Skylake or 4690k/4790k, for a new build.

[Ayyta]

As the title says, which one would be better for a completely new build. ( That will be built in a month or two )

[Oshino Shinobu]

Well, Skylake would technically be better, but I don't think it's worth the extra cost. You can go with a 5820K and X99 for a similar price as a 6700K

[shypin]

skylake has ddr4 support so it would have better upgradability

 

i would get that

[FunkyFeatures]

Depends on the pricing, and how good the overclocking is. If the overclocking is within a .2ghz margin of the 4690k/4790k, and it is 100£ more expensive, the logical answer would be to go for haswell

[grayblizzard]

As the title says, which one would be better for a completely new build. ( That will be built in a month or two )

skylake or x99

[shypin]

Well, Skylake would technically be better, but I don't think it's worth the extra cost. You can go with a 5820K and X99 for a similar price as a 6700K

its $309, there is no extra cost (right?)

[LancerBG]

Usually its just a wise choice to wait a few months after a new chipset/socket comes out to see what the bugs are if any. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

its $309, there is no extra cost (right?)

He's in the UK, where the 5820K can be found cheaper than the 6700K

 

EDIT: 6700K is around £300 in the UK, and 4790K is £230, there's pretty big difference

[salecar3]

Imo hasswel, since it will be cheaper, having better temps, and quieter than skylake i would go hasswel or hasswel e

[shypin]

He's in the UK, where the 5820K can be found cheaper than the 6700K

 

EDIT: 6700K is around £300 in the UK, and 4790K is £230, there's pretty big difference

oh wow thats interesting

 

doesnt that mean you can get a lot of money by buying 6700k's in the us and having them shipped to uk, and then reselling it?

[Oshino Shinobu]

oh wow thats interesting

 

doesnt that mean you can get a lot of money by buying 6700k's in the us and having them shipped to uk, and then reselling it?

No. You have to pay for shipping, plus import and customs tax. It will work out more expensive. 

 

EDIT: Prices for PC components are getting closer to 1 to 1 for UK and US, so parts in the UK are much more expensive. 

 

Take the 970 for example. It's $300 or so in the US, but it's £250 ($390) in the UK. Shipping from the US would end up costing around $420 or more

[shypin]

No. You have to pay for shipping, plus import and customs tax. It will work out more expensive. 

ah tax

hate those

[Manny Calavera]

Get Skylake, because by the time a month or two passes DDR4 will fall in price, and Skylake's Core i3s and Pentiums and such should be out.

imagine if DDR prices dont fall... nobody will buy pentium or I3

[Manny Calavera]

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