Been away from PCs for a while....

[Aiddar]

Hi all.

As per the title, way out of date on current good specs for PCs. Been looking to configure a new desktop though, I7 based. Seen a new chip set based around Skylake (the I7-6700K with 8 MB cache), but also noted the I5-5930K (15Mb cache) as well. The latter costs more - is it worth it? The PC will be a high-end general use PC, used for gaming, home office, the lot. I'll be boosting the RAM significantly, but wanted the core CPU to be a good long-lasting option that I can build around, with later upgrades (better graphic cards etc.).

Anyone any thoughts?

Aiddar

 

[Stephen M]

The i5 will be fine for gaming. If you intend video editing, modelling etc the i7 has eight threads and would be better. Both are new so should last a good while.

 

[Aiddar]

OK - feeling a bit of a pilchard.... the second chip should have been I7-5930K and NOT I5-5930K (oops). I blame my tablet keyboard........

Cheers

Aiddar

 

[Stephen M]

No worries, that was the way I read it as it is exactly the sort of mistake I would make.