i7 950 or Sandy Bridge?

Lunch_box · 2 Feb 2011 at 14:28

Hello all,

What would you guys go for if these were priced similarily??

I am looking at an i7 950 s1336 or a i2500, now I can get a i7 950 setup with a Asus P6X58D Premium Motherboard and G.Skill Trident 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit for similar money to what a i5 2500k
with memory setup would cost (well about £40 more).

So in light of the currect sandybridge mb issues what would you guys go for over the 2?? i was swaying for the SB setup as it is obviously the newest on the market :rolleyes:

I will be using mainly for gaming and other basic computer use!

I will be pairing either up with the current 480gtx deal that OCuk are running and most prob an Antec 650W PSU, im assuming neither of these should cause me any issues??

Thanks guys and look forward to your response

M1k3H · 2 Feb 2011 at 14:33

I would go for SB and try using only Sata3 ports, since i think those aren't affected by the chipset problems.

Josh P · 2 Feb 2011 at 15:31

I'd personally be going for SB for the higher clock speeds - I don't care much for HT.

Lunch_box · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:10

Thanks for the input guys, I was hoping you came back with SB.

Guess that is the route I shall take. Good Times.

Also would the Antec 650W PSU be ok to power the i5 2500k with a GTX480??

BriT · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:14

Should be fine. I have a Corsair 650w powering my rig.

filmboyforever · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:15

If your encoding-transcoding then defo i7 950 if your only gaming and browsing the internet do you really need sandybridge platform thats what you got to ask yourself. But if i was upgrading now i would go I7 2600K-2500K i'm currently useing i7 920 @ 4.2ghz its more than enuf for what i use it for encoding etc... myself.

valkia · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:20

SB will be fine

Danny091 · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:50

SB and then replace the board when board become availiable.

Lunch_box · 2 Feb 2011 at 18:42

Danny091 said:
SB and then replace the board when board become availiable.

Yeah this was my plan

Nocky24 · 2 Feb 2011 at 18:49

Danny091 said:
SB and then replace the board when board become availiable.

+1

Most of the decent boards have an extra 2 marvell 6Gb/s ports as well, totalling in 4 for you to use should you need them.

I've got my ssd on one of the marvell ports and my storage and optical drive on the intel ports. No problems here. Just be sure to get it replaced when the rma program is in place as I believe it'll be at no cost to the customer?

Predicament · 2 Feb 2011 at 18:51

i'd go SB route

seems more future proof to me.

Lunch_box · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:04

Thanks guys def sb for me, now just to decide if it is worth me spending 50 squids more on the gtx480 over the gtx470 current deals, too many awesome deals going around!!!

jamesfreddie · 6 Feb 2011 at 12:20

Sandy Bridge

bulldog147 · 6 Feb 2011 at 12:25

I would wait until a better board come out 1st for SB.