Haswell i7 vs Skylake

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Hi folks,

So, I've been using my i3 laptop for web design lately and although it's served me well, it's not exactly the i5 desktop I have used in the past. Naturally, I'm looking to upgrade. Ideally, I want an i7 desktop (desktop - because I don't want to spend too much and I'm interested in getting 3 monitors). I can get a new i7 desktop at a fairly good price (complete for around R5500) or I can opt for a skylake and build the PC myself (not ideal). In the latter scenario, I would have to purchase a motherboard, case, CPU, RAM etc separately and it'll amount to around R10250. That's pretty much double :(
Is it really worth having a Skylake i7 as opposed to a Haswell i7? Right now I'm leaning towards the cheaper option...

Any advice will be appreciated! :)
 
Idiosyncratic said:
Hi folks,

So, I've been using my i3 laptop for web design lately and although it's served me well, it's not exactly the i5 desktop I have used in the past. Naturally, I'm looking to upgrade. Ideally, I want an i7 desktop (desktop - because I don't want to spend too much and I'm interested in getting 3 monitors). I can get a new i7 desktop at a fairly good price (complete for around R5500) or I can opt for a skylake and build the PC myself (not ideal). In the latter scenario, I would have to purchase a motherboard, case, CPU, RAM etc separately and it'll amount to around R10250. That's pretty much double :(
Is it really worth having a Skylake i7 as opposed to a Haswell i7? Right now I'm leaning towards the cheaper option...

Any advice will be appreciated! :)
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Can you give us the specs on that PC, processor, ram, mb, storage etc so we can do comparisons.

Will you be overclocking?
 
ponder said:
Can you give us the specs on that PC, processor, ram, mb, storage etc so we can do comparisons.

Will you be overclocking?
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Nah, would prefer not to.

Specs:
Intel Core i7 4770 CPU
8Gb RAM
Biostar H81 motherboard (will probably pay extra and get the Intel DB85FL motherboard)
This totals around R5500-6500

VS

Intel Core i7-6700 Skylake (can pay extra for K)
8Gb DDR4 RAM
Asus B150M-A LGA 1151 Skylake Motherboard
R9000-9500

Either way I'll get a SSD which will be around R2000 more.


EDIT: The Haswell i7 already has a 500Gb Hard Drive.
 
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Idiosyncratic said:
Nah, would prefer not to.

Specs:
Intel Core i7 4770 CPU
8Gb RAM
Biostar H81 motherboard (will probably pay extra and get the Intel DB85FL motherboard)
This totals around R5500-6500

VS

Intel Core i7-6700 Skylake (can pay extra for K)
8Gb DDR4 RAM
Asus B150M-A LGA 1151 Skylake Motherboard
R9000-9500

Either way I'll get a SSD which will be around R2000 more.


EDIT: The Haswell i7 already has a 500Gb Hard Drive.
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no use getting the k if you not overclocking and you need a z170 board anyway to overclock. Oh and you also need a god cooler for overclocking. the motherboard doesn't affect the usability much unless you want to overclock. Look for stuff like how many usb, sata you need. I would avoid getting intel motherboards and go with something like ASUS, gigabyt or MSI but Biostar is good for entry level motherboards and should do the job just fine.

So If you not overclocking get the non K version. That haswell pc, is it second hand or brand new cause 4770 doesn't exist anymore and has been replaced with 4790/4790k. please give us full specs in following order

CPU:
Memory:
Motherboard
Power Supply:
Case:
Graphics card:
 
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If you can get a full i7 4770 desktop machine for R5500 just do it. There is very little performance difference between it and the Skylake counterpart.

If you don't want it you can tell me where to get it :whistle:
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
If you can get a full i7 4770 desktop machine for R5500 just do it. There is very little performance difference between it and the Skylake counterpart.

If you don't want it you can tell me where to get it :whistle:
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Ok, I'll go for it! I'll let you know where I got it after I got it ;)
There are only a few left because it's the 4770.
 
I got a full i7-4790 system with Asus mobo, 16GB RAM, 400w PSU and case for R5500 last week, still 2 left but with 4GB RAM for R5500 each.

Edit:PM me if interested in the other 2 systems.
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Not many bells and whistles.
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Does one need the bells and whistles if you're not gonna overclock? I want three monitors so I'll probably be getting a graphics card - I'm guessing it'll make no difference... I want reliability but I don't want to have issues if I want to upgrade bits and bots in the future.
 
Idiosyncratic said:
Why so? What do you mean by conservative?
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They typically don't have overclocking options in the firmware, and the default settings are more conservative, such as RAM timing etc.

But very stable and reliable.

If you want to fiddle / play around then you need something else, like Asus.

To be fair, I don't oc much anymore, sometimes more trouble than its worth.

Except for my one i7 which seems to love it, run the cpu at a much higher clock frequency. This is with an Asus motherboard.
 
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