Here is my build- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kWgxXL how is it? And is the processor as good as a core i7? And how will it run GTAV and Fallout 4?
What are you using your PC for only gaming? And what is your display set up, an i5 is not ever on par with an i7, aside from single core performance.
Pretty much I guess also for video editing for YouTube. Is the sky lake overkill? Should I just use a Intel core i5 4690k?
Should probably go with a Xeon 1231v3, which is basically an i7, that's just less expensive because no iGPU, and this has double the SSD storage, and the 390 is faster overall than the 970
just spend the saved money on a slightly nicer case or something or put it towards a 4k display
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LgJB23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LgJB23/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($133.90 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card ($303.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $991.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Higher clock speeds of a 6600k OC would likely be more beneficial than the hyperthreading for games. Of course either will work well, and hyperthreading will help a lot with encoding, but since gaming is the primary concern, I think that the advantage of the higher clock speeds should be kept in mind.
It really only matters with a 144hz display though, as you need to remove the CPU bottleneck, otherwise, anything over 3ghz is going to be fine, and probably be fine for a while.
I managed to find some stock vs OC gaming benchmarks (didn't think to check DF). Looks like OC 6600k only matches stock 6700k (sometimes losing), so screw overclocking, go with the xeon.
Um all I just wanted to know if it could run GTAV and Fallout 4 good...
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Probably, but you could get a much better build overall, more so on the GPU, especially when DX12/Vulkan rolls around, and if you ever get an adaptive sync display