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Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

setter said:
At a rough guess id say were looking at a 30% performance improvement over sandybridge. I didnt own sb myself but have been through ivybridge 3770k, and then haswell 4770k, (i do currently own a 4790k, but thats basically a speed binned 4770k). Usually a 10% improvement from one gen to the next. Id wait to see benchmarks/reviews first before making any decision, not long to go now.:)
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Dave2150 said:
TBH that's something only you can answer.

For myself, I'm still running a x58 I7 920 @ 3.6Ghz, from 2008. I'm upgrading mostly for the new technologies/IO (SATA3, U.2/M.2, USB3.1, PCI-E V3, UEFI PWM Fan control) and my recent GPU purchase is bottlenecked by my aging CPU.

I'll either get Skylake or X99, depending on the Skylake reviews next week.

If you don't need or know you won't use any of the features Z170 will give you that you don't currently have, and you're not noticing your GPU getting bottlenecked, then I'd stick with what you have.
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Thanks

I will probably give it a miss for the time being. The only benefits for me would probably come from the motherboard as you pointed out. This motherboard only has 2 SATA6 ports and a couple of USB 3.0 ports. The CPU itself hasn't bottlenecked in anything I use it for so far. It is just very tempting to move with technology when something new is out. I have wanted to get something new for over a year (start a new build from scratch), mostly because I really enjoy building computers and playing with the new hardware.
 
setter said:
Here you go.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18683678

Just corsair kits at present, but others should be up on the shop site soon.
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Doh, I thought he was on about processor prices, but it seems Gibbo has said they're £300..

At this point, I'm swaying a lot more towards an i7-5820k build, it's only £100 or so more, for 6 cores and 12 threads, but I'm going to be gaming more than anything.. Ah, the problems.
 
So, it's still looking like Skylake is a better choice for those gaming on 1-2 GPU's. Cheaper, faster, uses less power.

Now I really want to see what the average overclock result will be like :D
 
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PC Cars is an interesting one, as I think it's quite CPU bound compared to most games?

Next Tuesday/Wednesday the official reviews appear I think?
 
Impressive results, im very interested in the cooler running aspect too, due to the removal of the FIVR. The latter made quite a difference on haswell compared to ivybridge.
 
Is that comparing the 5820k at stock clocks? Because it seems a tad too good compared to the 5820k, or am I just thinking the 5820k is far better than it is?
 
Where they getting that 5.2GHz overclock on air? Will be amazed if that's true, if it is though, I'll be all over this like a rash!
 
Rowlii said:
Is that comparing the 5820k at stock clocks? Because it seems a tad too good compared to the 5820k, or am I just thinking the 5820k is far better than it is?
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It will be yes, 3.3ghz on the 5820k, 4.2ghz turbo on the 6700k, probably on one core like 4.4ghz on the 4790k.

Jokester said:
Where they getting that 5.2GHz overclock on air? Will be amazed if that's true, if it is though, I'll be all over this like a rash!
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5.0ghz or above would be nice, but this figure was mentioned quite a lot at the release of devils canyon. 5ghz 24/7 is pretty rare on theese.
 
Jokester said:
PC Cars is an interesting one, as I think it's quite CPU bound compared to most games?

Next Tuesday/Wednesday the official reviews appear I think?
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Yeh I think it's Tuesday/Wednesday for the official review. Whilst it's nice to get these early reviews, I'll still only trust the Anandtech and other official reviews etc.
 
the wait, currently using AMD 8350 well over due an upgrade, and clean install of windows to go with it

i see DDR4 is priced very well., looking at 16gb 2400mhz !
 
Wow 6700K games performance is amazed faster than 5820K. :D

Surprised the idle power consumption is same as my 3770K, maybe I will go for 6700K but will wait for 6700 review first before upgrade to Skylake.
 
Jokester said:
Where they getting that 5.2GHz overclock on air? Will be amazed if that's true, if it is though, I'll be all over this like a rash!
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Yes it is true and been validated so Intel took down the CPU-Z image validated links.

Thankfully other sites has copies of CPU-Z images validated links.

Here the CPU-Z validated for 5.2GHz OC:

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