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Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

RavenXXX2 said:
Price skylake high as there are plenty of haswell boards and CPUs doing the rounds that need shifting, no doubt they will come down in price now it's a dead socket.
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What makes you think that?

Old chipsets/CPUs never come down in price. If you want to buy a *new* IvyBridge i7 you'll pay the same as a Haswell, maybe even more because the popular vendors don't stock them anymore.
 
If there's a lot of them, Intel might discount them, but usually they do a good job of running down stock before releasing replacement products. In that case the EOL lines tend to creep up in price.
 
Killer7xx said:
Probably price gouging again, I'm not a fan of OCUK on release days.
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Meladath said:
The price is so high because thats typical OCuk pricing. It's amazing they sell any really when competitors sell them for £250-280.
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If you don't like it then go elsewhere - free market and all that - however no need to be whining about it on the forum.

VoG said:
Early adopter gouging, every shop does it when shiny new kit arrives.
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+1 Standard business practice - If stock is limited (intentionally or otherwise), everyone charges more. If OcUK (or anyone else) decide to charge 5% more than competitors charge - then providing they still sell then that's 5% extra profit (profit which in all likelihood is reinvested into the business e.g. to promote new product lines, subsidise promotions etc.)



badbiddy said:
What makes you think that?

Old chipsets/CPUs never come down in price. If you want to buy a *new* IvyBridge i7 you'll pay the same as a Haswell, maybe even more because the popular vendors don't stock them anymore.
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Typically they either discontinue fast enough for it not to be an issue, but if they don't then they normally cost the same as the newer chip/board - knowing that there is always a market for people who just want to upgrade chip e.g. without motherboard change/possible reinstall, or people with a good chip but a dead mobo,
 
Hopefully the Sabretooth will be out at the same time as that ROG board, can't wait to see it!

I hope the reviews are good, should be a step up from my Core I7 940
 
All reviews should come shortly (embargo closes today).

That bittersweet feeling of not having to upgrade. Less money to spend, less fun.
 
That's pretty damning if true, but I'll still wait for the official English reviews.

I like that klevv(?) ram they used though, looks badass!
 
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Tomorrow's going to be a fun day.

All I can say is that I'm glad DDR4 is dropping a considerable amount.
 
I am in a real confused state at the moment! I have been slowly upgrading my 5 year old PC in recent months to spread the cost out a bit. My current set up is:

i5 2500 (non K meaning I can't OC it)
GTX 980 TI (MSI)
ASUS Predator 1440P xb270hu gsync

I have had barely any issue with games running at max settings, the only 2 games that have given me any trouble have been Ryse and Project Cars (g sync does help a lot)

I am assuming I will def be having issues here due to a cpu bottleneck? My upgrade options are...

- Upgrade the current cpu to an i7 2700K/2600K and overclock (2nd hand)
- Upgrade to an i7 3770K (2nd hand)
- Upgrade whole mobo, cpu and RAM - Skylake

I do have the money for option 3 but is this overkill?

Any advice? Thanks!
 
3770k and overclock tbh

2600k/2700k are selling for close to 3770k prices on ebay, due to people stuck on older motherboards.

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looks like 2600k prices have actually come down a lot to below £120, whilst the 3770k is still around £180.
 
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muon said:
3770k and overclock tbh

2600k/2700k are selling for close to 3770k prices on ebay, due to people stuck on older motherboards.

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looks like 2600k prices have actually come down a lot to below £120, whilst the 3770k is still around £180.
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Thanks! I assume you mean 2nd hand @ £180? And where? Competitor names.
 
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harz_marz said:
Thanks! I assume you mean 2nd hand @ £180? And where? Competitor names.
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Yeh, I was looking at ebay, but anywhere else would be fine.

I can see their prices rising if skylake turns out to be only 20% better than ivybridge.

Its similar to how the Q9650 and Q9550 E0 held their value because nehalem wasn't great.
 
muon said:
Yeh, I was looking at ebay, but anywhere else would be fine.

I can see their prices rising if skylake turns out to be only 20% better than ivybridge.

Its similar to how the Q9650 and Q9550 E0 held their value because nehalem wasn't great.
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Thanks! I think I will just go for the 3770K and overclock it. I have never ever overclocked in my life!

My cooler is "SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER"

Will this be enough?
 
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