Intel Skylake 6700k and 6600k confirmed, due Q3 2015

[CalebTheEternal]

exciting news. hope skylake lives up to the hype

 

if not, i'm going to even more content with my recent 4790k purchase esp. with how beast it's been overclocking lately.

I kind of feel that I should have waited for the Skylake, but then again like you said the 4790K is amazing, and for my needs this CPU is OVERKILL.

[drok]

what does these abbreviations even mean p2 p1 p1+p1k ms2+

can someone tell me cause google wouldnt

[Norman_the_Owl]

Worth upgrading from a 4690k to the 5675c?

Probably not, a used 4790k would be a better bet once skylake and broadwell become available.

Broadwell will just be a minor efficiency bump, whereas skylake will actually be a performance increase though.

[Fetzie]

what the heck is with this naming scheme

 

LGA = Land Grid Array, which is a CPU socket where the pins are attached to the motherboard, and the CPU makes contact with them via gold pads. 1151 is the amount of pins on the CPU socket.

[That Norwegian Guy]

K, going into the cryogenic tube now, I've set the timer for 60 years but if against all odds Intel makes a processor worth a damn before that time, someone unfreeze me.

[Octagoncow]

That's pretty awesome since I wasn't expecting them till Q4 of this year. Now we just have to get some benchmarks of them once they come out.

[Notional]

Interesting. Sounds like Broadwell is pretty useless then. Probably only released for the feedback/testing needed for Broadwell-E. Does that mean that Skylake-E is very far away then?

[Faceman]

I'm planning on upgrading to skylake once its out and sell my Z77 sabertooth board + 3770k. My 980 is being throttled by it

That makes no sense. 

[Faceman]

Interesting. Sounds like Broadwell is pretty useless then. Probably only released for the feedback/testing needed for Broadwell-E. Does that mean that Skylake-E is very far away then?

I think Broadwell will be a much more useful laptop processor than desktop processor.

[Notional]

I think Broadwell will be a much more useful laptop processor than desktop processor.

 

Maybe, but Intel is releasing a Broadwell-E in Q1 2016, which is only a desktop part. Maybe Intel, should have just skipped broadwell all together.

[Briggsy]

interesting, although I will have to see IPC improvements in practice to believe there are any, because 14nm is tricky as hell to get power to all of the transisters on a larger die, even with FinFet/trigate. Even if there are IPC improvements, those improvements (if any) may very well be offset by overclocking problems.

 

Here's hoping the wait for 14nm was worth it...

[Faceman]

Maybe, but Intel is releasing a Broadwell-E in Q1 2016, which is only a desktop part. Maybe Intel, should have just skipped broadwell all together.

Yea, I actually shared the same sentiment, almost seems pointless. 

 

It is my understanding that it is LGA1150 compatible, so there is *some* money to be made.  I do think it will be an incredibly strong laptop processor, I have actually waited to buy a new laptop specifically for Broadwell because of its low TDP, and better iGPU.

[Lays]

K, going into the cryogenic tube now, I've set the timer for 60 years but if against all odds Intel makes a processor worth a damn before that time, someone unfreeze me.

 

 

20-25% isn't worth a damn?

[Fetzie]

Interesting. Sounds like Broadwell is pretty useless then. Probably only released for the feedback/testing needed for Broadwell-E. Does that mean that Skylake-E is very far away then?

 

I thought Broadwell was going to be a BGA-only low-power chip for ultrabooks, all-in-ones and Walmart-style computer deals (IT'S A QUADCORE WITH 12 (THAT'S RIGHT TWELVE!) GIGS OF RAM AND A 6GB GRAPHICS CARD!!!!*).

 

*special edition 6GB GT930

[Dabombinable]

K, going into the cryogenic tube now, I've set the timer for 60 years but if against all odds Intel makes a processor worth a damn before that time, someone unfreeze me.

The FX series wasn't worth a damn, even a 'low' end locked Haswell i5 is more the plenty for any game so Intel has shitloads of CPU's that are worth 'a damn'.

[Fetzie]

Good, so there'll be plenty of reviews out by the time I upgrade around Christmas.

[BiG StroOnZ]

This is going to be an exciting summer. Windows 10, Skylake, non-reference 980 Ti, possibly 390X. 

[SurvivorNVL]

This is going to be an exciting summer. Windows 10, Skylake, non-reference 980 Ti, possibly 390X. 

And hopefully there'll be some more information at computex of ADATA's SX930 SSD.  Been waiting a year for that damn drive.  

[Bouzoo]

I know what they stand for but come on

i5-4120U

i5-4690K

i5-5675C

i5-4460S

i5-4460T

 

What the hell Intel?

[That Norwegian Guy]

20-25% isn't worth a damn?

 

Normal Intel-slow-as-balls iterative IPC improvement = 7%-12%

 

Add the 10% "cheat" from increasing the TDP (and decreasing overclocking headroom)

 

The real increase in IPC is still around that same old 10% mark that they've been humping since Sandy Bridge. Increasing the TDP to "gain" (apart from locked processors) is useless to me as I overclock anyway.

[BiG StroOnZ]

And hopefully there'll be some more information at computex of ADATA's SX930 SSD.  Been waiting a year for that damn drive.  

 

That 2TB SSD? If they can deliver it for $800 or under it will be an awesome drive.

[SurvivorNVL]

That 2TB SSD? If they can deliver it for $800 or under it will be an awesome drive.

That is what I am hoping.  If they can deliver it even -at- $800, with multiple choices in controllers like Marvell or Sandforce.. it'll be a home-run.  

[BiG StroOnZ]

Normal Intel-slow-as-balls iterative IPC improvement = 7%-12%

 

Add the 10% "cheat" from increasing the TDP (and decreasing overclocking headroom)

 

The real increase in IPC is still around that same old 10% mark that they've been humping since Sandy Bridge.

 

Okay but, they aren't just releasing Skylake they are releasing Broadwell first.

 

So 7-12% from Broadwell

 

+

 

7-12% from Skylake

 

=

 

14-24% compared to Haswell.

[Adreyu]

LGA = Land Grid Array, which is a CPU socket where the pins are attached to the motherboard, and the CPU makes contact with them via gold pads. 1151 is the amount of pins on the CPU socket.

so they added one pin. interesting lol

[sgloux3470]

The FX series wasn't worth a damn, even a 'low' end locked Haswell i5 is more the plenty for any game so Intel has shitloads of CPU's that are worth 'a damn'.

 

He didn't even mention AMD at all.

 

He's just saying that upgrading from a 3570K still doesn't make any sense, and he's really not wrong.

 

 

Okay but, they aren't just releasing Skylake they are releasing Broadwell first.

 

So 7-12% from Broadwell

 

+

 

7-12% from Skylake

 

=

 

14-24% compared to Haswell.

 

That's not how it works.

 

Broadwell is aimed at a completely different market segment than Skylake is.  Broadwell is the same performance at less power, and potentially slightly more overclocking headroom.  Skylake is increasing TDP, but presumably this is going to translate into good overclocking.