So I'd like your opinion on a new build. My GTX 690 is showing its age and I'm getting the upgrade bug. Here's the system I'm looking at building:
Mobo: Asus Z97-A
CPU: i7-4790K
Mem: 16GB DDR3 2133
PSU: eVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 80 Plus
GPU: SLI 2xGTX 980 FTW ATX 2.0
My question is: is it worth waiting for Intel Skylake? I was fine waiting until I heard that Skylake was delayed until Q3 2015. I'm just not sure how much of a jump in performance a Skylake system would see over the one listed above. Plus there's the consideration that Haswell is proven technology and Skylake would probably have some bugs to work out initially anyway, adding a few months.
My urge to upgrade is based on some of the more recent titles that have been released, namely AC: Unity, and Shadows of Mordor. I run a NVIDIA Surround system and both those games would bring my current system to its knees at 5760x1080. Overclocking my 2600k isn't an option (my PSU is on it's last leg) and my current motherboard won't do SLI, plus I'd be VRAM limited at 2GB with the GTX 690 anyway.
I'm putting this in the 600 series forum because I'm sure some of you have hit the VRAM limitation on the 690 and considered upgrading. Any thoughts?
Processor: Intel i7-6700K GPU: EVGA GTX 1080ti SC2 (11G-P4-6593-KR)RAM: 16GB G.Skill DDR4-3000 Motherboard: Asus Z170 RangerSSD: 400GB Intel 750 SeriesPower: EVGA 850w P2Monitor: Acer X34 @100Hz G-SyncOS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit Dog: Corgi, Air Cooled w/Tongue Heatsink