should I upgrade ?

[ominous11]

Hey everyone,

This is my current setup - https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/ominous11/saved/#view=qC3RsY

I'm running a somewhat older rig and I was wondering if switching to a x99 mobo, skylake cpu and ddr4 ram would give me a performance boost on gaming ?

 

[Sigil10470]

I doubt it. The performance gains from Haswell to Skylake are pretty minimal, especially if your focus is on gaming. By the way, there are no X99-compatible Skylake chips, Broadwell-E is the newest architecture for that platform. DDR4 vs DDR3 performance gains are totally imperceptible to the average user, anyway.

 

[kraelic]

Skylake is not for X99, Intel just released Broadwell-E for X99. Skylake-E and new motherboards are still in the future. Why the enthusiast platform is so much behind mainstream I just don't know. Z170 for Skylake. Your Haswell should be fine for some time. If you were on Sandybridge you might see a jump worth the money.

 

[englandr753]

I agree with the above. Id wait and see what the next gen platform brings to the table and squeeze a bit more out of that system you're on now.

 

[ominous11]

Ok thanks for the info and replys !!!