Intel Core i5 3350P vs q9550 @ 3.6ghz

quad2012

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Hello again, I got a serious question,

I currently run a q9550 @ 3.6ghz and have the option to switch to a i5 3350P for little money.
For the future I'm planning to invest some money into Skylake once it comes out, now my question, is it worth to pay few extra bucks to switch to that i5 or should I just wait for Skylake?
The only thing that would actually cost me is the RAM do you think DDR3 should be fine with skylake, cause as far as I've seen it will support both DDR3 and 4 but as for now DDR4 boards and the RAM itself is quite a bit more expensive for not that much of a benefit or am I wrong here?

Cheers

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quad2012

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I'm aware of the motherboard, I'd get it together with the CPU, the only expense would be the DDR3 RAM.
 

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I'm in such a situation, so your suggestion sounds good to me. I think if it would give me like 12 months this would already be enough for slightly cheaper DDR4 memory and boards.