Haswell, Ivybridge or Skylake ?

[thedoc46]

For a new build, just for the occasional gaming at 1900x1200 with everything on, and stutter free.. Like maybe 3 or so hrs a week. The rest, just online. (getting old !!!)

Not really going to bother overclocking TBH. Maybe I'll dabble a little with it.. Prefer to not hear the sound of fans trying to cool down hardware that's working overtime.... Again, prefer not to have the hassle..

But i'd like to see this hardware refresh last me a good couple of yrs, trouble free. So going to get a decent GPU and decent CPU.....

Currently on a i7 2600k and 7950GPU, which i'm handing down to my kid.

I presume skylake is the latest.... and i should get the 6700k one....

I'll also take a recommendation for a new mobo, if that's allowed in thread ?

 

[thedoc46]

Sorta need to upgrade anyway, as i promised my kid a new computer.. but he can take my old components.

 

[thedoc46]

But wouldn't my mobo an Asus P8Z77V LX not bottle neck the gpu given its like what 3yrs old now.

 

[thedoc46]

You would be fine m8, z77 has PCI-e 3.0 but your CPU will only support 2.0.

No biggie though.

What sort of performance hit, would one expect then? I may reevaluate my needs here, since my kid is only 9 and only plays Minecraft and Roboblox, so i could just spend the money here on a top notch GPU for myself instead, better cooling (as i hate fan noise) and build him something cheap and cheerful.

PS i told the missus i'd have to spend 1k on this little project. (mobo, mem, GPU & CPU) everything else is already accounted for. He currently has an old laptop of mine, and apparently its laggy ! lol I did give his older bro' my other gaming machine last yr, which was a basic mirror of what i'm running now... Just lost interest in gaming, and never ever used the 2nd gaming machine that was upstairs.. So gave it to him last christmas.