POLL: Will you be moving from Haswell to Skylake?

DarrenM343 · 7 Jun 2015 at 18:02

I think it's great that a processor, memory and mobo can last a good few years these days. I remember the days when a new OS meant a whole PC upgrade as the processor and memory would cause slow performance and hard disk too slow.
I remember reading years ago that once a certain mhz was reached progress would slow and improvements would be made by increasing the number of processors (or cores).

I think I might upgrade to the next gen -E. Was going to go with Haswell-E but decided not to bother.

I think the Pentium 100 (100 mhz single core) is nearly 20 years old (next year)? Today we have 8 core 3000mhz processors

Boomstick777 · 7 Jun 2015 at 18:17

No.

Broadwell -E next.

Grimley · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:09

Unless a family member wants an upgrade or my current hardware packs up, I doubt it. Broadwell could end up in my Z97 rig though.

Sylver123 · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:26

I'll be staying on the x99 platform until Skylake-E is released.

thebennyboy · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:27

No. Not enough of a speed boost to warrant an upgrade, even for many sandy bridge users.

savagesam117 · 7 Jun 2015 at 20:12

Nope, not for me. This should last me a good few years. Unless i get the upgrade itch then i'll go x99

Evian · 7 Jun 2015 at 20:57

I thought i was but I am sliding more to the no side for now.

r22snapper · 7 Jun 2015 at 21:04

No chance

flopper · 7 Jun 2015 at 21:05

NO
waiting for zen.

Andy7 · 7 Jun 2015 at 21:27

Still happy with my i7 2600k @ 4.8Ghz

FredFlint · 7 Jun 2015 at 22:14

Skynet5 · 7 Jun 2015 at 23:20

setter said:
Maybe, if skylake features a proper soldered ihs assembly id be very tempted.

You always upgrade!

ukxenon · 8 Jun 2015 at 05:24

Waiting to see benchmarks and to see what amd bring

mahius · 8 Jun 2015 at 10:01

No. I just bought parts for a i7-4790k build a week ago and I haven't even put it together yet (waiting on graphics card). The improvement Skylake would bring would be very small and I bet the new chipset boards combined with DDR4 (which itself isn't much better than DDR3) would make the price to performance a tad worse too. Why spend £700 on the latest and greatest when you can get a smidge 95% for less than 70% cost (the numbers are my fabricated estimates)? Plus processors are pretty beefy as they are, they can last keep up for a long time before needing an upgrade (look at all the Q6600s still around). I don't expect to upgrade my i7 for many years to come.

It would be a whole other story for folks on older hardware though, or myself had I not bought parts for a Haswell build (I could return them, since I haven't even touched the packing box) and been in desperate need of a new PC right now. The Z170 chipset offers more future-proofing and Skylakes 20 PCIe lanes lets the realistic majority of consumers do stuff like running a PCIe SSD alongside SLI, without having to break the bank for X99. Folks still on the likes of Q6600s or early i5/i7s have a lot to look forward to.

setter · 8 Jun 2015 at 10:03

lnoton said:
You always upgrade!

Lol, I know. Tbh I like messing about with new stuff.

BRIGGBOY81 · 8 Jun 2015 at 10:43

Doogles said:
No Ivy Bridge is still good enough for my needs.

My feelings exactly fella. I did think about upgrading when skylake-e comes out but now i think I skip this generation altogether

HazardO · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:33

No. Might move from SB-E to SL-E when it comes out though.

David Bisset · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:27

If I was currently on Haswell: no.

Given my desktop is still on a 1st gen i5: Still no tbh, until I find something it struggles too much in or packs up.

bowza · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:46

Ssme if I was already on Haswell then no,

As I am on a core 2 Duo on a P45 board with DDR2 then I think I am going Z170 with a Skylake CPU and DDR4
Bowza

altrewin · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:26

Nope, my 4790K at stock is already fast enough (seems to boost to 4.4Ghz on all cores almost constantly anyways). Earliest I'm considering upgrading will probably be Skylake-E