Which one is better?

[Williampg]

I was just about to select all the components for a computer when i saw that the i5 6600k was close in price to the i5 4690k, and this made me wonder, if I should spring for skylake or Haswell, i have done some research, but would like a more in depth comparison of the pros and cons to choosing one or the other. One con i already know is that skylake will be a little more because i will have to buy new RAM. 

 

 

Thanks!

[PRTI]

I would just go skylake if you can fit it in your budget

[SeanAngelo]

Just now, Williampg said:

I was just about to select all the components for a computer when i saw that the i5 6600k was close in price to the i5 4690k, and this made me wonder, if I should spring for skylake or Haswell, i have done some research, but would like a more in depth comparison of the pros and cons to choosing one or the other. One con i already know is that skylake will be a little more because i will have to buy new RAM. 

 

 

Thanks!

well what specs do you have now? or is this a new build?

 

if its a new build, go with skylake. no reason to go down to an older architecture.

[Williampg]

Current System: 

Case: NZXT H440

AMD athalon X4 480k(Stock Heatsink)

GIGABYTE F2A88XM-D3H(FM2+)

R7 240 GDDR3 2GB

HyperX FURY 8GB 1866(Single DIM)

WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

Adata SP550 120GB SSD

Corsair RX650 PSU

 

Haswell Build(Z97):

MSI gaming Z97 GAMING 5 LGA 1150

I5 4690k Devils Canyon

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G 8GB

(New ram is not needed for this build, since it can use DDR3)

 

Skylake Build(Z170):

GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170MX

I5 6600K

HyperX FURY 16GB 2133(2x8GB)

Cooler Master 212 Evo

MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G 8GB

[Williampg]

31 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

well what specs do you have now? or is this a new build?

 

if its a new build, go with skylake. no reason to go down to an older architecture.

Current System: 

Case: NZXT H440

AMD athalon X4 480k(Stock Heatsink)

GIGABYTE F2A88XM-D3H(FM2+)

R7 240 GDDR3 2GB

HyperX FURY 8GB 1866(Single DIM)

WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

Adata SP550 120GB SSD

Corsair RX650 PSU

 

Haswell Build(Z97):

MSI gaming Z97 GAMING 5 LGA 1150

I5 4690k Devils Canyon

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G 8GB

(New ram is not needed for this build, since it can use DDR3)

 

Skylake Build(Z170):

GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170MX

I5 6600K

HyperX FURY 16GB 2133(2x8GB)

Cooler Master 212 Evo

MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G 8GB

[CRA5HMAN]

I recommend going with Skylake and if your budget allows, go for faster RAM.  My understanding is that faster DDR4 can increase performance.

[Williampg]

2 minutes ago, CRA5HMAN said:

I recommend going with Skylake and if your budget allows, go for faster RAM.  My understanding is that faster DDR4 can increase performance.

Yes my budget will allow it since this upgrade will take place over a while, to get all the parts together, And what speed would you recommend if i will be using premiere and be gaming. ? 

[SLAYR]

4 minutes ago, CRA5HMAN said:

I recommend going with Skylake and if your budget allows, go for faster RAM.  My understanding is that faster DDR4 can increase performance.

Only if you get 3000+ MHz ram will it improve and the improvements aren't worth the price difference.

 

1 minute ago, Williampg said:

Yes my budget will allow it since this upgrade will take place over a while, to get all the parts together, And what speed would you recommend if i will be using premiere and be gaming. ? 

2133/2400 is fine.

[CRA5HMAN]

I believe DDR4 3000 or 3200 would be a nice level.

[SLAYR]

Just now, CRA5HMAN said:

I believe DDR4 3000 or 3200 would be a nice level.

You are just paying more for negligible performance increase, it really isn't worth it.

[Williampg]

3 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

You are just paying more for negligible performance increase, it really isn't worth it.

is this a good set of ram ???

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104531

[SLAYR]

3 minutes ago, Williampg said:

is this a good set of ram ???

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104531

It is a bit overpriced

Here are some cheaper ones.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/KF8H99/geil-memory-gpr416gb2133c15dc

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/xWZ2FT/mushkin-memory-997199f

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/4vWrxr/gskill-memory-f42400c15d16gvr

[Williampg]

3 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

It is a bit overpriced

Here are some cheaper ones.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/KF8H99/geil-memory-gpr416gb2133c15dc

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/xWZ2FT/mushkin-memory-997199f

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/4vWrxr/gskill-memory-f42400c15d16gvr

okay, Thank you for giving some other sets! I have never used any of these brands for ram, but are they reputable and of high quality, meaning they wont brick after only a few months?

 

[CRA5HMAN]

Here is a set of DDR4 3000 that is ~ $10 more  than some of the above choices and in my opinion worth it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232298&cm_re=DDR4_3000-_-20-232-298-_-Product

[Williampg]

Just now, CRA5HMAN said:

Here is a set of DDR4 3000 that is ~ $10 more  than some of the above choices and in my opinion worth it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232298&cm_re=DDR4_3000-_-20-232-298-_-Product

This looks perfect, i am going for a color scheme and these will work great and fit the color scheme of this upgrade/ build. 

 

Thanks for all the help!

[CRA5HMAN]

Glad it fits your plans.  Visit the show off your setup posts when you rig is complete, I would love to see it.  It's stickied at the top of the General Discussion in the Forums.  

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[Williampg]

Just now, CRA5HMAN said:

Glad it fits your plans.  Visit the show off your setup posts when you rig is complete, I would love to see it.  It's stickied at the top of the General Forums section.  

Sure, Hopefully iphone pictures will do it justice, and have a great rest of your day!