Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

SCOLANATOR · 30 Jul 2015 at 10:02

Can we expect to be able to pre order soon? Will be my first time getting the latest chips on release day.

Perfect_Chaos · 30 Jul 2015 at 14:19

setter said:
It will be yes, 3.3ghz on the 5820k, 4.2ghz turbo on the 6700k, probably on one core like 4.4ghz on the 4790k.

Ye i think the odd few will be getting confused thinking that the Skylake chips will be massively faster when in fact they aren't, already been proven by some of the comments I've seen in various places.

Obviously there is going to be a large gap in the graphs when all are compared at stock speeds, fair comparison would be all @ 4ghz or something. Not saying Skylake chips will be weak but the difference is obviously going to be pretty minimal compared with current CPU's.

Some are acting as if the IPC increase is going to be like a 1ghz boost when in fact it is literally only going to be a few hundred mhz.

Dave2150 · 30 Jul 2015 at 15:10

Perfect_Chaos said:
Ye i think the odd few will be getting confused thinking that the Skylake chips will be massively faster when in fact they aren't, already been proven by some of the comments I've seen in various places.

Obviously there is going to be a large gap in the graphs when all are compared at stock speeds, fair comparison would be all @ 4ghz or something. Not saying Skylake chips will be weak but the difference is obviously going to be pretty minimal compared with current CPU's.

Some are acting as if the IPC increase is going to be like a 1ghz boost when in fact it is literally only going to be a few hundred mhz.

It all depends on how Skylake overclocks. We just don't know how the average 6700K will clock yet.

Maybe they will all do 4.8Ghz. Maybe they will all do 4.6Ghz. Maybe 5Ghz - we don't know.

Also bear in mind there's a significant % of people who don't overclock at all, but still buy the top -K CPU, as it's usually still the fastest at stock.

Dave2150 · 30 Jul 2015 at 15:11

SCOLANATOR said:
Can we expect to be able to pre order soon? Will be my first time getting the latest chips on release day.

I doubt they'll be available to preorder, most likely just available at 1pm on August 5th.

I'm still waiting for the official reviews before ordering anything.

MadMouse101 · 30 Jul 2015 at 15:27

I think Skylake will replace my old i7 950

setter · 30 Jul 2015 at 15:44

Dave2150 said:
It all depends on how Skylake overclocks. We just don't know how the average 6700K will clock yet.

Maybe they will all do 4.8Ghz. Maybe they will all do 4.6Ghz. Maybe 5Ghz - we don't know.

Also bear in mind there's a significant % of people who don't overclock at all, but still buy the top -K CPU, as it's usually still the fastest at stock.

On devils canyon, 4.7/8 seems to be the average with what id term safe 24/7 voltage. I'll wait until I see user results with retail chips on skylake before I decide what to do. Could still be swayed over to X99 too though.

SCOLANATOR · 30 Jul 2015 at 16:22

Dave2150 said:
I doubt they'll be available to preorder, most likely just available at 1pm on August 5th.

I'm still waiting for the official reviews before ordering anything.

Cool, well I'm looking forward to it.

What do you think of 32GB [4x8GB] DDR4 2666MHz CL16 Corsair Vengeance to go along with a 6770k? I can't decide between that and 16GB [4x4GB] 3000MHz CL15 DDR4.

Dave2150 · 30 Jul 2015 at 16:57

SCOLANATOR said:
Cool, well I'm looking forward to it.

What do you think of 32GB [4x8GB] DDR4 2666MHz CL16 Corsair Vengeance to go along with a 6770k? I can't decide between that and 16GB [4x4GB] 3000MHz CL15 DDR4.

If the Skylake reviews are favourable, I'll get a 32GB(2x16GB) 2400Mhz kit. That way I can use this kit for many years, since I'll have spare DIMM slots to populate. It's also nice to get the largest DIMM size possible IMO, 16GB dimms are brand spanking new

Games haven't shown any benefit from more than 2400Mhz so far either, so that helps with this decision.

