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Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

Some EVGA Z170 boards have leaked:

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http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/evga-shows-off-z170-series-motherboards-ahead-of-intel-skylake-release/#/3

Hopefully the full range of Asus boards will leak soon :)
 
Nelly said:
That ES chip probally has a soldered IHS, I bet when the retail chips come out Intel will have cheaped out again with crappy TIM again.
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The engineering samples are all TIM based, not soldered. That's how we came to know that Skylake is not soldered in the fist place, engineering leaks.
 
skiersteve321 said:
im so confused as to buy a 5820k or 6700k the few gaming benchmarks are showing 5820k better, eurgh really dont know what to do since people are saying skylake will beat 5820k but everything ive seen so far doesnt seem true, also i strictly only use my pc for gaming
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There are no official gaming results out yet.

We're so close to Skylake's release that it's a very wise decision to wait 2-3 weeks and see the official results, then decide for yourself :)
 
jonneymendoza said:
according to the original post, the cpu's most folks would be after(6700k) are out next year mate
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jonneymendoza said:
o it got pushed forward? nice i may get one and finally upgrade my HTPC.
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It didn't get pushed forward, it was August this year for many, many months already.

Broadwell-C was the one that got delayed by years, hence why we had Devil's Canyon (Haswell refresh) in the first place.
 
jonneymendoza said:
hehe makes me getting haswell-E ore sweeter as it appears my setup is better then skylake.
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We have no official performance benchmarks from Skylake yet.

Haswell-E will no doubt be much faster in encoding, video editing, multi-threaded benchmarks etc, thanks to it's extra 2 cores.

However, for gaming, Skylake may be superior to Haswell-E, since games have always favoured more IPC and higher clocks.

We'll have to wait and see the official results to be sure, of course :)

Unless Skylake impresses me, I'll be moving to X99.
 
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Leaked Intel Slides!

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So it seems Intel is claiming a 10-20% IPC improvement from Broadwell - hopefully this will be reflected in the official review :D

Note that the slides are pertaining to mobile Skylake, though as the desktop quad's are in fact mobile CPU's also, it should carry over to our -K CPU's.

Source, with more slides: http://www.fanlesstech.com/2015/07/exclusive-skylake-boost.html
 
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Vinno said:
Those boards look very nice. Just hope they don't cost too much.
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The Extreme will surely have a high premium - since it's the first board with a native U.2 connector, plus being EATX with more connectivity options.

The Hero will most likely be the sweet spot, IMO.
 
haszek said:
If the price is like they mentioned 220-250$ it's kinda high for a board with single m2 slot.
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The extreme kinda does have two:

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1x M.2
1x U.2 (U.2 = new name for SFF-8639, which is exactly the same speed as M.2, to facilitate 2.5" PCI-E SSD's).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9363/sff8639-connector-renamed-as-u2

For example, the Intel 750 SSD comes in two flavours, one being the PCI-E x4 add in card, the other being a traditional 2.5" drive, with a U.2 (SFF-8639) connection:

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Boomstick777 said:
Why is M.2 a big deal? X99 has 10GB/s M.2 Sata Mobo's from £150.

These Skylake higher end mobo's will likely cost the same maybe even more at launch. 5820K + X99 is surely the better option in every metric.

I am interested to see some Skylake Xeon chips though, whatever replaces the Xeon 1230L and 1240L could be amazing for HTPC, low power PC gaming etc.

That aside, Broadwell -E and Skylake -E will be nice for all dem cores and lower power consumption.
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Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, Boomstick. Those who like/want Skylake will buy it. Those who prefer X99 will buy that instead. We still don't have to crap on other people's choices/decisions, as they don't match our own opinions.

X99 and Z170 will simply have different uses for different people. X99 will be the more expensive choice, since the CPU's cost more, motherboards cost more, and you need 4X RAM sticks to take advantage of the quad channel memory. Skylake/Z170 only has a dual channel memory controller, so 2 sticks of RAM will be enough.

For those using 1-2 GPU's, Skylake Z170 will likely offer more performance in games, since games love IPC and clockspeed, and don't use more than 4 cores at the moment.

For those who use their gaming PC for productivity, video editing, encoding etc etc, then obviously the 6 and 8 core X99 are the better choice.

M.2/U.2 are the future of SSD's, that's why people are interested in them buddy :) Nice to have the latest connectivity options when you upgrade, such as U.2 and M.2.
 
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Datass said:
I take it they are pushing that U.2 connector then? Thought that was just a temp thing, is this going to be obsolete in 2 years?
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It's really hard to say. If Asus only put a U.2 connector on their top of the line Extreme (£300+) motherboard, then U.2 won't be having any significant market penetration soon, which will discourage Samsung, Crucial etc to release U.2 mainstream SSD's.

I think PCI-E/NVME SSD's will be a enthusiast product for a year or two or more, then maybe we'll eventually see U.2/M.2 on the mainstream and budget boards in the future.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Not sure why you got personal there, if everyone is entitled to an opinion, Why are you getting personal when I say X99 is a better choice? That's my opinion lol. Nobody is crapping on anything :D

If your spending for the top range Skylake chip, in my opinion lol it makes way more sense to go X99 + 5820K for the 50% extra CPU at similar cost, plus the other stuff like quad channel etc.

For smaller form factors Skylake looks like it could be great.

I plan on picking up another Zbox or similar at some point (I'm done with traditional desktop for now), a Skylake one would be awesome, 14nm and hopefully true quad i5's rather than these dual cores you get atm.
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The issue is that you've said the same thing around 5-10 times in this thread alone. It gets old after a while, we all know your thoughts.

It just seems that you refuse to let others have fun as the release date approaches and the hype builds, you come along with your usual "Skylake sucks, X99 is a better buy, x99 is cheaper, faster quiter, clocks better , has soldered ihs, plus I bought it, so should you" every few posts.

Just accept the fact that having 2 or 4 extra cores is pointless for many people. We'd prefer higher IPC cores, less heat, lower power consumption and all the goodies that come along with the new platform.
 
Boomstick777 said:
'Refuse to let others have fun', come on mate get a grip.

So basically you said everyone is entitled to option, but that's as long as that opinion agrees with yours, like a dictatorship. Got ya.

Oh and now extra cores are pointless, ok then but that's fine for you to say as it 's your opinion. But if I reply with my opinion I will be stopping fun lol.
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As you can see from the post just after yours:

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As a gamer, the higher icp and lower power consumption are probably worth more to me. X99 is a very compelling alternative for workstation use though.
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It's not just me with this opinion. I'm not alone in not needing more than 4 cores for my gaming PC.
 
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