Skylake News & Reviews Thread
 

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Process...kylake-Gone-FI


Author: Ryan Shrout

Date: August 5, 2015

Subject: Processors

Manufacturer: Intel

Tagged: video, Skylake, Intel, ddr4, Core i7-6700K, core i7, 6700k, 14nm


Closing Thoughts

I think it's safe to say that, although Skylake's performance isn't going to make Haswell users jump out of their seats to order immediately, consumer that are on Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge might finally have a line in the sand to step across. The Core i7-6700K is an incredibly fast desktop processor that will be able to handle your gaming, media encoding and web browsing with incredible efficiency and at nearly the same performance level as those $1000+ processor still taunting us with their 8-core setups. The CPU is unlocked, overclockable and easy on the wallet (in the grand scheme of things).

Anandtech pwns
 

Anandtech Article

In this piece we are going to look at both the Z170 chipset itself, the benefits that come along with using Z170, and then the motherboards that are set to launch equipped with it. Intel’s details about the chipset have been some of the briefest we have experienced in any recent Intel launch, although we have been able to piece together various aspects of the design from a number of sources. We have been promised more detail about the system during the Intel Developer Forum in mid-August, to which both Ryan and I will be attending and asking plenty of questions. A lot of the detail about Z170 in this piece is mirrored in our main Skylake review as well.....


~One big shock will be for Windows 7 users. By default, the Z170 chipset and BIOS will not support full USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (EHCI) mode. This means that for a number of circumstances, USB devices will not work unless an XHCI environment in play.~

!!!!Navigate to BIOS
Enable ‘Windows 7 Installation’ or ‘EHCI mode’, Save and Exit.
Have your Windows 7 image on an optical disk. USB sticks will not work!
Install the OS as normal via the optical media. Install OS drivers/USB 3.0 drivers.
Disable the BIOS option.!!!!!!!!

Intel Skylake Chipset Details Diagram
 

Skylake PCH Schematic
 

Skylake vs Haswell/Broadwell Power Delivery
 

lol, 200mhz base clock on one of his overclocks.