Skylake or wait for Kabylake/Zen?

[joaomgp]

So my friend needs a computer and he wants to know if its worth waiting for kabylake or zen to build a new computer.

 

[captaincharisma]

kabylake only has a small percentage gain over skylake CPU's now and the AMD Zen CPU's are likely to have close to or on par performance with lower end skylake and higher end haswell (4th gen I5)CPU's so its not worth wating

 

[synphul]

It depends on how soon your friend needs a new pc. Usually it's best to wait so close to both companies releasing new products rather than buy right before an updated/improved version comes out. No way to tell how the new chips will perform until they exist and are fully benchmarked against existing products. No telling for sure what price they'll be until there's a pricetag on them. However if your friend can't wait a month or so then there's nothing wrong with buying what's available, it's the best they can currently get.