Should i move on to haswell or should i still camp out till skylake.

[Aircooled Brain]

"As per the rumor mill"Since skylake won't be that much of a jump over haswell and would be still using DDR3 i am thinking about selling my 2500 before its value depreciates even more and buying a xeon 1220 v3 for its 8mb cache over the 4690k's 6mb .Should i camp out or should i make the jump ?

These are rumors so don't hate on me.

[jayctech]

Am I wrong in thinking Skylake's supposed to be released next year? Pretty big wait.

[Aircooled Brain]

Am I wrong in thinking Skylake's supposed to be released next year? Pretty big wait.

Its in Q2 this year.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Its in Q2 this year.

I've heard everything from 1 month, to next year, to year after.

I think its safe to say, nobody fucking knows. >_>

[jayctech]

Its in Q2 this year.

Oo that's dope. Must be mistaking it for something else that'll release next year.

[MoonDoggy-X]

Broadwell is q2 this year...

Skylake is October 2015

[Deli]

Its in Q2 this year.

2H, not Q2

[Poster]

I am following this thread because I am interested in this as well.  I want to upgrade from my FX8320 and want to know what everyone thinks.

[paprikman]

I don't think, that it will give u a huge performance boost, also release dates are very blurry, so...

I'm currently upgrading one of my rigs to haswell also.

[Brandonberg]

If it's a month, wait. If it's 6 months just go with what is available now. I made the mistake of waiting once and realised that if I'm always waiting for the next big release, you never end up upgrading.

[iDeJayDzn]

My question is. Skylake comes out. Supports DDR3. Maxwell is X99/DDR4. Wasn't Skylake meant to be intercompatible? Now we're hearing it's just DDR3? What's the point in Skylake if it's not inter-compatible?

[swifty7]

yeah!  same here.  I want a worthy upgrade to my 2500K.  I only wish  I knew for sure if skylake unlocked was being released soon.   Then again I might just say F..it and get the 5820k and go with that for the long haul.....meaning for the next 5 years or so.  If only x99 supported DD3.....if only!

[Django]

Skylake-S (performance) sometime August IIRC while unlocked Skylake 2016. Subject to change of course.

 

To the OP, wait for Cannonlake if your system is able to do everything you want at this time.

[runit3]

-From what, for what?

From a 2500k, really depends on what you're trying to do...Your current hardware depreciating in value isn't meaningful. All hardware will always depreciate in value, and selling a 2500k for $120 vs $100 6 months from now (example values) shouldn't be a make or break point for an entire new PC.

 

If you need a new computer for productivity i.e.-making money, or your life easier in some measurable way, then go Haswell. If you're using the 2500k for games and browsing you could keep on doing that for years, regardless of how much it is worth second-hand.

[swifty7]

one of the reasons I want to go with intel 6 cores is because I want to get into VM soon.  But that mandatory DD4 really pisses me off, then again if intel releases Broadwell unlocked soon enough, then I might go with that.

[eisenklad]

shifting to DDR4 is not going to be well for me...i got my 16GB kit early 2014... and i doubt ddr4 is gonna drop to same price level in 6 months

 

so in order to  squeeze more bang for buck out of my ddr3, i'm gonna jump from my i5 3570K to whatever highest i7 skylake will sport and probably go AIO or custom

 

only wish i win silicon lottery...

but if there is a 6-8 core intel price equivalent with similar clock speed that uses DDR3, i'm all for that...be it a xeon or E-variants...OC'ing isnt my highest priority anymore

i just begun doing content creation...so my 3570K does stutter at times