SCOLANATOR · 30 Jul 2015 at 18:51

Dave2150 said:
If the Skylake reviews are favourable, I'll get a 32GB(2x16GB) 2400Mhz kit. That way I can use this kit for many years, since I'll have spare DIMM slots to populate. It's also nice to get the largest DIMM size possible IMO, 16GB dimms are brand spanking new

Games haven't shown any benefit from more than 2400Mhz so far either, so that helps with this decision.

I think I'll just go for 4 x 8GB, is it worth paying more for C15 over C16?

Looking at Corsair Vengeance, 4 x 8GB DDR4 2400MHz C14, 2666MHz C15 or 2666MHz C16? It's been a while since I really looked at RAM in detail.

Dicehunter · 30 Jul 2015 at 19:00

Sticking with my 4790K, Unless the 6700K can give me actual noticeable frame increases I'll be waiting for Kabylake

bowza · 30 Jul 2015 at 19:12

I am certainly purchasing a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 ram, dont know on cpu yet though,
i5 v;s i7 need to see some comparisons

current rig is so old anything will be an upgrade

Bowza

gooseuk · 30 Jul 2015 at 20:18

Looking at the reviews I do get tempted. But still happy with my 2500k. DDR4 PRICES wow coming down a lot

Joe! · 30 Jul 2015 at 21:30

I have no idea what to do in terms of RAM, the differences between latency sometimes equals a lot of money - is it worth it?

I care more about the colour than the speed if I was to be totally honest.

TheF34RChannel · 30 Jul 2015 at 21:51

Rowlii said:
I have no idea what to do in terms of RAM, the differences between latency sometimes equals a lot of money - is it worth it?

I care more about the colour than the speed if I was to be totally honest.

There's more coming surely. Personally I'd go for ram I'd like the looks of, high frequency and possibly low latency. The best of all worlds imo. Frequency is more important than timings I understand so... I always go for G.skill myself.

Orangey · 30 Jul 2015 at 22:27

Gaming is not an area where CAS matters.

Teuton · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:18

bowza said:
I am certainly purchasing a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 ram, dont know on cpu yet though,
i5 v;s i7 need to see some comparisons

current rig is so old anything will be an upgrade

Bowza

Same boat as myself Bowza.

I'd love an i7 but know an i5 would probably suit my needs, plus upgrading is going to get really costly really fast!

I'm looking at i5 (~£200) or i7 (~£300), z170 matx mobo (up to around £150), DDR4 16gb (£100) and a tidy Parvum mATX case which I've planned for a while, pushing the price of this upgrade to around £6-700 already

wapcatlet · 30 Jul 2015 at 23:52

Well I think I've been putting off an upgrade long enough. I am expecting a Skylake i5 to show a noticeable improvement over my 6 year old Lynnfield i5 750.

GAC · 31 Jul 2015 at 06:30

wapcatlet said:
Well I think I've been putting off an upgrade long enough. I am expecting a Skylake i5 to show a noticeable improvement over my 6 year old Lynnfield i5 750.

hahaha same as me, got mine buzzing along at 4.1ghz for now. but a new cpu is needed will be a big boost i bet even at stock.

Simon Belmont · 31 Jul 2015 at 07:14

Dicehunter said:
Sticking with my 4790K, Unless the 6700K can give me actual noticeable frame increases I'll be waiting for Kabylake

I'll be doing This^ also.

TheF34RChannel · 31 Jul 2015 at 08:48

Simon Belmont said:
I'll be doing This^ also.

I don't think that Kaby Lake will be much of a performance increase to Skylake, maybe in the iGPU department only? It seems more like a soothing part because of the Cannonlake delay. Hoping that wrong, I'll maybe get Skylake and replace it with Kaby Lake of it really matters. So, you maybe might as well go Skylake.