Skylake i7-6700K... What's your opinion ?

[landstad]

What's your guys opinion so far, with all the leaks and info that has come..
Or is to early to say...


Did infact read that, the 6700k, is just 4-6 % more faster than the 4790k.. and the 5820, was scoring more and better in benchmarks... than the 6700k,,

Any of you guys have some thougths.. ideas, recomendations..¨

Have been looking alot in google on this subject, but did not get satisfied with what i read.
thats why i ask here..

 

[Toothless]

Unless you're coming from something weaker than the i7-920, there really isn't that big of a need to upgrade. Skylake is a iGPU upgrade when boiled down.

 

[Solaris17]

Everyone has alot of different things to say. The reality is that no one can tell you if you should upgrade or not.

For some it will be a side grade. 1150 Z87/Z97

For other it will be a improvement. Core2/775/1366

Others not an upgrade at all x99

Too really understand skylake and z170 you need to realistically look at feature sets and understand what 1151 is. 1151 is 1150 it is a performance desktop segment. it is not enthusiast level 1366/2011/2011-3. For Z87/Z97 (1150) machines it is a side grade since the performance gain (which exists) is marginal. However the relevance of the platform completely depends on what you do with your system. If you do alot with USB, SATA or some other accessory features then the revision changes to these things might benefit you.

For others like 1366 775 (gen 1/2 I7 and core2 lines) the performance upgrade and utility upgrade will be worth it and affordable if they dont want to wait until the enthusiast release.

It wont be an upgrade for everyone though. from a performance standpoint X99 wins and the expandability of processors outweighs any of the utility revision changes like USB 3 vs USB 3.1 In this regard it would not be worth it.

Most of this is my opinion but for the big picture pretty much how I see skylake.

I myself will probably upgrade but as to whether you should or not well does it offer anything you want?

 

[landstad]

Everyone has alot of different things to say. The reality is that no one can tell you if you should upgrade or not.

For some it will be a side grade. 1150 Z87/Z97

For other it will be a improvement. Core2/775/1366

Others not an upgrade at all x99

Too really understand skylake and z170 you need to realistically look at feature sets and understand what 1151 is. 1151 is 1150 it is a performance desktop segment. it is not enthusiast level 1366/2011/2011-3. For Z87/Z97 (1150) machines it is a side grade since the performance gain (which exists) is marginal. However the relevance of the platform completely depends on what you do with your system. If you do alot with USB, SATA or some other accessory features then the revision changes to these things might benefit you.

For others like 1366 775 (gen 1/2 I7 and core2 lines) the performance upgrade and utility upgrade will be worth it and affordable if they dont want to wait until the enthusiast release.

It wont be an upgrade for everyone though. from a performance standpoint X99 wins and the expandability of processors outweighs any of the utility revision changes like USB 3 vs USB 3.1 In this regard it would not be worth it.

Most of this is my opinion but for the big picture pretty much how I see skylake.

I myself will probably upgrade but as to whether you should or not well does it offer anything you want?

Dono,, just want overkill rig and the best their is. Intressted to get a high oc stuff like that, the list goes on.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

We'll know more when the benches come from more well known sites and actual games are tested. Comparing to a 5820 on syn benches makes little sense though, because syn benches make better use of the extra cores than most games would.

I also think what many are forgetting is people will go to Skylake as much if not more for a future ready platform upgrade as a CPU upgrade. It offers dual channel DDR4, which will likely be cheaper than current quad channel tested kits, it offers the Z170 chipset, and better M.2 support, the latter of which I'm thinking will soon become mainstream and overtake SATA III SSDs.

This will also cause DDR4 and M.2 Ultra x4 capable SSDs to drop even more in price not just due to budget board compatability, but more people buying them. Other smaller but interesting changes are new DIMM slots that have single lever clamps like Pci Ex.

On benches though, I'm careful not to focus only on frame rates and clocks. Too many reviewers and gamers are resorting to that as the end all be all of testing. It matters a lot, esp with today's high resource games, how SMOOTHLY they play as well.

 

[Solaris17]

Dono,, just want overkill rig and the best their is. Intressted to get a high oc stuff like that, the list goes on.

X99 or wait for the skylake family HDET platform next year.

 

[Ebo]

For me, Skylake is the natural development of the mainstream line of computeres.

If youre in the market for a new system, I see no reason not getting a Skylake setup anyway.

Im looking forward to see the tests after official launch, because early leaks and other stuff means nothing in my book.

We allready know that motherboard manufactures is going all in with the new chipset Z170 and even before its properly launched, its affecting prices on DDR4 which is going down.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

X99 or wait for the skylake family HDET platform next year.

HEDT actually, but you bring up an interesting point. We're used to seeing Intel keep their enthusiast and performance platforms separate, but it looks like they're intent on blurring the lines between the two now.

Broadwell E is being reported to have X, P2 AND P1 tiers. While that sounds great, and better for upgrading, I'm not sure their nomenclature makes much sense. Word is there will be chips with unlocked multipliers that stray from the typical "k" designation, using other letters, which is only going to confuse matters.

This also is all the more reason to wait and see how Skylake chips and benches will end up panning out comparatively, because it's already looking like there will be enough of them to build a road to Oz with.

 

[NeDix!]

my opinion is: if u r going to build a pc go for skylake, if u have a i7 920 2600 3770 47xx etc go for 5820k :v