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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.
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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
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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...?
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I wonder if this will be worth it or not from my i5 750.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If have an i5 750, is it worth upgrading?
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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
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I probably won't upgrade until the next generation of consoles arrives and/or developers start making more demanding games.
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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.
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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.
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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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