SkyLake 2011-v3?

[Snd_handsmoke]

I have been looking through all the information I could find trying to see when we can expect a SkyLake processor for the 2011-v3 CPU socket? I am putting together an x99 build right now and I have the 2011-v3 socket. My build is meant to be an everything build for work and hard core gaming. right now I planned to wait on black Friday sales to snag an i7-6850k on sale if possible. However, after surfing around the web looking at the SkyLake processors that are out now for the z170 I was wondering if I had best wait for a skylake that will fit my 2011-v3 socket? I know I cannot be told what to buy here. but a little advice or any news on time frame for the 2011-v3 versions of skylake would be great.

 

[AlienALX]

Most of the benefit of Skylake was that it ran DDR4, where as Haswell and DC on mainstream ran DDR3. That was how Skylake managed to look so much better in benchmarks or tests where memory bandwidth was tested. It worked well in some games too, with Skylake getting 10 FPS more than DC. X99 however is DDR4 across the board. If you look at the Broadwell I5 K there was hardly any difference between it and Skylake. As such I would recommend just pulling the trigger on a 6850K. Skylake will be faster but not that much and X99 set ups will last you years. I've had my 5820k for 18 months now and tbh I don't think I will need to replace it for at least another three years.

A couple of weeks back I built my first ever WC rig (like real WC) and put a Phenom 1055T in there for the giggles. I OCed it to 3.5ghz (ram was the limiting factor, crappy 667mhz DDR2) and I was amazed by how snappy it was with a half decent SSD. Honestly I spent nearly two weeks on it and even gamed quite a lot. I mean yeah, it was only Borderlands and BL2 but those are what I play most and even at 1440p it felt no different to playing on my Haswell E rig with a Titan XM in it.

CPUs are not like GPUs any more tbh. When AMD dropped out of the race Intel continued on racing against themselves and they have basically shot their load. IMO they could have slowed down and made a lot more money but hey, corporations and all.

 

[jimma47]

Off the top of my head the Skylake-E won't fit a 2011 socket motherboard - they're going to use the 2066 socket instead. Should be out mid to late next year.

 

[tolagarf]

Off the top of my head the Skylake-E won't fit a 2011 socket motherboard - they're going to use the 2066 socket instead. Should be out mid to late next year.

Correct and it's called Skylake-X (6-10 core) this time around which will be released about the same time as Kaby lake-X (4 core). But Cannonlake is also rumored to be released late 2017 with the first 6 core CPU for socket 115x

 

[AlienALX]

Wow. So they are releasing an already released technology onto a new platform? GLWT.

I wouldn't even mind but every one knows the IPC of Skylake already so you can already sort of know the performance by adding 33% or so on top of a 6700k for the hex and so on. But a new platform?

And why would you go from Broadwell to Skylake when there was virtually no difference at all? very silly.

 

[tolagarf]

When I say "late 2017" it probably translates into early 2018 for availability. This seem to happen a few times with Intel, and I wouldn't be surprised if it happens again.

Actually it seems to become a norm these days. Announcing a product but failing to actually deliver any for months, except for their reviewers hehe. Hype is a powerful tool