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Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

WingZero30 said:
As things stand it appears I have four options with regard to Skylake as this is the definite architecture I want to upgrade to next.

1) Buy i7-6700K platform this year and sell some of my 775 stuff to recoup some of the cost.

2) Buy Skylake-E when it releases, sell the Z170 but keep DDR4 ram

3) Have two separate desktops; one with i7 6700K and the other one housing Skylake-E. (i7 6700K desktop can perhaps go to one of my family member)

4) Wait it out until Skylake-E and then sell some of my 775 stuff.

Too many choices :p:D
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Yeh I'm thinking something similar - I'll probably go with 32GB DDR4 (4x8GB) for my 6700K/Z170 setup, just so I have 4 dimms ready for Skylake-E quadchannel memory. I don't fancy getting 4GB dimms at this point in time, too dated.

I'll expect that 32GB kit to last me 5-6 years minimum, making it good value for money.

The only issue could be if Intel make Skylake-E have hex-channel ddr4, not sure how likely this is - I saw the new xeons will use it, and Skylake-E is derived from Xeons, so who knows :D
 
The reference tablet they showed off at computex looked sweet as.
Can't find any hands on videos though :(

We need some benchmarks.
 
I currently have a 5930K still sealed in its box waiting for a motherboard and RAM but Skylake is very tempting. Build with Haswell-E or wait? :rolleyes:

The lack of any real benchmarks makes deciding that much harder. I would like a hex-core, but don't really need one and although power usage is not a huge concern these HEDT chips do use a lot of it. I game, use Photoshop, edit video, stream and of course browse the web and while my 2600K is still going strong it is four years old and I have the upgrade itch.
 
therealjustin said:
I currently have a 5930K still sealed in its box waiting for a motherboard and RAM but Skylake is very tempting. Build with Haswell-E or wait? :rolleyes:

The lack of any real benchmarks makes deciding that much harder. I would like a hex-core, but don't really need one and although power usage is not a huge concern these HEDT chips do use a lot of it. I game, use Photoshop, edit video, stream and of course browse the web and while my 2600K is still going strong it is four years old and I have the upgrade itch.
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Use the 5930k all the stuff you do will thrive on a hex core
 
easyrider said:
Use the 5930k all the stuff you do will thrive on a hex core
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I agree with this - if you already bought a brand new 5930k, then it would make sense to use it......

Skylake has the potential to be faster for games than Haswell-E (unless running Quad-SLI), as not many games use more than 8 threads. Games usually prefer higher IPC and higher clockspeeds. Though the difference between the two would be tiny.

For video editing though Haswell-E will be the best performer.
 
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When is this due out then? August? Any idea on pricing?

Trying to decide what to upgrade first, my GPU or CPU.... I think a a 980ti/390x will benefit me a lot more though, as I plan on going to 3440x1440 in the next few months.
 
Nexus18 said:
When is this due out then? August? Any idea on pricing?

Trying to decide what to upgrade first, my GPU or CPU.... I think a a 980ti/390x will benefit me a lot more though, as I plan on going to 3440x1440 in the next few months.
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August/September. Pricing should be the same as the 4790k - maybe a extra £10-20 for the first week or two, early adopter tax.

Skylake will have I3's, I5's, I7's etc, and will completely replace and obsolete the curent socket 1150 Haswell lineup.

We should see a 10-15% IPC increase over Haswell, plus we're getting 36 PCI-E v3 lanes (16 for GPU, 20 for PCH, for storage/IO), compared to the pathetic 16 we get from Z97 currently.
 
Ok thanks :)

Think I'll definitely being going with skylake over the current DC chips as chances are I will keep the cpu, mobo for 4+ years like my current setup. Most likely save some money and just stick with the i5 version as I won't ever intend to go with dual GPU's.
 
So are all the mobos goin to be DDR3 and DDR4 compatible,or are some gonna be DDR3 and some DDR4?
 
I would imagine most will be DDR4, some DDR3 and a couple will be 2slots of one and 2slots of the other but you can only use one type.
 
Jokester said:
I would imagine most will be DDR4, some DDR3 and a couple will be 2slots of one and 2slots of the other but you can only use one type.
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The first boards featuring 2xDDR3 and 2xDDR4 slots were featured at Computex, though only supporting the H170 chipset (the non-overclocking chipset).

Biostar Hi-Fi series H170Z3 and H150Z5:

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Haven't seen any exclusively DDR3 boards yet, or any Z170 boards featuring DDR3/DDR4 slots.
 
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Im considering moving to an I7 skylake if they OC well.But a decent Z series board that i could use with my current DDR3 ram would be a must.It wouldnt be a big upgrade at all to begin with so paying for DDR4 aswell would make it a non starter for me to do.
 
20 lanes of PCIe 3.0 from the PCH, but how does the PCH link to the CPU?

I get the feeling we'll see the CPU lanes used up for SLI/Xfire as usual, then all the usual stuff hanging off the PCH (SSDs, HDDs, GbE, Audio, USB3.0, etc) all connected by DMI, which is basically PCIe 2.0 x4. Yay bottlenecks.
 
DMI link has been upgraded IIRC?

Also now we're finally starting to get DDR4 that is far outstripping DDR3 in frequencies, by Sept I doubt anyone will be interested in those old slots on a Z mobo.
 
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Im going to TRY and wait for skylake-E... cmon willpower... hold in there! I think upgrading from a 4770k/Z87 may feel a little underwhelming. Then again... i always end up caving in... curse you willpower! why are you so feeble!?
 
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