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zaxx

zaxx

zaxx

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Im looking to piece together a new build.
Currently have an i7-860 and am finding it hard to make a choice on cpu's

I have seen the "argument" for the 5820k - but im not convinced at all...
By the time 6 core is needed for Gaming there will be far better options.

The 6700k brings some good Mobo features/extras
and seems like it will be the next 5+ year chip of choice no ?

This will mostly be for Gaming and recording might dabble with some streaming later down the line /Who Knows?
I will be putting around £1700 into the build

Whats your take on best cpu to get?

Thanks
 
The point with the 5820k was that it's just as fast, but with with extra physical cores compared to Skylake = why wouldn't you go for that instead? The chip will be good for five years too.

It's only if you need the features brought by the Skylake chipset that you'd really want to go that route, but don't do it for performance reasons as there aren't any.

There's also a short term upgrade path for X99 as the 6/8 core Broadwell-E chips are coming out early next year.
 
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I'm still on a 3930k which has gotta 4 years old now and its still probably up there with the 4790k... They x99 platform will be good beyond 2020 IMO...
The price of those skylake chips means x99 makes even more sense too!
 
If you're mostly gaming, skylake is a no brainer. It's stock configuration is better geared towards gaming. However I'd wait a month or so for stock and pricing to settle down. If you cant wait, then I'd keep an eye out for cheap deals on 5820k and x99.
 
Broadwell-E has just been announced for Q1 2016... Link below. What amuses me is quad core owners are recommended to stay put from Sandy Bridge +, because it's not worth it, and yet Haswell-E owners jump to the next platform which will also offer a minimal gain - if any.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/c...troduction-of-core-i7-broadwell-e-processors/

To the op: for gaming go Skylake, for workstation Broadwell-E if you can wait it out. I don't see six core gaming coming to fruition in the next ten years simply because they're expensive niche products and thus the majority will have quad cores.

Skylake supposedly also turbos across all cores rather than one.
 
zaxx said:
I will be putting around £1700 into the build
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That's a healthy budget, so if it doesn't mean reducing your GPU options then you might as well go X99.

Or, if you're feeling multi-GPU (3+, really) then the case for X99 is much stronger (for the pcie lanes).

If it's a toss up between an amazing GPU + Skylake or an OK GPU + Haswell-E I'd go with the Skylake option.
 
Nah not feeling multi gpu at all, feeling like watercooling cpu and 1 gpu

I am leaning on skylake and it seems it really only is a price issue
holding me and many others back

i guess intel need to shift x99 somehow :D
 
I get the impression that the strategy was to launch skylake early with a high price tag in order to clear existing stocks of haswell chips. Once that backlog is cleared we'll see good propositions for skylake.
 
bfar said:
If you're mostly gaming, skylake is a no brainer. It's stock configuration is better geared towards gaming. However I'd wait a month or so for stock and pricing to settle down. If you cant wait, then I'd keep an eye out for cheap deals on 5820k and x99.
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ehh
I Will try hang on a month or so 6700k just feels right.

Will probably grab VIII GENE mobo the color scheme is toned down and its given me ideas on a theme

would you say £1700 main build <£400 Water sounds about right?
 
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Scougar said:
Exactly which features of Skylake do you think are worth the money over an x99 platform?
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ipc gains
single core performance
Higher clock OTB
Oc potential

So i get an x99 still have to grab costly mobo.
I wont be running dual or tripple gpu's ever its wasteful
Ill probably be sticking with sammy evo ssd's and a 2tb HD

But hey i can still be swayed - ive been on the fence for weeks now
thats why i have joined the forums

Thanks
 
if you are only gaming then the i5 6600K is the better option in terms of £ to performance, but if you need the hyper threads then the 5820K is the better option. The 6700K isn't really a very good cpu to atm unless you are benchmarking gpu's in tests which don't require lots of threads like 3d mark01 and 03.
 
I'd rather have a 4790k + top end gpu's than skylake or 5820k + not so high end gpus

Depends how much cheaper than a 6700k you can get a 4790k of course the 5820k route is more expensive the boards are pricier and then you need 4x ddr4.

If you can save £150 + by going z97 or z170 over x99 that's £150 more towards gpu.
 
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zaxx said:
ehh
I Will try hang on a month or so 6700k just feels right.

Will probably grab VIII GENE mobo the color scheme is toned down and its given me ideas on a theme

would you say £1700 main build <£400 Water sounds about right?
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I'd never spend more than £140 on a motherboard myself, but that's just me!
 
zaxx said:
Im looking to piece together a new build.
Currently have an i7-860 and am finding it hard to make a choice on cpu's

I have seen the "argument" for the 5820k - but im not convinced at all...
By the time 6 core is needed for Gaming there will be far better options.

The 6700k brings some good Mobo features/extras
and seems like it will be the next 5+ year chip of choice no ?

This will mostly be for Gaming and recording might dabble with some streaming later down the line /Who Knows?
I will be putting around £1700 into the build

Whats your take on best cpu to get?

Thanks
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You have obviously stayed put with a high end consumer 1156 cpu for some time. You will likely be just fine with a z170/skylake combo but you should think carefully about your options. If you want to go consumer save some money now and buy the i5 because for gaming with only one, and mostly likely two gpu's you would be better spending the saved £130 or so on a better gpu either now or later. You will gain little benefit from buying the i7 in this case. If you want a platform with more potential longevity consider x99. With my previous x58 rig I was able to keep it current and upgraded due to the flexibility of the platform. I was able to add usb3 ports and sata3.ports via a pci-e card while retaining the capacity to run sli or crossfire graphics and whilst also being able to make a meaningful upgrade from a quad core to a hex core processor. I could not have done this with a mainstream motherboard. If you look at my posting history you will see that I am a big critic of the 6700k. Not because it is per say a bad cpu, but because it is a hard to justify proposition when you consider the 4790k, the i5 skylake and the 5820k w/x99
 
C64 said:
I'd rather have a 4790k + top end gpu's than skylake or 5820k + not so high end gpus

Depends how much cheaper than a 6700k you can get a 4790k of course the 5820k route is more expensive the boards are pricier and then you need 4x ddr4.

If you can save £150 + by going z97 or z170 over x99 that's £150 more towards gpu.
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You don't 'need' a four channel kit, you can buy a dual kit or even a single ddr4 stick but you wont get the benefit of the full memory bandwidth. Buy the i5 skylake, get the benefit of the new chipset and save even more towards a current or future gpu upgrade
 
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The 5820k option is worth thinking about, however, the motherboards are expensive, and if you need to overclock to improve single core performance, you're looking at higher power consumption. That said, I'd imagine most x99 users aren't all that interested in maintaining a green system!
 
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