intel i7 6700k vs i7 6800k

[pcslookout]

Is it worth going with the i7 6800k if I plan on overclocking it to at least 4 Ghz ?

 

[Arachnotronic]

All depends on what you do. If your workload benefits from "moar coars" then go with the 6800K. If your workloads are primarily dependent on per-core performance and don't scale well past 4 cores, then go with the 6700K.

 

[pcslookout]

Thanks.

 

[RussianSensation]

Why buy 6700K now when 7700K is 2 months away and will potentially overclock to 5-5.1Ghz on air?!

The call for 6800K is even worse since Intel is releasing X299/LGA2066 next year. This new workstation platform will carry Intel's Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X and Cannonlake-X, which means the Ice Lake-X on a new workstation socket probably won't launch until 2020!

A case can still be made for a fire-sale Z170+6700K before 7700K+Z270 launch. Either way, X99 and 6800K sits nowhere for someone intending to build a new rig to keep for 5 years. For games, 7700K will smash 6800K.

 

[pcslookout]

Why buy 6700K now when 7700K is 2 months away and will potentially overclock to 5-5.1Ghz on air?!

The call for 6800K is even worse since Intel is releasing X299/LGA2066 next year. This new workstation platform will carry Intel's Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X and Cannonlake-X, which means the Ice Lake-X on a new workstation socket probably won't launch until 2020!

A case can still be made for a fire-sale Z170+6700K before 7700K+Z270 launch. Either way, X99 and 6800K sits nowhere for someone intending to build a new rig to keep for 5 years. For games, 7700K will smash 6800K.

Thanks good point!

 

[quietplates]

Skylake 6700K opens up Thunderbolt 3 for I/O, which is not available for any X99-based chips like the Broadwell 6800K.

Edit: My info is out of date. There are now a couple X99 motherboards with TB3.
http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1421