Skylake - let's wait and pray for it together

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  1. Lazybum

    Lazybum :D Staff Member Moderator

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    I don't even game at 1080p, I have an older crt monitor that's 1600x1200. Due to all this money coming in from job though I was looking to grab 2560x1600 or something decent. I want to do more work on this computer but no workspace is killing me.

    I haven't actually seen much actually push my processor though, I only ever see it go to like 70% usage at most in games.
     
    Lazybum, Apr 25, 2015
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  2. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    In 3 years, that might be different. If you stay at or under 1080p, you'd probably be fine. I bet 1440p wouldn't be that bad.

    The idea is that you don't want to force yourself to use a GPU that will get bottlenecked by the CPU.
     
    ImSpartacus, Apr 25, 2015
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  3. Lazybum

    Lazybum :D Staff Member Moderator

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    Yeah, like I said I was only expecting it to go for another 3 years at least anyway.

    Not like it really matters, my 6850 is the big bottleneck by a long shot.
     
    Lazybum, Apr 25, 2015
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  4. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    Since you don't have monies, your best bet is to try and get a deal on a Haswell CPU once vendors stock up on Skylake.
     
    McGyver, Apr 25, 2015
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  5. Lazybum

    Lazybum :D Staff Member Moderator

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    I didn't think prices went down that much with intel stuff, maybe like 10$
     
    Lazybum, Apr 25, 2015
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  6. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    Yeah, Intel has had decades to master how to temper their stock when transitioning.

    You're more likely to catch a good deal on a cpu+mobo bundle. They can occasionally be decent, but there's no predictable schedule with that kind of thing. You're more likely to save money elsewhere in the build.
     
    ImSpartacus, Apr 25, 2015
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  7. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    Them not having any competition anymore sure helps too.
     
    McGyver, Apr 25, 2015
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  8. Lazybum

    Lazybum :D Staff Member Moderator

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    I did give a decent upgrade path that would allow incremental purchases in his thread, amd would be the way to go if you can't really save a 100 quid.

    As an aside, what's with skylake using ddr3 or ddr4 now? I noticed looking at a build ddr4 system isn't all that much more than a ddr3 one, but I'm wondering who it works with this. Does mobo support both, or one or the other?
     
    Lazybum, Apr 25, 2015
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  9. Candles

    Candles CAPTAIN CANDLES, DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUN.

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    You're from America, what the fuck are you saying "quid" for?
     
    Candles, Apr 25, 2015
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  10. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    McGyver, Apr 30, 2015
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  11. Z100000M

    Z100000M Vithered Weteran

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    On topic of prices, i was horrified when out of curiousity i looked up graphics card prices. They are fucking skyhigh. I bought a 770 in jan 2014 for 1300zl (for however much $ that equated back then) and it still costs about as much, a year and a half later! what the fuck!
     
    Z100000M, Apr 30, 2015
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  12. D.D.D. Destroyer

    D.D.D. Destroyer Member Staff Member Moderator

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    That's about 310 EUR still
     
    D.D.D. Destroyer, Apr 30, 2015
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  13. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    It's a little humbling to see this sort of thing. I'm rather glad that I don't have to deal exchange rate risk.

    ...Oh and the freedom is pretty good too, so there's that.
     
    ImSpartacus, Apr 30, 2015
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  14. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    Why u no euro!?!
     
    McGyver, May 2, 2015
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  15. Z100000M

    Z100000M Vithered Weteran

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    I dont know, why uk no euro?
    Besides, think about all those poor sods coming from berlin to stettin to buy groceries.
    Not to mention poorfags from konigsberg, where will they get their sustenance?
     
    Z100000M, May 2, 2015
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  16. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    ImSpartacus, May 3, 2015
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  17. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I would totally get a 4790K for 250€.
     
    McGyver, May 3, 2015
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  18. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    And we can get em for ~200 euros. Such unfair. Wow.
     
    ImSpartacus, May 3, 2015
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  19. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I take my 50€ health care everyday over your shopping paradise, tyvm.
     
    McGyver, May 3, 2015
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  20. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    Now you're just taunting me. I can't even
     
    ImSpartacus, May 3, 2015
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