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Just because new shiny hits doesn't mean we all have to upgrade

easyrider

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Skylake hits and now all our systems are as old has the hills ? Nope ... I've been on the quite old x99 platform and saw very little performance for the amount of coin I laid out .

Regret selling my 6 core Xeon x 58 and I'm currently rocking a 4790k

Upgrades have to be worth it people . If your a gamer buying a 5820k will see you no upgrade in real terms . I've seen it and worn the t shirt

Quite frankly I think a 5 % increase with skylake over Devils canyon is just taking the mick .In a blind test no one would know !
 
I would still buy a devils canyon i5 for a new gaming build now. Do you think they will reduce in price due to the newer processors? I don't see any drops at the minute.
 
butcherster said:
I would still buy a devils canyon i5 for a new gaming build now. Do you think they will reduce in price due to the newer processors? I don't see any drops at the minute.
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I doubt there will be any significant price drops...just look at the price of Ivy Bridge processors now.
 
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Have Q6600 and i5 2500k systems both running and have bought a cheap i7 Skylake cpu for my new gaming PC build mainly because my i5 is stuck at stock no overclock an can't fit a large GPU card in my little Shuttle XPC case.
 
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easyrider said:
Regret selling my 6 core Xeon x 58 and I'm currently rocking a 4790k
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As would I. TBH I am quite lucky because I had a Foxconn motherboard when I had my I7 950 (which I regret getting rid of way too early) so it would not have worked with the Xeons. But that's my only saving grace.

Why you changed it is a mystery lost on me mate.
 
easyrider said:
Skylake hits and now all our systems are as old has the hills ? Nope ... I've been on the quite old x99 platform and saw very little performance for the amount of coin I laid out .

Regret selling my 6 core Xeon x 58 and I'm currently rocking a 4790k

Upgrades have to be worth it people . If your a gamer buying a 5820k will see you no upgrade in real terms . I've seen it and worn the t shirt

Quite frankly I think a 5 % increase with skylake over Devils canyon is just taking the mick .In a blind test no one would know !
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I think people know this.
Skylake has had a negative reception enthusiast wise.
First time I've not bought into a new Intel mainstream socket since 1150 (albeit only one other has been since then)
 
I have just moved to a 4790K from a X58 / i7 930 setup , should i have waited for the Skylake ? Prolly not.

I could have dropped a Xeon 5650 or 5670 in , but i wanted SATA 3 (yeah i could have got a card) , more USB 3 , PCI Express 3.0.

So far im noticing a big jump in performance all round and im happy with my upgrade :D
 
I was about to throw a wedge at a new skylake proc and z170 board, but thanks to this thread my money is going back in my pocket.

/enlightened
 
My X5650 handles games quite superbly.

Modern games now are pretty much going to be GPU bound if your running a decent quad (my good old Q6600 @ 3.6 was starting to struggle) or better.

Going to be running my CPU for quite a while methinks.
 
I'm still on X79 and can't justify skylake (or X99 for that matter) unless something actually dies

it depends though, for some people their PC is their main hobby and they just like playing with shiny stuff... you can also usually get a fair chunk back on what you currently have if you upgrade every gen vs. waiting until your stuff doesn't actually cut it

there's certainly no rush to upgrade, but equally if someone just wants the latest shiny I can understand that too
 
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Dare we continue with X58 for 10 years? 2018 isn't that far off...
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Easily.

Add a USB 3 card for a fiver (which I did) and a Sata 3 card and you're set.

Anything I've read says PCI 3 doesn't make an ounce of difference yet.
 
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