skylake vs haswell

[RichieXtheXboss]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($187.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.10 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X 4GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Dell E2414HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 

Other: windows 8.1 pro ($25.00)

Other: keyboard (Purchased For $11.00)

Other: mouse (Purchased For $9.00)

Other: headset (Purchased For $22.00)

Other: dell optical drive ($9.99)

Other: windows 8.1 disk  ($7.49)

Other: case and psu  ($0.00)

Total: $771.52

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 01:14 EST-0500

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.75 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.10 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X 4GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Dell E2414HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 

Other: windows 8.1 pro ($25.00)

Other: keyboard (Purchased For $11.00)

Other: mouse (Purchased For $9.00)

Other: headset (Purchased For $22.00)

Other: dell optical drive ($9.99)

Other: windows 8.1 disk  ($7.49)

Other: case and psu  ($0.00)

Total: $770.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 01:19 EST-0500

 

 

[brob]

At that budget I would pick Haswell for the better performing cpu.

[IanDrexP]

Haswell build unless the Skylake CPU becomes an i5-6500. You can save some more by getting a H97 or B85 motherboard instead or a B150 with the Skylake build since you are using locked CPUs (but I've heard news that supposedly locked Skylake CPUs can be OCed). Something to look more into.

[Streetguru]

 

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Isn't worth buying resold keys

 

also has skylake really gotten that cheap? go for skylake in that case, but the 380x is more of a 1440p card

 

wait ya that skylake CPU is pretty slow on the Ghz

[RichieXtheXboss]

Isn't worth buying resold keys

 

also has skylake really gotten that cheap? go for skylake in that case, but the 380x is more of a 1440p card

 

wait ya that skylake CPU is pretty slow on the Ghz

not really it is advertised as an entry level but i want high end (with little to no bottleneck) 1080p

[RichieXtheXboss]

Isn't worth buying resold keys

 

also has skylake really gotten that cheap? go for skylake in that case, but the 380x is more of a 1440p card

 

wait ya that skylake CPU is pretty slow on the Ghz

i might not have to 

[Streetguru]

not really it is advertised as an entry level but i want high end (with little to no bottleneck) 1080p

a 380 is $172 and is going to perform only a bit slower, just make sure that's really a 380 and not a mislabeled 370

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9380p2255

although I guess elsewhere the 40 bucks isn't going to help you with much, just make sure that 380x is actually a 380x, they're normally like $250