Haswell or Skylake? Does it make a difference?

[Jean18]

At the time of writing this it is July 2016. I am currently on the hunt for a new PC for which I will be picking the parts. The PC will be used for gaming ( Nothing extreme, 1080p only). I would like to know if Skylake is worth the extra $$$ at this time or should I buy a bit older Haswell CPU?

The GPU is the AMD RX480 in case someone wonders.

 

[Hawkshot]

At the time of writing this it is July 2016. I am currently on the hunt for a new PC for which I will be picking the parts. The PC will be used for gaming ( Nothing extreme, 1080p only). I would like to know if Skylake is worth the extra $$$ at this time or should I buy a bit older Haswell CPU?

The GPU is the AMD RX480 in case someone wonders.

Skylake is the best way to go, it doesn't cost too much over what Haswell costs and it also doesn't leave you with parts that have no upgradeability for the future, also the performance increase depending on the task is anywhere from 5-15% according to benchmarks ive seen.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Is it more expensive where you live? A skylake i5 6600k is actually cheaper by $1 than the equivalent haswell i5 4690k in the US, same for a lot of the cheaper i5's most are about the same price. Mobos and DDR4 ram arent much more expensive for skylake than a mobo and DDR3 ram for haswell either.

Skylake: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/gx648d/intel-cpu-bx80662i56600k
VS
Haswell: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tvzv6h/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k

 

[Jean18]

Is it more expensive where you live? A skylake i5 6600k is actually cheaper by $1 than the equivalent haswell i5 4690k in the US, same for a lot of the cheaper i5's most are about the same price. Mobos and DDR4 ram arent much more expensive for skylake than a mobo and DDR3 ram for haswell either.

Skylake: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/gx648d/intel-cpu-bx80662i56600k
VS
Haswell: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tvzv6h/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k

just checked the pricing and surprisingly the prices for ram, mobos and cpus for Skylake are cheaper. Still the 6600k is too much for what I need and was thinking more of a 6500 or a 6400