A Noob Question

[BennettWHU]

With the release of Skylake, how long will it be before Intel stops producing Haswell stuff? Broadwell was a little confusing as well. Instead of upgrading to Skylake, I might go with Haswell as anything is better than the AMD platform I'm on right now. Are all the new i5 4690k's Broadwell or Haswell? This whole Broadwell thing has me a little confused.

 

[BennettWHU]

4690 is a haswell chip, broadwell chip model numbers start with a 5. The 4690k is part of the haswell refresh known as devils canyon along with the 4790k. The original haswell k chips were the 4570k and 4770k.

Any idea how long they'll be around for until Intel completely phases them out for Skylake?

 

[BennettWHU]

I'm not sure if Skylake is something I really NEED right now. I don't use my PC for any high-end gaming or video editing. I think I'll be fine with Broadwell or Haswell.

 

[BennettWHU]

With the plan I've got, I'll be upgrading to an i5 4690K in three months. I hope Haswell is still around by then.