Sadly, the average Joe can live with a Single Core with HT.Dont confuse an enthusiast forum with the broad market. Unless average joe wants a hexcore over a quad with no penalty its not going to happen. You are not part of the 99% crowd.
And for the 5820K, remember you compare apples and oranges. 15MB cache and quadchannel. Remember why Broadwell-C performs so insanely good compared to its speed? Or What Skylake needs to stretch its legs on the LGA1151
DX12 if anything will lower CPU usage, not increase it.
And if you are willing to pay for a 6700K. Why not a 5820K?
i7 6700k in stock at TigerDirect.com without a bundle. Price is a bit painful at 400 though.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=_9aeWGjeRmc-9VUhBstUoIN4yyz.9_UtqQ
Aftershock who? You're likely not to have heard of Singaporean company Aftershock PC, but the custom notebook and PC manufacturer has been gaining recognition locally for its attractively priced custom-fitted hardware. Impressively, the company has piqued the interest of Intel, with the chipmaker partnering up with Aftershock to be one of the first few manufacturers to sell laptops equipped with its latest six-generation processor.
The SM-15 laptop is one of the first few notebooks in the world to sport Intel's Skylake processor, the Core i5 6300HQ, which is a sixth-generation processor from the chipmaker. Intel's latest hardware offers lower power consumption while still improving on both GPU and CPU performance, and Aftershock claims temperatures on notebooks are a lot cooler compared with similar Haswell-equipped models. The GPU in this laptop is the very mainstream Nvidia 960M.
The Aftershock SM-15 will be available in Singapore from September 5 onwards, and while the company primarily serves the local market, those overseas who are keen can also try to purchase one through the company's website.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, August 5, 2015 – Intel's 100 Series, otherwise known as Skylake, the successor of Intel's Broadwell chips, not to be confused with Skynet and the end of human civilization, has finally arrived! The spearhead Z170 chipset are the first to make an appearance, while the embargo dates of others are drawing near as well. This year, ASRock continues its three motherboard product lines, the Extreme Series, ASRock Gaming Series and OC Formula Series.
It's Sept 1 here... where's the SKL i3 CPUs??? (And the "B" and "H" DDR3 mobos?)
HELL YES! With thost i5, no i7 Trash, I mean U tier will defeat the... wait... with the i5.... it could be the end of the i7 U we know?Retail launch of many Skylake notebooks might happen at or soon after IFA later this week. Hopefully 4C/4T Core i5 6300HQ will be a popular choice among manufacturers.
HELL YES! With thost i5, no i7 Trash, I mean U tier will defeat the... wait... with the i5.... it could be the end of the i7 U we know?
Not only that, AFAIK only U and lower TDP series feature on package PCH.U and the HQ series are different TDPs.
Not only that, AFAIK only U and lower TDP series feature on package PCH.
So nothing in North America...
So nothing in North America...
No - Laptops really rule in the US, at least as far as I've seen in business. As early as 2002 I noticed that young software engineers were choosing a laptop over desktop (they just used a docking station at work to have a larger monitor & better keyboard). If there is a shortage (and this appears to be true), OEMs will get first priority.
Laptops are craptops for software engineering work. Compile time is too long, unless you're working on small SW projects.
If you intend to do serious work you need a proper desktop PC with fast CPU and many cores, SSD, lots of RAM, large display, and proper keyboard & mouse.
For serious work you use a build server since all the code is submitted to a repository. At least that was the case with the last large enterprise project I worked on (JEE) and was the case, also, when I was a developer on a large firmware project (Unix based system in C++). Like you, I prefer a beefy desktop system - though I may change to a laptop on the next job I get so I can spend more time at home and less in the office. So long as I have a docking station at work - I think I'll be fine - SSDs are a game changer for me.