Go for Haswell-E or opt for Skylake

[sandeep]

Hi all

I know this question may have already been asked before but what are everyone's thoughts.

I'm looking to rebuild my whole desktop by selling the whole thing and building from scratch. I want something pretty powerful and have a pretty big budget ~£2k for the new build.

What are your guys thoughts? Buy a Haswell-E desktop now, Buy a Skylake desktop with DDR4 RAM or wait for Skylake-E at the end of next year?

 

[sandeep]

Sorry guys would be easier to add my requirements in here. I mainly use visual studio a lot and a lot of dev for applications etc. Usage of database servers and virtual machines.

 

[sandeep]

Those tasks don't necessarily demand a high core count. If you frequently find yourself sitting around waiting for things to compile and your build system is threaded, and/or your database maxes out a quad core, and/or you need more VM threads, then the answer should be clear.



Obviously. The bottom line is, for gaming the difference is small, certainly not 200 quids worth (IMO).

I think I'll go with Haswell-E and DDR4, you reckon Skylake-E will be socket 2011?

 

[sandeep]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28597405&postcount=11

Ahh well, looks like I'll just have to change the mobo and CPU if Skylake-E is worth the upgrade.