Supernova1138
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Supernova1138 :
fudgecakes99 :
So it seems that august 8th is when the skylake news will drop at gamescom. That said, i own a hyper 212+ at the moment and plan on doing an open cooled water loop in the very near future with the new chip. My question is do you guys think the new socket lga 1151 i believe. Would i be able to use my current after market heatsink on it or would i have to buy a new one completely which i don't mind as their fairly cheap. Also whats the speculation on intel releasing an "enthusiast" version i.e. one without an included heat sink you think it'll decrease costs by 20-40 bucks?
I imagine the mounting brackets will remain the same as they have been since LGA 1156 for the mainstream Intel sockets, as the pin count isn't changing significantly, so the socket should still be the same physical size.
As for a chip being sold without a heat sink, you won't see a retail box on any mainstream CPU that doesn't have one. If you're looking to save a bit of money, you'll have to look for an OEM tray CPU, which doesn't include the cooler, but also has reduced warranty support.
What do you speculate the prices will be? for the 6700k 400-300? or 250-350?
Yeah, probably somewhere in that range, they might wind up being a bit pricier than the current Haswell Refresh chips simply because Intel can get away with it due to AMD not providing any real competition to the i5 and i7 chips for the past 3 years.