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iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
December 28 2010 11:47 GMT
#41
On December 28 2010 18:30 Lone_Wolf wrote:
Is there anywhere where you can pre-order any sandy bridges processors or motherboards that are compatible with it?


I dunno about pre-ording, but on boxing day i picked up an i7-2600k as well as the matching ASUS P8P67 mobo at a local hardware store.

Unfortunately, half of my RAM is faulty.
IPS.ZeRo
Profile Joined April 2003
Germany1142 Posts
December 28 2010 12:29 GMT
#42
I am also planning to upgrade from my socket 775 system. Guess i will get the i5-2500k. But if it is not much more expensive maybe the i7-2600k. Both seem to perform great.
If i am not mistaken ivy bridge will also use socket 1155. So the system can be used for quite some time, maybe with an octa core later on? lets see
aka DTF-ZeRo
althaz
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia1001 Posts
December 28 2010 12:38 GMT
#43
I think it's nearly time for me to upgrade. I'm running the launch-model Core 2 Duo E6300 OC'ed to 3.29Ghz and it occasionally shows it's age nowadays. The 2500k looks like the one for me. Mmm...yummy.

Sooo....anybody want to buy a Core 2 Duo @ 3.29Ghz a Gigabyte motherboard and 8Gb of DDR2...?
The first rule we don't talk about race conditions. of race conditions is
SONE
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada839 Posts
December 28 2010 19:49 GMT
#44
I wonder if this will be worth it or not from my i5 750.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11552 Posts
December 28 2010 20:22 GMT
#45
Here's a review of what we know about Sandy Bridge so far

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sandy-bridge-microarchitecture.html

It's honestly doesn't introduce anything new except for the idea that the IGP shares the same silicon as the CPU and shares the L3 cache with the CPU. Probably attributed to the fact that AMD hasn't done anything yet for Intel to copy :p
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
December 28 2010 20:30 GMT
#46
So, I tried reading the threaf but I don't understand a lot of the technical jargon.

Is this the new generation of CPUs and motherboards?

If so, I'm buying a new PC.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
December 28 2010 20:33 GMT
#47
On December 29 2010 04:49 SONE wrote:
I wonder if this will be worth it or not from my i5 750.


This will be more of a side-grade for existing core i5 / i7 owners.

On December 29 2010 05:30 LazyMacro wrote:
So, I tried reading the threaf but I don't understand a lot of the technical jargon.

Is this the new generation of CPUs and motherboards?

If so, I'm buying a new PC.


Yes this is a new generation of CPUs and motherboards.
LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
December 28 2010 20:39 GMT
#48
On December 29 2010 05:33 skyR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2010 04:49 SONE wrote:
I wonder if this will be worth it or not from my i5 750.


This will be more of a side-grade for existing core i5 / i7 owners.

Show nested quote +
On December 29 2010 05:30 LazyMacro wrote:
So, I tried reading the threaf but I don't understand a lot of the technical jargon.

Is this the new generation of CPUs and motherboards?

If so, I'm buying a new PC.


Yes this is a new generation of CPUs and motherboards.

So, this means what currently are very good CPUs and motherboards will go down a little in price?

I'm basically looking to build a whole new PC, but I was waiting for new stuff to be released so that I could build a "value" PC, that is, a PC that is really good for the money.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
December 28 2010 20:42 GMT
#49
On December 29 2010 05:39 LazyMacro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2010 05:33 skyR wrote:
On December 29 2010 04:49 SONE wrote:
I wonder if this will be worth it or not from my i5 750.


This will be more of a side-grade for existing core i5 / i7 owners.

On December 29 2010 05:30 LazyMacro wrote:
So, I tried reading the threaf but I don't understand a lot of the technical jargon.

Is this the new generation of CPUs and motherboards?

If so, I'm buying a new PC.


Yes this is a new generation of CPUs and motherboards.

So, this means what currently are very good CPUs and motherboards will go down a little in price?

I'm basically looking to build a whole new PC, but I was waiting for new stuff to be released so that I could build a "value" PC, that is, a PC that is really good for the money.


Motherboards will go down in price. Intel CPUS that go EOL (end of life) often never go down in price unless its at a micro center or a non major retailer.
Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
December 28 2010 20:56 GMT
#50
If have an i5 750, is it worth upgrading?
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
December 28 2010 20:59 GMT
#51
On December 29 2010 05:56 Slakkoo wrote:
If have an i5 750, is it worth upgrading?


Only if you have the money to do so...
IPS.ZeRo
Profile Joined April 2003
Germany1142 Posts
December 28 2010 22:26 GMT
#52
On December 29 2010 05:56 Slakkoo wrote:
If have an i5 750, is it worth upgrading?


No. Sandy Bridge will be faster but its not worth it from the i5 750, which shouldn't have any issues with any game out right now.
aka DTF-ZeRo
mav451
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1596 Posts
December 28 2010 22:30 GMT
#53
Yeah I'm still waiting on Techspot et al to update their CPU-scaling articles. The IPC advantage of the SB really depends on the game. Also the inpai numbers suggest a 20-25% advantage in IPC (which suggests a 4.2Ghz Lynnfield is required to match a 3.4Ghz Sandybridge). Pretty crazy, I know, but again, I am witholding that enthusiasm until I see those numbers corroborated by the majority of sites as well.
With no power comes no responsibility?
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-28 22:32:03
December 28 2010 22:31 GMT
#54
I've been excited about sandy bridge but as it turns out my PC still handles stuff so I'll probably be waiting for whatever comes around early 2012
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
December 28 2010 22:45 GMT
#55
I probably won't upgrade until the next generation of consoles arrives and/or developers start making more demanding games.
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
demo1
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada145 Posts
December 30 2010 19:06 GMT
#56
Just a FYI for those who are interested, I managed to pick up an i7 2600 chip and P8P67 board on boxing day and so far it's been amazing. But that might not be saying much given that I'm coming from a macbook pro.
yeyeyey
Wr3k
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2533 Posts
December 30 2010 20:09 GMT
#57
If it was compatible with 1156 or 1366 sockets I would upgrade, but I'm not buying a new mobo & cpu for another .7-1GHz, not when a 4GHz i7 is more than enough for any game on the market atm. If you have an OC'ed i7 everything is video card bound anyways.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
December 30 2010 20:43 GMT
#58
http://semiaccurate.com/2010/12/28/msi-shows-its-big-bang-marshal-board/
[image loading]

l o l
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
deconduo
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Ireland4122 Posts
December 30 2010 20:49 GMT
#59
Wow, that is a beast.
mav451
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1596 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-03 06:20:44
January 03 2011 06:15 GMT
#60
Thought it'd be a good time to bump this with the reviews popping up. Strictly for the budget end though, the i3 Sandybridge at $117 is ridiculous:

It is a true next-gen dual-core. Not this Clarkdale nonsense, that was pure garbage.
The i3 2100 (Sandybridge) is the only dual-core I would recommend for SC2 builds as of today.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/20188/6

At $117 it outclasses all other budget CPUs now. The Anandtech gaming page really puts this into perspective:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i5-2600k-i5-2500k-and-core-i3-2100-tested/20

As for the other chips, it would have been nice to see a clock-for-clock comparison to OCed Lynnfield chips, but I think the [H] review will cover that. But for now, the TR and AT are good reviews to start reading.

PS - probably good time to update the Build Resource thread and plop that i3 2100 right into the $100 CPU section :D
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