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Originally Posted by blakjak55
You're not wrong. If you're still running (or planning to run) a Haswell K processor and it'll do the job, Skylake just isn't worth the money unless there's a really good reason. My reasoning was split between future compatibility for them as it's thier first build and also Skylake's ability to scale with DDR4 memory speeds and ability to overclock without buying an unlocked processor.
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Well, looks like i'll be able to get the rest of my build this weekend and get it all up and running. I'm still torn between haswell and skylake. I agree with you, that the skylake would be better for future upgrades, but i'm hoping the mobo and i7 4790k will do me good for at least 5 years, and still play any game I want, without issue. then I can revisit a new mobo and cpu at that time, if needed. It's basically the expense of skylake and memory that's holding me back. I'm afraid of going with an i5 because I don't know if that would be good enough for gaming, streaming on twitch, and playing music all at the same time.