Haswell refresh or Skylake?

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2015, 08:37 AMLazarraga

I'm thinking of building a new rig and I'm on the fence here. First I thought of building it with a Haswell refresh CPU (probably i5 4590 or 4690), because the only two Skylake CPUs that Intel had released where the i5 6600k and the i7 6700k, and I'm not gonna OC. But I just checked and they've released plenty of new Skylake CPUs.

Question: Is there any reason why I shouldn't go with Skylake?

Thanks in advance for the feedback

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2015, 08:41 AMAngryKitten465

If you don't want to overclock, there is no sense in purchasing a K version of any cpu, since the K means they are designed with overclocking in mind.

Just get a version without the K, that has the most desirable speed for your needs. Wouldn't focus to much on the i5 vs i7 debate, Intel recently releases the i5 6600, a beast on its own that can match any i7 apart from perhaps the top model.

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2015, 08:43 AMWaspaloy

Yes, the expensive DDR4 memory.

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2015, 14:37 PMBudwise

You'll want the Z170 chipset and yea DDR4 memory has come down A LOT since release. There is no reason to not go Skylake.

Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2015, 09:05 AMWaspaloy

Nice.
I didn't know that the b150 chipset supported ddr3. Thanks for the info.

Jump back to quoted post13 Oct 2015, 14:43 PMvietnam_giap13

Im still using Sandy Bridge :X