Just a quick question, if both the 6700k and the 6800k have very similar performance when gaming, and money wasn't a problem; should I go with the 6800k or the 6700k?
I'm going to be gaming at 1440p (with a gtx 1080, m.2, asus mobo) and need something that will last me at least 4-5 years before it starts bottle-necking and I need to upgrade(although I will upgrade stuff like gpu and storage in the future). I know the 6700k is cheaper but I already have enough money for everything and the extra $100+ is no problemo. I'm on the fence about this, will a 6800k last longer than the 6700k if only gaming? And won't games begin to take advantage of multiple cores in the future? I'm already spending a pretty penny on my setup and the extra $100+ is not a deal breaker. Also the 6800k has extra pcie lanes.
I'd pay for it if I could, that's a lot of extra cache and cores if you're willing to sacrifice the base freq
imo go for it
Edit: I think games right now really can't take advantage of more than 4 cores but who knows when they'll start optimizing them for more cores, maybe that's when the 6800k will become better than the 6700k.
Okay, so my roommate was on the same fence as you happen to find yourself on, and she ended up going with the 6800k. This was mainly because she was going to do some heavy multitasking (virtualization, large databases and data analysis). At the moment, and by my judgement, you will gain no real benefit to more than 4 cores if you're only playing games, not in the coming years at least. If for one thing, getting the 6700k will probably last you a little bit longer if you don't plan on going multi-GPU where the extra lanes are needed. This is because it will probably do better in overclocks as it has less cores to cool so that gives you a bit more headroom. More overclocks is more free performance on the cores that you will be using in games. I'd rather spend the extra money on a good mouse or keyboard :)
If you are only gaming, from my understanding of current CPU utilization in games it doesnt matter, like you might gain a few points on benchmarks, but in gaming you shouldn't see any difference between the two. As long as longevity they should last as long each other. In the end of the day, if you have the money why not get the better equipment.
About the ssd. I was planning on getting 1x 2TB HDD (my current 1tb hdd is already full) 1 x 500gb 850 evo (for my most played games) and 1x 950 pro 256gb (for boot and other applications).
How does this config sound: 1x 1TB HDD (for most of my games), 1x 1TB 850 evo, and 1x 250gb 850 evo (for boot and other apps)?