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Intel discontinues Skylake processor ranges

I don't think anybody on this site will care much about that, given that nobody here is ever advised to buy anything but the latest ;) :) :D.
Maybe SL isn't EOL yet, but I sure don't want one, especially with CL coming so soon, and neither should anybody else.
 
EOL for K chips has always been fast, since there is practical zero demand for them outside of the enthusiast space, how many people would buy a 6700K over an 8700K/7700K for the same price almost? We still use the i7 2600's in a few rigs, (CM8062300834302) and some even older stuff that Intel still sells.

So, the life has not been shortened at all, this is normal.
 
Journey said:
EOL for K chips has always been fast, since there is practical zero demand for them outside of the enthusiast space, how many people would buy a 6700K over an 8700K/7700K for the same price almost? We still use the i7 2600's in a few rigs, (CM8062300834302) and some even older stuff that Intel still sells.

So, the life has not been shortened at all, this is normal.
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The i7-6700K was a fair bit cheaper than the i7-7700K at one point but I'm not sure what the market is like now.
 
DragonQ said:
The i7-6700K was a fair bit cheaper than the i7-7700K at one point but I'm not sure what the market is like now.
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Yes, there is always a gap with new products, and then old out going products. You have high demand on the new items, so the price ends up slight higher, and then the old products need to be shifted so you are not holding too many in stock, and you want people to buy them so you lower the price enough to make them appealing, but they are never cheap. You might have seen 6700K at £315-325, and the 7700K at £365, so it looks like a big gap, but it's only really about £25 less than then newer model. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying which one is better, just that the general buyer will be swayed easily, on newness, and price and if you can't have both you have to make a choice (or wait).
 
pastymuncher said:
On here the 6700k is the same price as the 7700k so why would anyone take the older cpu over the newer one?

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Because they're the same? ;) :p

Serious answer though; I'm not sure. I would've thought they'd drop the price a bit.
 
pastymuncher said:
On here the 6700k is the same price as the 7700k so why would anyone take the older cpu over the newer one?

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As voidshatter said, Windows 7 compatibility. If you're not delidding and going for a really high overclock, the only thing the i7-7700K offers is higher stock clocks and additional DRM for UHD playback on some services (Netflix I believe is one).
 
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pastymuncher said:
On here the 6700k is the same price as the 7700k so why would anyone take the older cpu over the newer one?

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To be fair there not priced the same everywhere though, think prices need looking at here as quite a bit cheaper elsewhere ie a 6700k at £275. I'm using a 7600k and was originally thinking about upgrading to 7700k and buying a low end motherboard for this cpu , always in the upgrade dilemma :(
 
If Z370 is backwards compatible with the 6700-7700k, which hopefully it will be. By the time 1151 reaches end of life Z370 motherboards will be worth more than the CPU's themselves.
 
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