Skylake or Haswell?

[areallycreativename]

While putting together parts for a  PC I was wondering which architecture I should use. There seem to be arguments in favor of both and I'm having trouble deciding. Haswell is a tried and true platform with a large amount of options and generally cheaper motherboard and RAM prices, while going with Skylake would have the advantages of the newer architecture along with the ability to upgrade to newer processors without changing the motherboard, later on down the line. Which should I choose? 

 

As a side note, this PC will mostly see gaming or Office Suite work. I will not be doing rendering or editing of any kind, so I'm probably sticking to at most an i5.

[Weak1ings]

Haswell is cheaper and Skylake is slightly better.  It's up to you.
Neither has a significant advantage from what I know.

[pcman365]

if you get skylake it will be easier to upgrade in the future as hasell and broadwell wont be around for much longer

[iamjsed]

@pcman365 I dont agree as there are still people rocking 2500K and 2600K which is already 4+ years now.  Its really depends on how you will use your CPU.  From a gaming perspective, haswell is more than capable and the gain you get from Skylake doesn't give more values for the additional cost for DDR4.

[NumLock21]

While putting together parts for a  PC I was wondering which architecture I should use. There seem to be arguments in favor of both and I'm having trouble deciding. Haswell is a tried and true platform with a large amount of options and generally cheaper motherboard and RAM prices, while going with Skylake would have the advantages of the newer architecture along with the ability to upgrade to newer processors without changing the motherboard, later on down the line. Which should I choose? 

 

As a side note, this PC will mostly see gaming or Office Suite work. I will not be doing rendering or editing of any kind, so I'm probably sticking to at most an i5.

Get a new build, go with Skylake. more PCIe lanes to go around for multiple devices that you might want to add down the road.

[App4that]

@pcman365 I dont agree as there are still people rocking 2500K and 2600K which is already 4+ years now. Its really depends on how you will use your CPU. From a gaming perspective, haswell is more than capable and the gain you get from Skylake doesn't give more values for the additional cost for DDR4.

Digital Foundery has proven that Skylake is much better for gaming.

[GalacticRuler]

It depends on your budget. If you are willing to spend more, go with Skylake. If you want a cheaper PC, go with Haswell.

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you can get the gpu you want while going Skylake, then Skylake is the way to go for the faster memory and more pcie lanes. If you can't get the gpu you want in a Skylake build but can in a similar Haswell one, then go Haswell, the gpu is more important. The gpu+monitor is most important, the cpu second, and nothing else matters nearly as much.

[SteveGrabowski0]

But Intel should be on LGA 1151 until 2018, so if you think you'll ever want to upgrade to say an i7 then Skylake would make way more sense.

[areallycreativename]

Thanks for the advice guys. I think Skylake is definitely the way to go in this case.

[pcman365]

@pcman365 I dont agree as there are still people rocking 2500K and 2600K which is already 4+ years now.  Its really depends on how you will use your CPU.  From a gaming perspective, haswell is more than capable and the gain you get from Skylake doesn't give more values for the additional cost for DDR4.

but if you go for haswell you wont have as much upgradebillity in the future

[Nena Trinity]

Better = Skylake vs Cheaper = Haswell