Having spoken to a few retailers, they have stock ready to go today. Today is a full launch for the Skylake-K processors, with the two CPUs being launched alongside new Z170 series motherboards and dual channel DDR4 memory kits. It just so happens that today is Gamescom in Germany, two weeks before what everyone expected would be a launch at Intel’s Developer Forum in mid-August. But as we've seen with a number of previous Intel mainstream launches, Intel likes to aim at the gaming crowds release at a gaming events. Even at Computex in June, some companies were discussing a large six-week window in which they expected Skylake but were waiting on official dates. Launch Day for Skylake-K: August 5 thįor those in the industry, predicting Skylake’s launch has been a minefield. A lot of readers have asked the question – is it time to upgrade? We had a CPU or two in to test to answer that question. With the new processors we get a new architecture, a new socket, the move to DDR4 and the potential to increase both performance and efficiency at the same time. Today is the launch of the first two CPUs from Intel’s Skylake architecture, the 6 th Generation Core i7-6700K and the Core i5-6600K. It’s the Intel review you’ve been waiting for.