Go with 1151 or 2011-V3 or wait for Skylake-E?

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Hi,

I'm considering a new build. I'm not in a rush, so I want to select a platform which would have some upgrade life left in it. I want to have hex-octa core eventually.

Current choices:

1) Z170 + 6700K, though I doubt this will see anything more than Quad core any time soon?
2) Something 2011-V3 + Broadwell-E once it's out?
3) Wait for Skylake-E and it's socket?

What are your thoughts?
 
Skylake-E is over a year away.

I don't think you're going to get any more than quad core on the Z170.

If you need the cores, I'd just get a Broadwell-E setup. Looks like there should be up to 10 cores available with 6 and 8 being somewhat cheaper.
 
kirbyrj said:
Skylake-E is over a year away.

I don't think you're going to get any more than quad core on the Z170.

If you need the cores, I'd just get a Broadwell-E setup. Looks like there should be up to 10 cores available with 6 and 8 being somewhat cheaper.
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He right . Wait for 8-10 months is too long . You can start with z170 now . X99 is really bad . I have 4 motherboard and all of them have trouble with XMP ...
 
Right now I'd probably go the Z170 if I were to do a build. I probably won't buy another HEDT until Skylake. Too much money for too little improvement. But then I only buy top end (but not cloud-top, Godlike boards lol)
 
skline00 said:
The X99 will support the Broadwell E. I'm pleased with my X99 platform
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The only thing I'd be concerned about is flashing the bios if you're building new. Hate to see someone shell out $350-400 on an old chip just to flash the bios to make it compatible.
 
kirbyrj said:
The only thing I'd be concerned about is flashing the bios if you're building new. Hate to see someone shell out $350-400 on an old chip just to flash the bios to make it compatible.
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Yeah, there needs to be an 2011v3 Celery or something just for diagnostics. LOL.
 
QQuxa said:
Hi,

I'm considering a new build. I'm not in a rush, so I want to select a platform which would have some upgrade life left in it. I want to have hex-octa core eventually.

Current choices:

1) Z170 + 6700K, though I doubt this will see anything more than Quad core any time soon?
2) Something 2011-V3 + Broadwell-E once it's out?
3) Wait for Skylake-E and it's socket?

What are your thoughts?
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You won't see anything beyond a quad core CPU on Z170 Express. Broadwell-E is coming relatively soon, but I don't necessarily recommend it. You need to ask yourself what you do / need that justifies going beyond a quad core system. Skylake-E is a long ways off and it won't be on the X99/LGA 2011v3 platform at all.

kirbyrj said:
Skylake-E is over a year away.

I don't think you're going to get any more than quad core on the Z170.

If you need the cores, I'd just get a Broadwell-E setup. Looks like there should be up to 10 cores available with 6 and 8 being somewhat cheaper.
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Exactly.

rockle071990 said:
He right . Wait for 8-10 months is too long . You can start with z170 now . X99 is really bad . I have 4 motherboard and all of them have trouble with XMP ...
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X99 isn't bad just because it doesn't handle XMP well. Z170 isn't any better about XMP working properly. I've had to set the RAM timings manually for most of the X99 and Z170 motherboards I've reviewed since those platforms launched. At the very least, virtually all of them needed a BIOS update before they could handle XMP properly. Entering these values manually gives you the same performance and honestly, it's not that big of a deal.

kirbyrj said:
The only thing I'd be concerned about is flashing the bios if you're building new. Hate to see someone shell out $350-400 on an old chip just to flash the bios to make it compatible.
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aldamon said:
Yeah, there needs to be an 2011v3 Celery or something just for diagnostics. LOL.
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Many motherboards from the major manufacturers actually have an ASIC onboard that can allows the motherboard to be flashed without requiring a CPU to be installed on it. ASUS does this on all their models. I believe GIGABYTE does this as well.
 
Kinda depends on what you're doing. I just build a new Z170/6700K system because I looked at what I wanted to do and Gaming was the most strenuous activity (and the boards are a lot cheaper, you can get a fabulous Z170 board for the price of a basic X99 board). For gaming, Z170 makes the most sense. If you're doing encoding or premier or something like that then I'd go X99 and get the cheapest chip and overclock it.
 
If you're not in a rush, I would always say save up the money and wait until you actually need it to buy it. If you need it in a year, get it in a year, with all the new features. Especially with Skylake-E and it's new socket, if upgrade life if your thing, then I think that's a no-brainer.
 
QQuxa said:
Hi,

I'm considering a new build. I'm not in a rush, so I want to select a platform which would have some upgrade life left in it. I want to have hex-octa core eventually.

Current choices:

1) Z170 + 6700K, though I doubt this will see anything more than Quad core any time soon?
2) Something 2011-V3 + Broadwell-E once it's out?
3) Wait for Skylake-E and it's socket?

What are your thoughts?
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Is your signature actually accurate? You're running an Abit IC7 with a p4 currently?!

What do you plan to do with your new build ? <--- most important question
 
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