Skylake Review Thread

[hyperseven]

I have an i7 860 at the moment, so where should I put my money? I just use the PC for gaming. The rest of the specs are in my sig.

4690k bundle? £255.

4790k bundle? £344.

Skylake i5 6600k? About £320 with motherboard.

dont forget you also need some new RAM for the 6600k, unless you have low power DDR3 currently and find board that supports it with Skylake.

EDIT: overclockers only has one z170 with DDR3L support, https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-644-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=3078

 

[RavenXXX2]

The old 2500k still holding its own even when running an titanx.



Core i5 6600K Skylake Benchmarks vs i5 4690K/ 3770K/ 2500K/ FX-8350

Core i5 6600K 4.5GHz Overclock Skylake Benchmarks vs i7 4790K/ i7 3770K

 

[Supernova]

dont forget you also need some new RAM for the 6600k, unless you have low power DDR3 currently and find board that supports it with Skylake.

EDIT: overclockers only has one z170 with DDR3L support, https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-644-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=3078

Yup, that's the issue.

Not sure if my RAM would be compatible? It's Samsung Green DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz - nothing at all special. The product description seems to suggest it would be compatible.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £209.99
1 x Asus Z170-P D3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
Total : £302.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 

[hyperseven]

Yup, that's the issue.

Not sure if my RAM would be compatible? It's Samsung Green DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz - nothing at all special. The product description seems to suggest it would be compatible.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £209.99
1 x Asus Z170-P D3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
Total : £302.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Google-fu says RAM has to be 1.35v or 1.25v to be classed as DDR3L, but reading board specs does say anything about low voltage RAM ???

 

[Supernova]

Google-fu says RAM has to be 1.35v or 1.25v to be classed as DDR3L, but reading board specs does say anything about low voltage RAM ???

Nope, it doesn't say anything about it needing low voltage RAM. That's why I thought it looked as though any DDR3 is compatible.

In any case it just so happens that this RAM was marketed as "extreme low voltage", so it's 1.35V.

 

[pandem0nium]

If overclocking with the bclk is back on the cards, the smart money will be on the skylake xeons or the locked I5 / I7s.