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