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Skylake Review Thread

Dave2150

Dave2150

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Lets post the official reviews in here :D

To start things off, Intel's official Skylake launch slides:


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To see all the slides, see the link below (there are loads):

http://wccftech.com/intel-unleashes-14nm-skylake-k-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k-processors-91w-z170-platform-support/
 
TheF34RChannel said:
Last slide: up to >30% better performance (for me). In what? Where's the appendix?
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In the footnotes:

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3 year old PC = 3770k
2 year old PC = 4770k
1 year old PC = 4790k

The benchmark used was "SPEC CPU2006"

SPEC = Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

https://www.spec.org/

Synthetic benchmarks, as per usual from Intel.

We'll have to wait a few hours for the official reviews to show average performance etc.
 
Hiijinx said:
After all this hype, I thought it was x99! Guess I need to read the details better next time.
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X99 chipset = i7-5820k, 5930k, and 5960x, LGA2011-v3 socket.

5820k has 28 PCI-E lanes, 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.3GHz/3.6GHz clock
5930k has 40 PCI-E lanes, 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.5GHz/3.7GHz clock
5960x has 40 PCI-E lanes, 8 cores, 16 threads, 3GHz/3.5GHz clock

Skylake is the Z170 chipset with the LGA1151 socket.
 
Hi, i am wanting to upgrade my current PC, which is a AMD 8350, i just need 3 parts CPU / RAM and Motherboard, I guess its best still to get the skylake 6700k over the 4790k , as its a newer platform, and DDR4 prices are very good,

Thanks
 
What do you plan to use your PC for?

The i7-5820k is much better value than the 6700k coming from the current reviews, but wait until tomorrow to get a better picture.
 
Rowlii said:
What do you plan to use your PC for?

The i7-5820k is much better value than the 6700k coming from the current reviews, but wait until tomorrow to get a better picture.
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just gaming and general browsing really, the boards for the i7-5820k are quite pricey ,

Thanks
 
One of the four-core. higher clock chips will likely be better for gaming, however if you are popping £500 into a system I'd much rather go for the extra cores and slightly worse performance in games (talking a few FPS), it just seems a lot more sensible.
 
Based on Anandtech's review I can't work out exactly what the point of Skylake is. If you need to change platform and buy DDR4, then X99 for the small additional cost is far better value. If you need to use the iGPU then Broadwell destroys Skylake's iGPU.

Am I missing something?
 
zola25 said:
Based on Anandtech's review I can't work out exactly what the point of Skylake is. If you need to change platform and buy DDR4, then X99 for the small additional cost is far better value. If you need to use the iGPU then Broadwell destroys Skylake's iGPU.

Am I missing something?
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Exactly, no point. Intel have to get product out to keep share holders happy.
 
There's a tiny boost in CPU-limited games from Sandy (few FPS) but given the CPU itself costs more than 5820K and DDR4 is about to skyrocket in price, it would be wiser to invest in X99 and find a use for those extra cores. :D
 
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