4790k Devils Canyon VS 6700k Skylake

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Anthonyd608

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I am upgrading my processor from an fx-8320. Should I go with the older Devils canyon 4790k which with MoBo is $440, or go with the brand new Skylake 6700k that would cost $660 with new MoBo and 16 gb of DDR4 ram. This is a pure gaming rig, and I intend to add a 2nd R9 390 in the future. The rest of the system specs are:
750 watt corsair PSU
R9 390 8GB
240gb crucial SSD
(Currently have 16GB Corsair DDR3)

 
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You don't need to worry about being left behind. Intel always forces a motherboard upgrade each time they release a CPU. Problem is, most people don't have a reason to upgrade because the new CPUs coming out haven't really gotten much faster. The Skylake platform won't be updated by Intel.
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If you currently have a pile of DDR3, I'd stick with Devil's Canyon. Definitely not worth the extra $220.

Not sure whether you'd really notice a difference between that and the 8320, though. I'd get the second 390 now (and maybe a new PSU to go along with it; they're pretty power hungry).

 
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But will I run into any issues using the older generation? I really dont want to run into a problem where the skylake far out performs or gets future updates causing the 4790k to really far behind.
 
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Save your money and continue to run your current rig or, if you must, use the funds on an additional GPU. Seeing what you're already running, I don't see much point in it though unless you're planning on going 4k @ 60+ FPS.

Oh, and the differences between DDR3 and DDR4 aren't anywhere close to justifying the steep cost premium and likely won't for a LONG time. By that point, they'll likely have moved on to DDR5.
 
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You don't need to worry about being left behind. Intel always forces a motherboard upgrade each time they release a CPU. Problem is, most people don't have a reason to upgrade because the new CPUs coming out haven't really gotten much faster. The Skylake platform won't be updated by Intel.
 
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Yes Cannonlake will come out on the same chipset as Skylake but it's really just a die shrink and support for denser memory (which really isn't required on the consumer side). I'd expect no speed increase from it save perhaps faster iGPU.
 
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