i5 6600 vs 6600k

Diminishing returns

>>57643360
I originally thought that the wattage represents a higher overclock, but that isn't true. The wattage shows them at stock speeds. Meaning the 6600 silicon is much better than the 6600k.

>>57643345
it has a greater wattage to allow for (potentially) better overclocking potential

>>57643345
Unlocked i5 with power and not efficiency in mnd.

>>57643419
ya this. TDP is max wattage not operating wattage.

>>57643598
exactly
now let me learn you kiddies about some overclocking:
VID is the number that determines how much voltage your chip requires to run at a given frequency. Generally speaking, lower VID = better binning = higher overclock when you manually set the VCC

>>57643670
Got any decent links to learning how to overclock? I don't want to use my motherboards automatic mode. It seems to raise the voltage really high

>>57643830
what cpu and motherboard do you have :3

>>57643930
4790k, asrock z97x

>>57643949
>4790k, asrock z97x
www.overclock.net/t/1508450/overclocking-i5-4690k-on-asrock-z97-fatal1ty-killer
http://www.overclock.net/t/1490835/the-gigabyte-z97x-overclocking-guide

>>57643973
thanks bb much love

>>57644154
np :3 christmas spirit and whatnot. idk why anons on here are always so grumpy.
good luck, what cooler do you have for that chip?

>>57644392
Shut up faggot. I got what i wanted from you now fuck off.

>>57644715
kek

>tfw you 6600k runs at 4.6Ghz
Guess its a bit more after all.

>>57643345
If you have both the CPUs at the same clock speed they'll draw the same amount of power. The higher TDP rating is reflective of the maximum power drawn at the very highest overclocks possible with the 6600K. If you could overclock the 6600 non-k, intel would also give it a larger TDP rating, it's not that one is more efficient than the other.

>>57644392
>>57644715
that's the 4chan i know

>>57646540
>The higher TDP rating is reflective of the maximum power drawn at the very highest overclocks possible with the 6600K
This is wrong, with LN2 you could make the 6600K easily draw over 100W.

Everyone ITT is ignoring the fact that the 6600K actually runs at a higher base clock speed, and clock speed and power draw never scales linearly.

>>57643598
TDP is max thermal output. It is related to max energy tho. Max energy use is ampere*volt, volt is fixed and ampere is changing constantly (at the same frequency). TDP wont tell you how much energy your cpu uses.

>>57648312
watt is energy
Volt is potential
Amp is Current

>>57648352
He's right though. TDP doesn't have anything to do with how much energy the processor uses. It tells you how much heat the processor is build to generate, therefore telling you how big of fan you need.

>>57643345
Don't forget to take off 15 watts if you don't use the iGpu

>>57643345
You are a dumb shit for not spending the extra $20 for a k version

>>57643345
that's not what that means. 91W TDP means you need a cooler designed to dissipate the heat from a 91W chip. essentially it will consume roughly 91W (within some small margin since every chip is slightly different) at max load. increasing voltage and clock speed will increase power consumption significantly, and you should use a better cooler.