{"id":79601,"date":"2015-08-04T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=79601"},"modified":"2015-08-04T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:05:57","slug":"intels-entire-skylake-cpu-lineup-has-its-pricing-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/79601-intels-entire-skylake-cpu-lineup-has-its-pricing-leaked","title":{"rendered":"Intel’s entire Skylake CPU lineup has its pricing leaked"},"content":{"rendered":"

For as much as we\u2019ve harped on about the achievements of Intel\u2019s upcoming, top-of-the-line Skylake CPU, the i7-6700K \u201cSkylake-S\u201d, it\u2019s really Skylake\u2019s architecture that has impressed us most.<\/p>\n

The i7-6700K is an impressive piece of silicon, don\u2019t get us wrong, but it\u2019s got many of the same higher-level specifications as its predecessors: 8MB of cache, 4 and 8 cores and threads (respectively), and a 4.0 GHz base clock \u2013 we\u2019ve seen it all before.<\/p>\n

What makes the processor such a highlight for us is the microarchitectural refinements and improvements made to Skylake\u2019s silicon. And the Skylake family looks to pack a lot of additional punch as a result.<\/p>\n

But what are we going to have to pay for these improvements? Thanks to Benchlife.info<\/a>, we\u2019ve got the alleged prices of the entire Skylake lineup.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nBase Clock<\/span><\/th>\nTurbo Clock<\/span><\/th>\nCache<\/span><\/th>\nCores\/Threads<\/span><\/th>\nPrice<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
LGA 1151 (95W)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7-6700K<\/strong><\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n8MB<\/td>\n4\/8<\/td>\n$316 \/ R 3994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6600K<\/strong><\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$225 \/ R2844<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LGA 1151 (65W)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7-6700<\/strong><\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n8MB<\/td>\n4\/8<\/td>\n$282 \/\u00a0 R3564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6600<\/strong><\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$199 \/ R2515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6500<\/strong><\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\n3.6<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$179 \/ R2262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6400<\/strong><\/td>\n2.7<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$170 \/ R 2149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LGA 1151 (35W)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i7-6700T<\/strong><\/td>\n2.8<\/td>\n3.6<\/td>\n8MB<\/td>\n4\/8<\/td>\n$282 \/ R3564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6600T<\/strong><\/td>\n2.7<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$199 \/ R2515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6500T<\/strong><\/td>\n2.5<\/td>\n3.1<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$179 \/ R2262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5-6400T<\/strong><\/td>\n2.2<\/td>\n2.8<\/td>\n6MB<\/td>\n4\/4<\/td>\n$170 \/ R2149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

*Table courtesy of WCCF Tech<\/a>. Rand values based on Dollar:Rand exchange of $1:R12.64, and rounded off.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s good news all-round. The i7-6700K\u2019s $316 price tag puts it below the launch price of former high-end processors.<\/p>\n

The Core i7-4790K \u201cDevil\u2019s Canyon \u2013 Haswell\u201d and Core i7-5775C \u201cBroadwell\u201d were $339 USD and $377 respectively, for example.<\/p>\n

Sporting only microarchitectural improvements and lacking major manufacturing process changes, an industrial \u201ctock\u201d instead of tick<\/a>, means Intel has had time to refine production of their chips and likely cheapen the process.<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t planning on waiting for Intel\u2019s delayed 10nm Cannonlake chips<\/a>, then Skylake is the perfect family to upgrade to.<\/p>\n

But before you do, in spite of reasonable prices and a solid performance, we would suggest waiting for a few peer reviews. You may also want to wait for the final 14nm family instead, Kaby Lake.<\/p>\n

According to Intel, it will sport performance enhancements that should make it stand out against Skylake.<\/p>\n

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Source: WCCF Tech<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

More Skylake news<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Intel Core i7-6700k is faster than 6 core i7-5820K in gaming benchmarks<\/a><\/p>\n

i7-6700K reaches 6.5 GHz with liquid nitrogen: crushes i7-4790K in synthetic benchmarks<\/a><\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s Core i7-6700K \u201cSkylake\u201d overclocked to 5.2 GHz with air cooling<\/a><\/p>\n

Intel delay their next-gen 10nm chips: Moore\u2019s Law shaky at best<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And it’s good news all-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":79603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11572,12465,1085,15151,14861,1727,15153,1969,8679,11568],"class_list":["post-79601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-14nm","tag-cpu","tag-hardware-2","tag-i5-6600k","tag-i7-6700k","tag-intel","tag-lga-1151","tag-news-2","tag-pricing","tag-skylake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79609,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79601\/revisions\/79609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}