CPU upgrade path

[Snakkey]

I plan on getting a 6600k and a z170 motherboard. I head Kaby lake is coming soon and it will be on the lga 1151 chip socket, so i could get the 6600k and upgrade later to the kaby lake processors. Is this a good idea?

[ArmswieldTheHero]

4 minutes ago, Snakkey said:

I plan on getting a 6600k and a z170 motherboard. I head Kaby lake is coming soon and it will be on the lga 1151 chip socket, so i could get the 6600k and upgrade later to the kaby lake processors. Is this a good idea?

Sounds fine! lol, better than getting an AM3 processor

[Megahurt]

Unlikely that kaby lake will offer performance difference to be worth it, unless you wanted to upgrade to a kaby lake i7.

[IRaE]

4 minutes ago, Snakkey said:

I plan on getting a 6600k and a z170 motherboard. I head Kaby lake is coming soon and it will be on the lga 1151 chip socket, so i could get the 6600k and upgrade later to the kaby lake processors. Is this a good idea?

If you want an upgrade path it would probably be your best choice or if you wait you maybe can snatch a cheap amd Zen 

[incarnate]

If you don't mind spending 500-600 on cpus in the next year to year and a half then yeah it's a good idea.

 

In a strict performance value sense, it's a huge waste of money. You'd be better off getting a Broadwell-e

[ArmswieldTheHero]

4 minutes ago, IRaE said:

If you want an upgrade path it would probably be your best choice or if you wait you maybe can snatch a cheap amd Zen 

But zen isnt out yet? We dont even know if its gonna be good or not?

[IRaE]

Just now, ArmswieldTheHero said:

But zen isnt out yet? We dont even know if its gonna be good or not?

Haswell level performance if we go by the math by Science studio and that isn't much behind skylake, I would wait for ZEN+ personally but that's just me