Should I wait for a 6700k or buy a 4790k?

[Emisand]

Hello guys,

 

I am currently running my pretty old PC with an i7-920, ASUS P6T and GTX 470.

I think it's time to upgrade, but I want to know if it's worth to wait for the i7-6700k skylake processor or if there wouldnt be a significant improvement from the i7-4790k.

 

Take into consideration that the PC will not only be used for gaming, but for software development, video transcoding and streaming, so I guess the IGP is helpful for this stuff.

For discrete graphics, I am planning to buy a GTX 970, and for motherboard chipset a Z170 or Z97 depending on the processor.

 

So is it worth to wait a few months to get the newest skylake processor in my use case scenario?

 

Thank you!

[AlwaysFSX]

I would just wait, Skylake is going to release REALLY soon.

[HoiDaniel]

I think the 4790K would be fine.

With the money you will probably save on DDR4 and the MoBo you can buy a better cooling solution for your CPU so you overclock it a bit more. That will put the performance just about the same.

[bomerr]

skylake comes out tomrorow, look at all the leaks we've had this week.

 

def wait man 

[The Pizza Thief]

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Wait for it, you have nothing to lose, worst case scenario you wait for Skylake it is not what you expected and the i7-4790k comes down in price so you get it cheaper.

[SeanAngelo]

just wait and see if the price of the i7 4790k comes down

[nishank93]

If iGPU performance is a priority, wait for Skylake.

 

If raw CPU performance is a priority, get a 4790K or a 5820K (if budget affords) and overclock it. These two platforms are likely to be more overclockable than Skylake (if Broadwell's overclockability is any indication).

 

Don't hope for the 4790K's price to come down significantly (if at all) upon Skylake release. That never happens with Intel CPUs (unless sale).

[Emisand]

Well, I guess I should wait for Skylake, even though i7-5820K is tempting me, it looks better for a Workstation oriented PC

I will compare Z170 vs X99 features