Skylake: a new processor for the next generation, if you can find one

So, Skylake has been released. Kinda

The current rumor claims there is a global shortage of Skylake processors.  Basically Intel had enough to supply the OEMs and ran out of samples for the Retail markets.  To make matters worse since I don't review processors there is little reason for Intel to sample me directly thus making every processor featured on this website an out of pocket expense.  (yay me )

Needless to say, I have been a little lukewarm to Skylake (Intel Core i5 6600K and Core i7 6700K) and even gone so far as to "not" posting any news related to the new wave of motherboard reviews.  Funny thing, this week is also IDF (Intel Developer Forum) and just about every hardware editor is on their way to San Francisco to attend.

Cept me.

I aint mad, IDF started as a showcase for "developers" using Intel products and while it has turned into a sudo tradeshow, now with more overclocking, I really see no need to attend. At least at my expense.

Stay tuned though, eventually I'll have a Core i7 6700k and afterwards I can hit up my vendors for some tasty samples for review.  Until then I have plenty of cases and coolers on deck and some LN2 to pour over a GTX 980Ti Classified.