Every where I look it says Aug 5 release, when can we buy them and actually have them sent out? thanks

Yes, that's what I see everywhere,I already bought the Z170 FTW and G.Skill 3200 4x4 ddr4 kit. That stuff is on the way.
My main rig is a 920 so this should be a step up for me. I just need to order a 6700k and figure out what cooling to get.
Any suggestions what cooling should work? I have been on water for years(actually before all the ready-made sealed loop kits were available) so either is fine. Thanks

ok, it looks like newegg has combos with skylake 6600k's that say release date 8/14/15. so MAYBE all the chips will be ready to buy and ship on the 14th???

h2ocaver
ok, it looks like newegg has combos with skylake 6600k's that say release date 8/14/15. so MAYBE all the chips will be ready to buy and ship on the 14th???

not sure, was reading up a little on wiki last night, they still have release date as the 30th?
 

• Intel Socket 1151
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1151

.nevermind...
 
guess this will be the norm for a bit...

 

In Europe many stores have stock of this item by the way.

Looks like they were released internationally seeing as they were announced at Gamescom, and the US has to wait a few extra weeks.  I'm ok with this arrangement, but they could have at least provided us with a date for the i7 in the US. 

Newegg now showing pre-release, coming soon      - and auto notify 
 
http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16819117559

pbmpharmacist
It's annyoing that these chips are not only not available but expected to be in short supply. It's especially annoying since it's not a real improvement at all over Devil's Canyon. This upgrade is only worthwhile for the chipset

Yea, it's an improvement but not enough of a justification if you have the devils canyon like I do. The only real difference is the DDR3 to DDR4.

Micro Center in St. Louis told me they expect to receive the i7 on Friday, but since they only just got the i5 on Monday I think he has no idea and just said that to send me an hundreds of others away...LOL  As with many others, my new PC build is in the mail, but no chip to power it...doh...damn you Intel!

NewEgg has one that's a little less pricey but still pricey: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813011002
 

Khalus
Found one, but it's a little too pricey.  Will wait until Newegg has them in stock!

Yes. Just a tad.         

veganfanatic
I have checked several stores and prices are still above the Intel list price, so there I strongly suggest boycotting the whole platform until prices down down to sane levels
 

 
Would never pay to prices in the links above or what it'd cost to import a chip from overseas, but I'm expecting Newegg to be around the $350-$389 range.  MSRP is $350, and I really want my gaming PC running again, it's been dead for the past 2 months so I'd be willing to pay the $389 if that's what it takes +overnight shipping.
 

veganfanatic
my box still boots up so I am not so hinked up over getting a new CPU

 
Sadly, my Ivy Bridge build was hit by a jolt during a lightning storm several moths ago and has been slowly failing ever since.  A first it was ok, but then my ram began to fail, drivers wouldn't work or reinstall, random crashes and freezes, BSODs reporting hardware failures, etc.   Finally last week the MB just wouldn't boot.  Couldn't really play any games seriously since the jolt because nothing was working well, then I learned that Skylake was releasing Aug 5th so I've been holding out until then to rebuild.  This delay and ignorance of Intel not saying why the Skylake i7 is still not avail in the US is really annoying, even though every article about the CPU says its been released worldwide. 
 
Thankfully, my SLi 780Tis were not affected, saves me a ton in rebuild costs. 
 

veganfanatic
maybe it would be less costly to get a new motherboard for your CPU etc which would save a heap
X97 boards are still widely available and prices have softened

Considered that, but I'm not sure if the CPU{3770K} was affected too{no other board to test it on.}.  Decided to just build a new PC with the latest tech considering the cost would be similar and I get a new/clean case, etc.

veganfanatic
if you do not want your old CPU, I can possibly use it to refurbish a machine
I rebuild machines for the indigent 

Will consider it.
 
Found this listing for the i7-6700K and if that expected availability date is accurate in general, that sucks.  Hopefully Newegg gets it this week and that Sept 10th date is just their prediction of stock.