Skylake

[Henry III]

Hi Guys

I listened to a tech talk on radio yesterday and they were discussing Skylake (chipsets??) for next generation PC's. Does anyone here know what its all about. Reason for asking is I'm buying a gaming PC later in the year and wanted to know if its something I should wait for to get mainstream?
I'm not a PC whizz, but sort of don't want to buy something in 2 months that will be old news in 3 months.

 

[Grayfox]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)

Some articles to read through.

 

[ryandtw]

I'm looking forward to Skylake. Main reason is plenty of connectivity, particularly 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes from the Z170 chipset.

I have a Core i7-860, which is almost SIX YEARS OLD and has gone long in the tooth...so I'm more than perfect to have a potential computer rebuild within the next year or so.

 

[Henry III]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)

Some articles to read through.

Thank you for the links. I have read through both articles and comments on the first article.
To he honest, I know too little to make an informed decision.

I run 3 monitors in racing games and my PC is ±6 years old. I have to turn alot of graphic settings down to run okay-ish, so I am due an upgrade and have never owned a gaming PC before.

So, if you were me, would you buy a PC with current top-end processor or a PC with Skylake architecture?

 

[Henry III]

I'm looking forward to Skylake. Main reason is plenty of connectivity, particularly 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes from the Z170 chipset.

I have a Core i7-860, which is almost SIX YEARS OLD and has gone long in the tooth...so I'm more than perfect to have a potential computer rebuild within the next year or so.

Thank you, that answers my question. So you would wait for Skylake and not jump in now with a new build?

 

[ryandtw]

Thank you, that answers my question. So you would wait for Skylake and not jump in now with a new build?

I can't buy computer parts right now because I'm at school and I don't have enough money at the moment...hopefully by the end of the year or sometime next year.

 

[Techy]

Thank you for the links. I have read through both articles and comments on the first article.
To he honest, I know too little to make an informed decision.

I run 3 monitors in racing games and my PC is ±6 years old. I have to turn alot of graphic settings down to run okay-ish, so I am due an upgrade and have never owned a gaming PC before.

So, if you were me, would you buy a PC with current top-end processor or a PC with Skylake architecture?

Skylake looks promising for you since you're running a pretty old system. Though bear in mind that in going to Skylake, you need a new Z170 motherboard and DDR4 RAM (though I think DDR3L RAM is supported). Either that or go with Devil's Canyon processors, which are still very good CPUs.

I can't buy computer parts right now because I'm at school and I don't have enough money at the moment...hopefully by the end of the year or sometime next year.

Skylake will be a good option for a new build. Probably on the expensive side but it'll run nearly any game you throw at it.

 

[Henry III]

Skylake looks promising for you since you're running a pretty old system. Though bear in mind that in going to Skylake, you need a new Z170 motherboard and DDR4 RAM (though I think DDR3L RAM is supported). Either that or go with Devil's Canyon processors, which are still very good CPUs.

Thank you, I will google Devil's Canyon processors. If you could have either one, which one will you go with for a new PC build?

 

[Techy]

Thank you, I will google Devil's Canyon processors. If you could have either one, which one will you go with for a new PC build?

Either Skylake or Devil's Canyon. Even the older stuff will still be pretty good, like Sandy Bridge. But for a new PC build, I would go for a Skylake build, mostly because it's already here so might as well adopt the Z170 platform. If for some reason Skylake isn't promising, Devil's Canyon or Haswell are still plenty powerful for today's tasks. Especially gaming.

 

[sesselpupser]

Having just built a Devil's Canyon PC in May, I would've waited for Skylake if I thought I would've been able to afford it - me hanging onto that much money for that long was highly doubtful, though, so I just built the best I could afford before my savings evaporated. I don't regret it either though so it's not really a huge deal, Skylake just makes a lot more sense for M.2 or other PCIe x4 SSDs... But those themselves don't make a whole lot of sense yet.