
Intel has announced two new overclockable enthusiast-class CPUs, the first of its Skylake generation, at the ongoing Gamescom
convention in Cologne, Germany. The Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K are
based on a brand new architecture. The company also formally launched
its Z170 chipset which will be required to support the new processors.
While
the Core i7-6700K has a base frequency of 4.0GHz and can scale up to
4.2GHz under load, The Core i5-6600K is clocked at 3.5GHz and can be
pushed to