i7 6700k vs i7 5820k
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Even if you got a mid-range i5 you wouldn't encounter too much of a bottleneck, but K series processors are great for the use as a rendering machine for when you make videos alone. I would recommend the use of a 5820K for rendering at high resolutions in minimal time. My 4790K (OC 4.5 1.17V) is capable of rendering 1080p60 in very minimal time compared to lower end CPU's. I can only imagine the power that the 5820K has.
If you're going to get either of those, you are going to need watercooling or high end air cooling. Otherwise they'll just overheat shortly after booting.
In short, either would be great for both streaming and rendering. The 5820K is faster but more expensive.
If you're going to get either of those, you are going to need watercooling or high end air cooling. Otherwise they'll just overheat shortly after booting.
In short, either would be great for both streaming and rendering. The 5820K is faster but more expensive.
I have the 5820k, it's amazing and I can't complain. 
Although I was a little jealous when all the hype around Skylake came out, I quickly realized that I wasn't missing out on much.
It handles pretty much everything I throw at it.
Although I was a little jealous when all the hype around Skylake came out, I quickly realized that I wasn't missing out on much.It handles pretty much everything I throw at it.
Honestly either or will suffice for what you have said.
6700k - Fastest QuadCore on the Market at this time, handles anything, rendering, workloads, and even some major workstation applications. Recommended with only 1 GPU, anymore will technically be a bottleneck itself since it doesn't support full 16x/16x and only supports 16x or 8x/8x
5820k - Cheapest X99 Chip you'll find on the market at this time, handles anything a 6700k can do, plus gives you the option to do Dual GPU in full 16x/16x which is using the full potential of both video cards, 8x/8x is using half of each, at half the bandwidth, so lower frames than 16x/16x. Overall, the more cores, and the better the processor, You'll have a better time with this one trust me.
Right now the 5820k is a tad bit cheaper than the 6700k, I'd recommend getting the 5820k because it has 6 cores and 12 threads which will come in handy with 2k, or 4k rendering video. For the Price to performance, The 6700k only beats it in single threaded applications mainly because of the stock clock speed, and having a tad bit newer architecture
Best Of Luck!
~Zac's Custom.
My computer is custom built with a watercooled Intel i7 4790K, its at 4.0GHz stock. It's able to stream OBS fine without using much CPU! It works great with H1Z1. Have not tried ARK yet. But I can tell you that it runs great while recording at 60 fps in 1080p.
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My advice is to check out PCPARTPICKER.com, you can compare computer part prices.
I've had a 4790k once... and it was a literal beast! I went back to the 8320 though, because I wasn't using it to it's full potential, turned out to be a huge mistake later on haha, but I sold it for a good reason - College funds.
Lesson learned... If you get something awesome... Keep it, don't sell it unless you need the money.
~Zac's Custom