Skylake New Build

[Hoyzon]

Hey guys, i would like to ask you, if you know when Skylake it's going to be released. I've built a I5 4590/R9 270 PC in May this year. Played a few games only, that PC was my first build and all the stuff... I came from a Sempron Single Core PC before it and you know... That's a whole new world for me.

Well, since i've been exploring my system, i saw that for some applications, such as record or stream my gameplays with quality, i would need a stronger CPU unfortunelly.

I've searched up and saw something related with Broadwell 5th Generation Intel CPU's, which i would be able to upgrade since that i'm using a H97 Chipset. But some people said that the i7 5775C been weaker than the i7 4790K. And also, upgrade my 4th Gen i5 to a 4th Gen i7 it's a little bit pointless for me. And i'll be trying to save most money i can for this.

So, will Skylake, worth the upgrade? I mean, i'll have to buy a New MB, New RAM, maybe, New CPU Cooler, i believe. And basically, build a New PC. So guys, what do you think? Worth saving up for the i7 6700K or just buy the i7 5775C? Thanks.

 

[Brandon-]

Save for I7 6700K, you'll be glad you did 😛. Happy gaming

 

[Supernova1138]

It's hard to say if it would be worth it, some leaked benchmarks seem to indicate that the CPU performance gains on Skylake over the Haswell refresh are rather small and most of the improvements seem to be once again for the Integrated Graphics. As a result, the 4790k might be about as fast as the 6700k with the 6700k maybe having a slight edge. Skylake might have better overclocking potential, but once again that is far from certain.

Supposedly an announcement regarding Skylake will be made on August 5th at Gamescom, so maybe around that time we might have availability dates and maybe some reviews and benches that haven't been leaked from a Chinese website.

At this point you might as well wait and see what Skylake will bring, though from a price to performance standpoint, you might be best off just buying an i7 4790k and leaving it at that. I wouldn't bother with the Broadwell chips unless you plan to make use of the enhanced integrated graphics they bring over the Haswell refresh chips.

 

[Hoyzon]

It's hard to say if it would be worth it, some leaked benchmarks seem to indicate that the CPU performance gains on Skylake over the Haswell refresh are rather small and most of the improvements seem to be once again for the Integrated Graphics. As a result, the 4790k might be about as fast as the 6700k with the 6700k maybe having a slight edge. Skylake might have better overclocking potential, but once again that is far from certain.

Supposedly an announcement regarding Skylake will be made on August 5th at Gamescom, so maybe around that time we might have availability dates and maybe some reviews and benches that haven't been leaked from a Chinese website.

At this point you might as well wait and see what Skylake will bring, though from a price to performance standpoint, you might be best off just buying an i7 4790k and leaving it at that. I wouldn't bother with the Broadwell chips unless you plan to make use of the enhanced integrated graphics they bring over the Haswell refresh chips.

I see, i really like your point of view and your indication, but, do you believe that the Broadwell, i7 5775C, will be pointless for a person who will be using a Dedicated GPU? Thanks.

 

[Supernova1138]

It's hard to say if it would be worth it, some leaked benchmarks seem to indicate that the CPU performance gains on Skylake over the Haswell refresh are rather small and most of the improvements seem to be once again for the Integrated Graphics. As a result, the 4790k might be about as fast as the 6700k with the 6700k maybe having a slight edge. Skylake might have better overclocking potential, but once again that is far from certain.

Supposedly an announcement regarding Skylake will be made on August 5th at Gamescom, so maybe around that time we might have availability dates and maybe some reviews and benches that haven't been leaked from a Chinese website.

At this point you might as well wait and see what Skylake will bring, though from a price to performance standpoint, you might be best off just buying an i7 4790k and leaving it at that. I wouldn't bother with the Broadwell chips unless you plan to make use of the enhanced integrated graphics they bring over the Haswell refresh chips.

I see, i really like your point of view and your indication, but, do you believe that the Broadwell, i7 5775C, will be pointless for a person who will be using a Dedicated GPU? Thanks.

Broadwell didn't bring any significant performance gains CPU wise to the table, and the 5775c is actually slower than the 4790k due to the lower clock speed, you can overclock the 5775c to 4GHz to get performance up to the same level as the 4790k at stock, but it won't be noticeably faster. The only real advantage the Broadwell chips bring to the table is their superior integrated graphics, which is pretty much irrelevant if you have a dedicated GPU.