{"id":971,"date":"2015-10-06T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/?p=971"},"modified":"2018-06-27T18:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T18:57:17","slug":"four-reasons-home-users-should-buy-a-skylake-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/four-reasons-home-users-should-buy-a-skylake-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons Home Users Should Buy a Skylake PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/skylakez35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-972\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/skylakez35.png\" alt=\"skylakez35\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/skylakez35.png 640w, https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/skylakez35-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Intel recently launch their latest wave of 6<sup>th<\/sup> Generation Skylake processors \u2013 the Intel Core i7-6700, i5-6600, i5-6500, and i5-6400, all of which are now available on our newly <a href=\"\/vector-z35-desktop-pc.php\">refreshed Vector Z35<\/a>. Like their unlocked predecessors, these processors are packed with excellent new features and functions to appeal not just to gamers, but to power users, enthusiasts, and home office users in need of some muscle. Here are four reasons why home users should buy a Skylake PC now:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iris Pro Graphics<\/strong> \u2013 For years, the phrase \u201cIntegrated Graphics\u201d was a dirty word in our world of enthusiast PCs. But with Intel\u2019s latest Iris Pro Integrated graphics, you\u2019ll see gaming performance around 30% above 4<sup>th<\/sup> Gen Processors and as much as 13x over a 5 year old PC. That\u2019s on board graphics so powerful that it rivals some entry level discrete solutions, perfect for the home office user looking for budget power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full support of DDR4<\/strong> &#8211; Intel rolled out support for DDR4 Memory to Hexa and Octo core processors which utilize the LGA 2011 socket last year. Now, DDR4 comes to the more budget friendly round of 6<sup>th<\/sup> Gen Processors for smoother multitasking, faster startups, and overall better performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skylake architecture on a budget<\/strong> \u2013 We <a title=\"Top 5 Performance Improvements of Intel\u2019s Skylake Processors\" href=\"\/blog\/top-5-performance-improvements-of-intels-skylake-processors\/\">wrote extensively<\/a> on the performance improvements that Intel\u2019s 6<sup>th<\/sup> Gen processors brought to the dance with specs like 2x faster media editing, 6x faster video conversion, and 1.6x productivity. Now, you can get the new Skylake architecture and all the features and power that come with it at a more budget-friendly price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better security <\/strong>\u2013 With full support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/architecture-and-technology\/true-key\/intel-true-key-technology.html\">Intel\u2019s True Key security<\/a> and facial recognition\/log in, 6<sup>th<\/sup> Gen processors make for the most secure PCs yet. You can even use your face instead of a password when cruising online!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on these new processors, check out our <a href=\"\/intel-6th-gen-locked.php\">landing page<\/a> or start shopping with our <a href=\"\/vector-z35-desktop-pc.php\">award winning Vector Z35<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel recently launch their latest wave of 6th Generation Skylake processors \u2013 the Intel Core i7-6700, i5-6600, i5-6500, and i5-6400,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Four Reasons Home Users Should Buy a Skylake PC<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These processors are packed with excellent new features and functions to appeal not just to gamers, but to power users, enthusiasts, and home office users. 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