. It will have a better resale value and you get the newest features.. the chipset is massively improved compared to before
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I've already bought the 4790k, hence my minor frustration. I could sell it privately, but I cannot return it from where I bought it.
 
Kreiger said:
I've already bought the 4790k, hence my minor frustration. I could sell it privately, but I cannot return it from where I bought it.
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I know you bought it, I figured you could return it:p
Well if you can't make back what you paid from a private sell, just keep it
 
tell your opinion Logan Thanks

Hi Logan saw your video review,
Can you recommend or tell your opinion.
I have 3930K but its getting old, want to maybe upgrade to new tech.
I don't want to overclock my 3930k its hot =) I work in 3ds Max and Premiere.
Is 6700k is the same or less than 3930k for may work.
Would be better to sell my x99, or keep it I would buy 6700K I personally would maybe clock it only 4200-4400. I like it stable for rendering =)

Hope to hear from you.
Thanks
 
VIKTORARCH said:
Hi Logan saw your video review,
Can you recommend or tell your opinion.
I have 3930K but its getting old, want to maybe upgrade to new tech.
I don't want to overclock my 3930k its hot =) I work in 3ds Max and Premiere.
Is 6700k is the same or less than 3930k for may work.
Would be better to sell my x99, or keep it I would buy 6700K I personally would maybe clock it only 4200-4400. I like it stable for rendering =)

Hope to hear from you.
Thanks
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I would recommend starting your own thread dude. You'll get more help from more than just Tom and also faster responses.. this isn't really a thread about upgrading hardware;)
 
Hi, I want to buy a new pc
"Specifications

Name: PC Specialist Azure
Case: Corsair White Graphite Series 780T Full-Tower
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A
Processor – Intel Core i7-6700k Skylake running at stock 4.0GHz/4.2GHz boost
Processor Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
System Memory: 16GB Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX HyperX Predator DDR4 3000MHz CAS 15
Main Boot Drive: 480GB Kingston SHSS37A480G HyperX Savage SSD
Additional Storage Drive(s): 2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200 SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM HDD
Graphics card: Zotac NVIDIA GTX 980Ti Reference Design
Power Supply: Corsair RM Series™ RM850 — 850 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU
Peripherals: Not Included
Monitor: Not Included
Optical Drive: Lite-On Corp DVD/CD Writer
Wireless: None
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit"
And i've been told that the mother board does not support 3000Mhz ram and I need to get 2666Mhz. In your review it seemed to work fine.
 
Maxwell said:
Hi, I want to buy a new pc
"Specifications

Name: PC Specialist Azure
Case: Corsair White Graphite Series 780T Full-Tower
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A
Processor – Intel Core i7-6700k Skylake running at stock 4.0GHz/4.2GHz boost
Processor Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
System Memory: 16GB Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX HyperX Predator DDR4 3000MHz CAS 15
Main Boot Drive: 480GB Kingston SHSS37A480G HyperX Savage SSD
Additional Storage Drive(s): 2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200 SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM HDD
Graphics card: Zotac NVIDIA GTX 980Ti Reference Design
Power Supply: Corsair RM Series™ RM850 — 850 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU
Peripherals: Not Included
Monitor: Not Included
Optical Drive: Lite-On Corp DVD/CD Writer
Wireless: None
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit"
And i've been told that the mother board does not support 3000Mhz ram and I need to get 2666Mhz. In your review it seemed to work fine.
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Basically PC Specialist only stock kingston and their 3000MHz memory isnt playing nice atm....
 
Re-watched the video. Several weeks in now after release, is it safe to say the i5-6600K vs the i7 is indeed the best one for gamers?

My biggest 'concern' is coming from the i7-2600K. Upgrade will be out of necessity due to my motherboard being on its last legs. And although I would favour the i7-6700K, I have a hard time warranting it's price vs the i5-6600K.
 
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If you look at the price of the I7 6700k on scan for an example it's £359 currently and then the i7 5820K at scan is £299. Also even the i7 6700 at scan is £251. So there is quite a premium still on the Skylake i7 6700k at the moment.

But if you go the i7 5820K then you need ddr4 & the motherboards also have higher price vs the non enthusiast level gear.
 
Nps, it's just crazy hows it's currently a cheaper processor than the i7 6700k. Good luck with the upgrade.
 
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