How future proof is Skylake compared Haswell do you think please?

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In terms of CPU performance, there isn't much difference between the two. Skylake does offer bigger improvements as far as chipset features goes, like NVMe support and 32Gbps M.2, which is important for high performance SSDs coming out now. Skylake also has DDR4 support which allows for higher capacity sticks and theoretically more memory bandwidth, but that may not be relevant to most users unless they need huge amounts of RAM eg. more than 32GB or you're running an application that is very sensitive to memory bandwidth.

Both are viable choices, and Haswell would work if you're on a tight budget. If you have the money to get a Skylake build, I would go for it, as Skylake's additional features might come in handy down the road if you...
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In terms of CPU performance, there isn't much difference between the two. Skylake does offer bigger improvements as far as chipset features goes, like NVMe support and 32Gbps M.2, which is important for high performance SSDs coming out now. Skylake also has DDR4 support which allows for higher capacity sticks and theoretically more memory bandwidth, but that may not be relevant to most users unless they need huge amounts of RAM eg. more than 32GB or you're running an application that is very sensitive to memory bandwidth.

Both are viable choices, and Haswell would work if you're on a tight budget. If you have the money to get a Skylake build, I would go for it, as Skylake's additional features might come in handy down the road if you want a really fast SSD or you decide that you need a lot of RAM for whatever reason.
 
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