E3-1230 v5 Questions

[The Cool n00B]

I was gonna get a Xeon E3-1231 v3 this Christmas but after exploring ARK this morning I stumbled across a 1230 v5, which is Skylake based. My questions are:

1. Will it be out by Christmas (ik it's Q4 this year, but not sure is b4)?
2. Will it be worth it (considering I will also need new RAM given the mobo I want)
3. Is it regular socket LGA1151? In other words, do Skylake mobos work with it?

[AresKrieger]

 

I was gonna get a Xeon E3-1231 v3 this Christmas but after exploring ARK this morning I stumbled across a 1230 v5, which is Skylake based. My questions are:

1. Will it be out by Christmas?
2. Will it be worth it (considering I will also need new RAM given the mobo I want)
3. Is it regular socket LGA1151? In other words, do Skylake mobos work with it?

 

1 idk

2 I doubt it

3 No skylake xeons use server grade boards to my knowledge

[Sam Z Man]

For 260$, hell yea its worth it.

Yea it works with normal 1151 mobos.

[The Cool n00B]

1 idk

2 I doubt it

3 No skylake xeons use server grade boards to my knowledge

lol no that's only E5 and those use LGA2011 which includes X79/X99 mobos

[AresKrieger]

lol no that's only E5 and those use LGA2011 which includes X79/X99 mobos

Well then Ignore my comment

[NumLock21]

According to this, looks like it's already out

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80662E31230V5-E3-1230V5-FCLGA1151-THREADS/dp/B016TQ81JU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448045478&sr=8-1&keywords=xeon+E3+1230+v5

Heard that Xeon Skylake, might not work with consumer based chipset like the Z170, so you'll have to grab board that uses a server base chipset. The thing with server based boards is, it lacks consumer base features, so to find one that has it, is rare. Gigabyte, so far is the one I've see that has it.

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5605#ov

[The Cool n00B]

According to this, looks like it's already out

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80662E31230V5-E3-1230V5-FCLGA1151-THREADS/dp/B016TQ81JU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448045478&sr=8-1&keywords=xeon+E3+1230+v5

Heard that Xeon Skylake, might not work with consumer based chipset like the Z170, so you'll have to grab board that uses a server base chipset. The thing with server based boards is, it lacks consumer base features, so to find one that has it, is rare. Gigabyte, so far is the one I've see that has it.

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5605#ov

That mobo looks like garbage it belongs in the dumpster where gigabyte found it. <-- I mean the color

[NumLock21]

That mobo looks like garbage it belongs in the dumpster where gigabyte found it. <-- I mean the color

Unless someone is going to take a risk and try a Skylake Xeon on their Z170 boards, then there is no other choice but to grab a server based board. Want a nice color board, then it's only the Core i7. Would be nice, they make server based boards that look like consumer ones. But I doubt that will happen.