Sandy Bridge to Skylake upgrade

[Gavsta220986]

Would it be better upgrade from sandy bridge to skylake if I want to future proof my system for another 5 years?

 

[smorizio]

i would use your pc for now then wait for the intel cpu after skylake run. kurby lake dropping in a few weeks then there may be one more cpu for skylake platform. if you go with skylake cpu it is slightly faster then your rig now do to ddr4 ram. it going to be replaced and intel if they do what they have been doing there going to change the pin count so your forces to get a new mb.

 

[Robert Cook]

what is your current system. If you are not unhappy with it, than I would just keep it, especially if you have a decent motherboard and a K CPU. Sandy bridge while old, is still quite usable. If you want to upgrade and are fine with the money outlay then I guess go for it, but it is not like Skylake was a huge boost. I am sure others will say go for it, and if you want to, then go for it, but personally I feel that sky lake is not worth the money. Haswell systems are still around the same price ( they used to be cheaper, now they are slowly being phased out). That is my view at least.

 

[Gavsta220986]

My system is an intel core i5-2500k with an asus maximus v gene. I only use the system for watching HD movies and some gaming

 

[Eximo]

Rule of thumb is to not upgrade until there is a three tier difference on Tom's charts. It holds up pretty well.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

Sandy Bridge is still tier 2 with every generation after it only one tier higher.

Even my six year old i7-950 makes tier 4, and a quick overclock puts it on par with the tier 3 chips. Have the CPU and board on loan with a GTX970 in it, plays all the modern titles.

I upgraded only for the I/O, which it seems like that will happen again. CPUs aren't getting much faster, but the stuff you can hook up to them sure is. NVMe, M.2, USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 3, etc all make for a very interesting upgrade.

I think I will hold out for Kaby-Lake or maybe switch back to X99 with a Broadwell-E.

 

[Robert Cook]

That is a perfect board for overclocking. and you have a K chip, if you want you can push that chip and if it behaves like most 2500Ks it should go well into the 4GHz range, some were doing around 4.5-4.7 on air. If you do chose to OC, tehn go for a hyper 212 evo heat sink if you currently have as stock one, and Overclock that chip. at around 4.5 GHz it will be as fast if not faster than some of the current i5s.

 

[Gavsta220986]

So really I should wait another two tiers before upgrading?

 

[Robert Cook]

So really I should wait another two tiers before upgrading?

If you are asking about an upgrade as someone mentioned upgrading, then you probably are content with your system. If you are asking as you feel something is lacking, then you should probably upgrade. I personally do not upgrade unless I have a good reason to do so, and even then it has to be a great on, but part of that is because I cannot afford to stay current on the tech. If you can afford to, more power to you. I would wait until something more compelling than skylake comes out.
Sorry if that came across as harsh, I am just not to sure how to explain the way I view upgrades.

 

[Gavsta220986]

Yea I see what you mean. Im only thinking about upgrading because I like the look of the new asus maximus VIII Gene motherboard which it has got full USB 3.0 ports plus USB 3.1 type-A and type-C and full SATA 6Gb/s. I also want to upgrade to windows 10 and the board is windows 10 ready so the drivers for the board are ready where as the chipset for the board I have now are still in beta