The NEW HARDWARE Discussion Thread

Ryzza5 · August 6, 2015

News arrives on Intel Skylake CPUs, with a high end i5-6600K and i7-6700K processor aimed at gamers in the spotlight

+ve's

<> Reasonably priced

<> 14nm, reduces TDP (power consumption, heat generation), allowing higher overclocks

<> 16 PCIE 3.0 lanes, gives you more options for SLI, NVME SSDs, and USB 3.0

-ve's

<> Requires new X170/LGA1151 chipset motherboard and expensive DDR4 RAM

<> These motherboards aren't futureproofed with the PCIE v4 slots expected in 2017

<> Stock speeds are only 10% higher than last year's equivalent.

Also, 10nm Intel CannonLake CPUs are now delayed

Some benchmarkers are suggesting that if you have a good Intel CPU from Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, or Haswell, to stick with that for now.

If you have a less-than-amazing CPU in that series, then maybe you'll be able to get a good deal on a high-end model being phased out. Make sure you check for compatibility first.

Be sure to update this thread with any other new news in the PC Hardware world worth sharing!

Ryzza5 · August 11, 2015

Thrustmaster are now selling TX/T300 wheel base products separately. The good news is that you no longer have to waste money on the previously-bundled pedals that were pretty toy-like if you instead intend to go for their prosumer version, which includes clutch pedal.

Visit their website for more details.

Ryzza5 · August 25, 2015

Unboxing videos rarely interest me (unless I already want to buy the product in question, but even then...), but Intel has just 1!

Ozzmcom · August 25, 2015

definitely going to be using this on my next pc build.

Ryzza5 · September 3, 2015

Still not sure about the Xbox One / Elite controller?

Maybe this is a worthy alternative:

Doesn't look as nice, but there seems to be more features, and it's also lighter, and claims to be designed for esports.

Ozzmcom · September 3, 2015

wanna hear a joke?

e sports on consoles.

Andreas¹ · September 4, 2015

Skylake... yawn. It has like nothing going for it I feel and Broadwell kicks its arse in games. Wonder if Kaby Lake will bring anything worthwile to the table. AMD's Zen CPU's are hopefully good too. They need something going for them now.

Ryzza5 · September 7, 2015

I've long been without a gaming headset, just because I'm not a big fan of large headphones, and because nothing on the market seemed to have good audiophile quality AND gaming features.

Logitech reckon they've fixed that.

Andreas¹ · September 7, 2015

I really don't like headsets, I don't like the feeling of not hearing the sounds around me. Speakers and living alone ftw!

I'd really like to buy a Xeon E3-1231v3 for my PC but I rebuilt it about 2 months ago.... Shouldn't spend more money on it... But I really want one....