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How much would I be gimping myself if I went with the i7-6700k instead of the 7700k?

I am a 1080p gamer running an i5-2500 (non k) and an R9 380 at this point. I'm looking to get 3- 5 years out of my next cpu/mobo/RAM purchase. I'll upgrade the video card as necessary.
 
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LiquidDeath said:
How much would I be gimping myself if I went with the i7-6700k instead of the 7700k?

I am a 1080p gamer running an i5-2500 (non k) and an R9 380 at this point. I'm looking to get 3- 5 years out of my next cpu/mobo/RAM purchase. I'll upgrade the video card as necessary.
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you can get the 7700k for less than the 6700k if you have Staples Online pricematch Micro Center.
 
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LiquidDeath said:
How much would I be gimping myself if I went with the i7-6700k instead of the 7700k?

I am a 1080p gamer running an i5-2500 (non k) and an R9 380 at this point. I'm looking to get 3- 5 years out of my next cpu/mobo/RAM purchase. I'll upgrade the video card as necessary.
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I just went from 2500k to 6700k before xmas and in some games there is a noticeable difference. Looking at a lot of the benchmarks for the Ryzen cpus you'll see the 6700k isnt far behind the 7700k if at all.
 
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So I read one article that the i5-7600K is the better bang for the buck and performs fairly close to the i7-7700K. True? I'm looking to do a new build and stay around $1000 if I can.
 
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Vandyn said:
So I read one article that the i5-7600K is the better bang for the buck and performs fairly close to the i7-7700K. True? I'm looking to do a new build and stay around $1000 if I can.
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only you can decide if it's worth it to you for the additional performance. however, based on what i'm seeing the 7600k is going for $240 while the 7700k you can get for about $300if you do it right, which makes the 7700k the easy choice there.
 
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what are the advantages of Mist's 2x expensive power supply? fractionally more efficient? less likely to catch on fire?
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Reliability, performance, protection.

Although, myself, I would not spend more than $100 for a PS. There are many around $100 that are great and reliable.

Ive had many over the years, and only one cheap one that failed me, but this was back int he Pentium 4 days. I think all 3 of my systems that I have now all run the mid level Corsairs of various wattages.
 
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There's no reason for that PSU on a gaming rig.

People definitely eat up the hype about them but it's worthless to spend that much.
 
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The more I read the more it seems my i5-4690k (stock) is fine for another gen or two of processors (and if anything, overclock it) and if I feel the need to splurge on something it's moving up to a 1080 Ti from my 980 Ti. Agree/disagree?
 
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The more I read the more it seems my i5-4690k (stock) is fine for another gen or two of processors (and if anything, overclock it) and if I feel the need to splurge on something it's moving up to a 1080 Ti from my 980 Ti. Agree/disagree?
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Seems that way.
 
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meStevo said:
The more I read the more it seems my i5-4690k (stock) is fine for another gen or two of processors (and if anything, overclock it) and if I feel the need to splurge on something it's moving up to a 1080 Ti from my 980 Ti. Agree/disagree?
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I can't imagine needing to upgrade the 980Ti unless you're trying to play at 4k
 
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Ghost Recon at 2560x1080 I'm only running on very high to keep it closer to 50-60 fps, is really the only game recently that made me wish I had more power, tbh. I'm sure it'd let me do more supersampling w/ the Vive too. I know I could absolutely be fine w/ it for a while, more of a nice to have.
 
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Ghost Recon at 2560x1080 I'm only running on very high to keep it closer to 50-60 fps, is really the only game recently that made me wish I had more power, tbh. I'm sure it'd let me do more supersampling w/ the Vive too. I know I could absolutely be fine w/ it for a while, more of a nice to have.
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aren't there major performance issues from the engine in that game?
 
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So all this talk about computer components in the past week, gave me a woody. Anyway, so last year I built my 12 yr old a PC 6600K and RX480 1080p build. Anyway my older kid is jealous now. So I have this 2500K system from like 6-7 yrs ago that I can give him, we just use it as a juke box mostly now. Its only going to be for 1080p type shit, he plays mostly steam FPS junk. Should I drop the extra $350 for a 6700K and new mo-bo (So like $550 with the video card as well) or should I just get the RX480 for the 2500k and call it good? Its got a 5850 in it right now, lol. I think its OCed to like 4.4 or 4.5 if memory serves me.
 
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mkopec said:
So all this talk about computer components in the past week, gave me a woody. Anyway, so last year I built my 12 yr old a PC 6600K and RX480 1080p build. Anyway my older kid is jealous now. So I have this 2500K system from like 6-7 yrs ago that I can give him, we just use it as a juke box mostly now. Its only going to be for 1080p type shit, he plays mostly steam FPS junk. Should I drop the extra $350 for a 6700K and new mo-bo (So like $550 with the video card as well) or should I just get the RX480 for the 2500k and call it good? Its got a 5850 in it right now, lol.
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As long as that machine is still stable, it's more than enough to push a RX480.
 
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Thanks Mist Mist Yeah thats what I was kind of leaning to. I can always drop the extra $350-$500 later on, like next year to upgrade it fully for him. It also needs a new SSD, since the one inside there is like a first gen crucial 120gig, I would like to upgrade that as well with something newer.
 
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