Wait for Skylake?

[aidenp]

I'm planning on doing a build within the next few months. It was going to be a Xeon build for CAD, programming, video editing and light gaming, but I'm not sure if I should wait a bit longer until Skylake is release to see what sort of options I then have. Has anyone got any insight or reliable information into it and whether or not the performance gains I could possibly get would be worth the cost?

 

Thanks!

 

[LarsReviews]

Yes, it is coming out soon. In like a month or so. I don't think there will be a huge price difference.

[Exceptional OCD]

It's amazing how many people are on the topic: "Should I wait for _______?"

 

[mr moose]

I don't normally recommend waiting because the performance difference every generation isn't exactly life changing, but given how close it is it might be worth waiting because current product prices will (should) drop.

[aidenp]

It's amazing how many people are on the topic: "Should I wait for _______?"

 

I'm so confused now. Linus or Shia

[aidenp]

I don't normally recommend waiting because the performance difference every generation isn't exactly life changing, but given how close it is it might be worth waiting because current product prices will (should) drop.

Yeah I didn't really consider it from the point. Either way, by the time I get enough money together for what I want it'll probably be out anyway lol

 

[19_blackie_73]

I'm planning on doing a build within the next few months. It was going to be a Xeon build for CAD, programming, video editing and light gaming, but I'm not sure if I should wait a bit longer until Skylake is release to see what sort of options I then have. Has anyone got any insight or reliable information into it and whether or not the performance gains I could possibly get would be worth the cost?

 

Thanks!

 

It's amazing how many people are on the topic: "Should I wait for _______?"

In computer industry, you can wait at any time for new components, but if you always wait, you'll never have one...

I'm very happy with my Xeon 1231v3 (bought only 2 weeks ago) for exact same job and it does a great job, so I don't care if Skylake performs a little bit better.

you can wait for it, but i don't think that skylake will make rounds on Haswell-Refresh

[Exceptional OCD]

I'm so confused now. Linus or Shia

 

Patience is a virtue.

[LarsReviews]

I'm so confused now. Linus or Shia

 

What ever you do, always ALWAYS listen to what @LinusTech says. ALWAYS!

[aidenp]

In computer industry, you can wait at any time for new components, but if you always wait, you'll never have one...

I'm very happy with my Xeon 1231v3 (bought only 2 weeks ago) for exact same job and it does a great job, so I don't care if Skylake performs a little bit better

Oh cool! Do you have the rest of the specs for your build? I'm pretty set on that cpu atm, but I haven't found a lot of good review or info on them or feedback

[mr moose]

In computer industry, you can wait at any time for new components, but if you always wait, you'll never have one...

 

My favorite pic:

 

 

[Exceptional OCD]

In computer industry, you can wait at any time for new components, but if you always wait, you'll never have one...

I'm very happy with my Xeon 1231v3 (bought only 2 weeks ago) for exact same job and it does a great job, so I don't care if Skylake performs a little bit better.

you can wait for it, but i don't think that skylake will make rounds on Haswell-Refresh

 

If something new is going to come out in the next month I would wait for it.

Waiting for something new that going to come out next year is preposterous.

 

I'm only waiting for the new AMD GPU line and the Skylake CPUs... and maybe that new case... or that new keyboard!

[aidenp]

My favorite pic:

 

 

lel. I'm sort of leaning towards going and buying a pc tomorrow now

[aidenp]

Also, does anyone know much about the new AMD cpu's?

[Atmos]

I honestly would wait, if only just for release sales on older generation stuff.

 

Skylake will offer a 7-11% increase in ipc, and offer reduced power consumption if intel hasn't learned anything. Which i fully believe they WONT until they get a real competitor.

 

Intel will once again, strive full heartedly for their pocket lining money scheme of, release newer "better" products that only offer the smallest incremental improvement over the last generation, but tote them about as the greatest advancement ever, along with keeping the prices on hardware 4 generations back at the same exact price, because honestly, the only thing that's changed is that little number on product ID.

[19_blackie_73]

Oh cool! Do you have the rest of the specs for your build? I'm pretty set on that cpu atm, but I haven't found a lot of good review or info on them or feedback

xeon 1231, gigabyte h97 d3h atx, gtx970 gaming g1, 1tb hdd, 500W be quiet! Straight Power PSU, win 8.1, be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1, be quiet! Silent Base 800 organge

did a lot of rendering in the last two weeks

[19_blackie_73]

render times on cpu are fantastic, the whole systems draws only 230 W out of the wall under full load, processor maxed out only 80W for the whole system