I am about to buy a new CPU+Motherboard+RAM combo and been warned off Skylake CPUs

David_Ratcliffe · Feb 17, 2016

My current PC is based on a Q6600 processor on a nine year old Motherboard. :??:

I am about to buy a new CPU+Motherboard+RAM combo (and possibly a new Graphics card) and migrate my old ssd & sata hard drives.

I have been warned by a friend to buy a Haswell CPU as there are problems with the construction of the new Skylake CPUs. Is this correct? I don't want to buy old technology in case I limit my upgrade path in the future. I have been looking at either a I5-4690 or a I5-6600 processor.

Main use would be music creation and occasional gaming

Tradesman1 · Feb 17, 2016

Can go either route 4690 or 6600, haven't seen any real problems with Skylake. Is the SSD a newer one, asking because many of the older were made using the SandForce 12xx controller which isn't fully true SATA compatible and generally won't work on Haswell or newer rigs

David_Ratcliffe · Feb 18, 2016

It's a 250GB Crucial BX100 Solid State Drive - CT250BX100SSD1 which I added in the last 18 months.

When I did a google search, around December 2015 there were reports coming out of Germany that fans were putting too much pressure on processors and cracking them.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/12/intel-skylake-cpus-bent-and-broken-by-some-third-party-coolers/

Gamer1985 · Feb 18, 2016

There is no problems with skylake, this is the first I have ever heard. The only thing ever mentioned was a cpu bug but that was to be fixed with a software/bios update. Otherwise many skylake users are very happy with there choice, myself included.

Tradesman1 · Feb 18, 2016

Cooler mounting has long been a problem, not so much as cracking CPUs, but all too many people go to put on a cooler and think it has to be as tight as they can get it, this often leads to problems like too tight in a corner or side throwing the CPU out of level and affecting the MC, or on occasion, bending pins

James Mason · Feb 18, 2016

It was a news article only about one brand of CPU coolers breaking the CPUs because they were being screwed on too tight, the other brands of cpu coolers didn't report this.
Don't worry about skylake CPUs, their basically the same price but just better than haswell, there isn't a good reason to go back a generation unless you're already on haswell, then there is no reason to upgrade.

king3pj · Feb 18, 2016

Also, if it's an i5-6600 (non-K model) it will come with a stock cooler. The stock cooler is good enough for stock speeds and it's also much lighter than most aftermarket coolers.

Even with an aftermarket cooler I wouldn't worry much about it but with the stock cooler I wouldn't worry at all.

adamray10 · Feb 18, 2016

There has been a lot of talk around RAM support for the Skylake processors...which could be where you might have heard bad things. Only DDR3L and DDR4 are supported. If you decide to go with Skylake, I would recommend getting a MB that supports DDR4. If you install DDR3 with Skylake, I will not register the full amount that you install. For instance, you install 2x8GB. Your BIOS will only recognize around 4GB.

Maybe not what you are looking for, but good knowledge to have.

lyricyst2000 · Feb 18, 2016

Your friend's data is both obsolete and somewhat exaggerated to begin with. Skylake is fine, the processors have been sold out everywhere since release and I havent heard one direct complaint from someone who managed to damage theirs during installation. Haswell is still a decent option but now that prices are trending down for skylake there is no reason not to get the latest tech.

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