Guild Wars 2

I found out my computer can’t hold the new maps of ‘Magumma’ (so as Dry Top),
so I decided to build a new computer. My main question is:
Should I go for i5-6600K or pay more money for i7-6700K? is there a big different between those two? I mean, of course the i7 will increase the FPS, the question is, will it be worth it? (even with OC)

The i7 won’t increase your FPS at all, especially in GW2. For a gaming computer an i5 is the way to go these days

If you need to save money or divert it better parts elsewhere like a high quality PSU or next notch up GPU or a 250GB SSD.

i5. i7 is over kill, unless you plan on going in to multi tasking in a big way.

BrotherBelial.3094:

i5. i7 is over kill, unless you plan on going in to multi tasking in a big way.

Speaking of multi tasking, what if you use 2 or 3 monitors, and have GW2 on one screen, Netflix or a movie playing on another screen, and say the GW2 wiki up as well. Would an i7 give a noticible improvement over an i5 in that situation?

Not trying to hijack the OP’s thread, but I’m looking at upgrading soon, and your comment got me thinking more about an i7.

Sigpaos.2615:

BrotherBelial.3094:

i5. i7 is over kill, unless you plan on going in to multi tasking in a big way.

Speaking of multi tasking, what if you use 2 or 3 monitors, and have GW2 on one screen, Netflix or a movie playing on another screen, and say the GW2 wiki up as well. Would an i7 give a noticible improvement over an i5 in that situation?

Not trying to hijack the OP’s thread, but I’m looking at upgrading soon, and your comment got me thinking more about an i7.

Nope.
You would need much more than that.
GW2 in multiple screen is still just 1 GW2 instance.
Browser open barely consume CPU.
Netflix/Youtube consumes more RAM than CPU, so you would still be fine.

By “multi tasking in a big way” he meant something like, play GW2 while rendering a video while talking on TS and streaming all that on Twitch

Gotcha. Thanks Belzebu.

Remember that HT, the difference between a desktop i5 and i7 quad core, merely improves the efficiency of each core a bit on average. Performance wise it acts like an overclock. Depending on the mix of threads, it could be a lot or could be a little but on average it’s only 10-20%.

Sigpaos.2615:

BrotherBelial.3094:

i5. i7 is over kill, unless you plan on going in to multi tasking in a big way.

Speaking of multi tasking, what if you use 2 or 3 monitors, and have GW2 on one screen, Netflix or a movie playing on another screen, and say the GW2 wiki up as well. Would an i7 give a noticible improvement over an i5 in that situation?

Not trying to hijack the OP’s thread, but I’m looking at upgrading soon, and your comment got me thinking more about an i7.

I noticed no difference between an i5 and an i7 for doing that. Both at the same clockspeed