Shall I wait for Skylake?

[pc-guy]

I am currently running a Phenom X6 running at stock 2.8Ghz with 16GB (2x8GB) ram running at PC1600 C9 with M500 SSD with a matx 760 mobo with asmedia SATA3

I am using this for photo editing but the newer generation software and camera files are getting bloggy.


Right reason for me to upgrade, the asmedia SATA3 controller is not taking full advantage of 6Gb/s bandwidth as my SSD is not running to its full potential and any decent matx boards are Z87 or Z97 chipsets i.e intel. Now another thing is that the memory throughput is quite low on the read and write currently on Phenom. it makes bugger all differences between 1333 and 1600...only 15000mbs for read and 9000mbs for write. which i suspect is also the reason why i experience stutter in photoshop and other softwares.

So i want to upgrade the CPU, RAM and Mobo but I am wondering if I should waiting till next year for skylake...since it is going to have DDR4 support on the whole range. I can't help feeling the days of DDR3 is limited.

 

[P4Clock]

if you wait there will always be something round the corner to wait for.
the day of ddr3 is still here full ddr4 support will be 12 months minimum, and then ddr3 will still be fine for a few years after that.

If you want DDR4 get X99 now

 

[AthlonXP1800]

Well if you have enough or plenty money then I think you probably should get X99, 5820K and DDR4 now.

if you wait until summer 2015 for Skylake-S then you probably find it is as fast as Haswell-E but cost less just like from Nvidia GK110 to GM204. Also there will be AMD Zen around the corner in Q1 or Q2 2016 but no clue about the performance.

 

[pc-guy]

i dont have the money for Hasswell-E to be honest and nor the outlay for the current DDR4 pricing, a set of DDR4 PC3000 will wallop the ddr3 and that's not even pushing those beyond limits of reality right?

 

[P4Clock]

i dont have the money for Hasswell-E to be honest and nor the outlay for the current DDR4 pricing, a set of DDR4 PC3000 will wallop the ddr3 and that's not even pushing those beyond limits of reality right?

the speed of the ram as no relevance right now as there is nothing out that needs the speed. i am buying a full new system right now and i will be buying 2600mhz ddr3.

Am not saying dont get DDR4 but i am saying the 5 to 10 FPS is not worth the out lay. in a year or 2 when ddr3 as been faded out and ddr4 is main stream i will make the jump.

 

[pc-guy]

just checked passmark results for DDR3 and DDR4, the DDR4 3000mhz seems to have much lower throughput than the DDR3 even at 2133MHz...

also what ram you getting for 2600?

 

[BurntProc]

just checked passmark results for DDR3 and DDR4, the DDR4 3000mhz seems to have much lower throughput than the DDR3 even at 2133MHz...

also what ram you getting for 2600?

That's due to the higher latency of the DDR4.

You need to compare RAM both by latency and frequency. Easily available 2133mhz @ CAS 10 would be equalled broadly by 3000mhz @ CAS 14. DDR4 3000mhz sticks seem to be around CAS 15+, so the DDR3 is "faster" on a stick-by-stick basis in most tasks.

 

[pc-guy]

roger that. gonna wait for broadwell to come out and see how that chip develops and hopefulyl will bring the hasswell price down a bit too.

 

[P4Clock]

i was looking at Kingston HyperX Predator @ 2666Mhz, but with all the cheap 2400Mhz i am not totally set on the memory yet.

My view on ram is unless you spend all day benching just get want fits your budget.