Arachnotronic
Lifer
- Mar 10, 2006
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Dang, I've had Sandy Bridge for five freakin' years and it looks like it's finally at the point where the performance boost is enough to justify a rebuild upgrade. Definitely waiting for Intel to fix the teething problems with Skylake. Why do they keep cheaping out on stupid stuff? I might go with a six-core I7-5820K when the time comes unless a Skylake counterpart comes out. Still not in any rush, though. I have never had a build for this long, _ever_. Since I don't game (I'm an Adobe guy) I'm not as sensitive to frame rates and such. I don't think I've commented here for two years! Thanks to everyone for laying out the details here about the motherboard chipsets and such. Now I basically know what I want, and it's probably going to be the Z170 (or its successor) if I go with Skylake down the road. Cheers.
Skylake-E should be out in 1H 2017. If you can wait it out, it should be a beastly chip.