kmanus Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm building a new computer for editing and such and I was originally leaning towards the i7-6700k but then got sidetracked with a Xeon e5 or i7-5820k for the greater cores. Budget is negotiable but trying to stay under $450 or so (processor only). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 What are you planning on doing with this computer? If you are producing videos, encoding things and rendering graphics, the i7-5820K is a better choice vs. the i7-6700. If you are looking to play games, the i7-6700k is what you want. As far as Xeon, personally...I've really only seen them used in servers, running databases, used for a terminal server and such. The thing with Xeon, is software needs to be written to take advantage of the Xeon's architecture, otherwise it is simply ignored. If I had to flip a coin, my vote is for a i7-6700. It will give you the best all-around experience, UNLESS you are really editing serious video and doing 3D stuff. In fact, when I priced out stuff for my "Brian Computer," I chose a Intel i7-6700 for the CPU. So that's what I'm buying. LOL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Photoshop. No plans for videos at the moment. Was just trying to future proof for more than 2 weeks or so :-D In comparing the two (6700 vs 5820) I was verging towards more cores over speed. I'm a multitasker so I often have many things running which is probably where I'm losing my current machine which, without being in front of it, is a core 2 duo at ~3 GHz I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 If it's just Photoshop, it doesn't matter. PS doesn't take advantage of an i7's architecture. In fact, there is only a 5-10% speed boost over a i5. So if you want more cores for multi-tasking and aren't into games, the 5820 might be a better overall fit in this case. This was a Good Question. You made me think on this one and now I'm wondering if I should be looking at the i7 5820 since I don't play games and multi-task a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well, since you're pondering your build, I'll hijack my own thread a bit and share what I have laid out. Which I'm sure is way total overkill but if I'm going to build, I'm going to build. CPU: i7-6700k Cooler: Thermalright TRU Spirit 140 POWER Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32gb Drives: Samsung 850 EVO 250gb M.2 SSD + Seagate 2TB Hybrid Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX970 4GB Superclocked ACX PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Case: NZXT Phantom 410 in Gunmetal Per pcpartpicker that puts me just a hair under $1,500 and I figure I can shop around a bit on a few things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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