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#1 ·
I am considering building a new desktop. I want to go simpler and smaller this time. Currently have an i5 2500k. I can't decide if I should go Skylake or Devil's Canyon.

Would probably want to do do some minor OC'ing, nothing extreme. Definitely will be air cooled.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
#4 ·
What is it you do exactly? For gaming, your CPU still has life left in it, especially if you feed it a healthy over clock. If you are just a gamer, buying a faster GPU would be your ticket.

If you are just an enthusiast who wants a new system "just cuzz", buy a new system. An interesting thing to note is that, in the USA, the 6700K and 5820K are only seperated by $20 or $30 cost. 2 whole extra cores and 7MB of extra L3 cache and 12 extra PCIE lanes for $30 is worth it. Also, there are very decent X99 boards just over $200 and DDR4 is cheap now.

If I was to build a new machine right now I would choose X99 with 5820K.
 
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