Should I Wait For Skylake?

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I'm building my first gaming PC and was just wondering if I should wait for the Intel Skylake CPUs before building my PC.
Will it offer a performance increase in gaming over the current Broadwell CPUs?
 
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If you have a solution that's working, then I would say yes, its worth the wait to see how well the skylake performs compared to what's available now. If you do not have a working gaming rig that can hold you over, then I would say go with what's available and build the best system you can afford. After all, there is no reason you can't simply wait a couple of generations and build yourself a new rig. I myself am finally breaking down and building a new rig, I have been using the same core 2 quad q6600 system since the q6600 came out. I have simply upgraded the video card every now and then. Now however, the new games that are coming out are simply more than the old beast can handle, so it transitions from my gaming rig to a htpc system...
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Skylake can be released this year or 2016... If you want to wait, you can but you know that you will buy something and It will come something better and you think "I should wait a little more".

I have my I7 4790K and I know that skylake will be better but we cant always wait for better...
 
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If you have a solution that's working, then I would say yes, its worth the wait to see how well the skylake performs compared to what's available now. If you do not have a working gaming rig that can hold you over, then I would say go with what's available and build the best system you can afford. After all, there is no reason you can't simply wait a couple of generations and build yourself a new rig. I myself am finally breaking down and building a new rig, I have been using the same core 2 quad q6600 system since the q6600 came out. I have simply upgraded the video card every now and then. Now however, the new games that are coming out are simply more than the old beast can handle, so it transitions from my gaming rig to a htpc system and I get to build a new beast that I hope will last as long as the old beast did.
 
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If you have already bought the parts for your PC, I suggest just going on with the build. However, if you are still planning to buy the parts, I suggest waiting 2 more months as motherboard manufacturers are already showing off their Z170 motherboards such as at Computex. Like guanyu210379 said, it will boil down to whether you need the PC now or is waiting an option.
 
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if you spend your life waiting for the newest parts you will find you have done a lot of waiting with your life and not a lot of doing

its sislicon based cpu and lets face it the margins have been getting smaller and smaller as intel /amd hit the wall with silicon so i wouldnt bother.it wont be a trrific advance on performance
 
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Skylake is coming in August and the flagship Skylake S series CPU's are on sale September.

If you can wait till then without critical need for upgrading this second, it will be worth having at least the choice of slightly cheaper Haswell CPUs, should the value not be there.

OR, they are awesome chips and priced well and you will be happy.

Either way, as we KNOW they are around the corner, perhaps this is the time to wait. Summer is nice anyway...go outside and become a pro Frisbee player or something?

 
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Realistically, stock vs stock, you're unlikely to see much more than 3 - 5 fps in some games at most. This will likely only be games that push the CPU heavily, which are rare enough as it is.

Given the information we know about DX12, CPU models are likely to get closer in terms of performance relative to each other.

I say go for something relatively future proof now if you have the money - a nice desktop i5 or i7, and game to your hearts content.
 
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Thanks for the replies. I'll only wait until the beginning of August, as I want to have the end of the summer to game. You're right, I can't always wait for better.
I'll see if there is any news on Skylake by that time, but I think a 4790K will do just fine.
How long do you think the 4790K will be good for gaming without needing to upgrade?
Also, what would be the best bang for the buck motherboard for this CPU? Would something like the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 mobo be one of the best?
 
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I've thought a lot about this, the Skylake chip that will equate to 4790k's ability won't be among the first ones that come out, in fact so they don't compete with the 4790k they'll likely be the last chips of Skylake. Plus for gaming CPU power isn't the part that's going to go obsolete first in a gaming build, the GPU is, so why wait? Get the CPU you want now and pick the best GPU you can. Any modern i5 class chip will do fine and dandy for gaming for a long time to come.
 
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hey Pimpanther, I am in the same place right now... desperately need a Mobo+Ram+CPU upgrade for my gaing rig. I already have bought GTX970... I was planning to wait until I came across this thread. I guess even I will go with Haswell.
I have a confusion though, why did you go for i7 4790K and not i5 4690K for your gaming pc. Aren't the two same for gaming at 1080p?
 
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I can't speak for him, but for gaming the i5 would be just fine, but if you plan on also recording gameplay or even broadcasting on twitch, the extra cores help stave off stuttering. Even if you're going to edit gameplay the i7 helps make things go faster/smoother. It's why I upgraded from an i5.
 
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