Ivybridge a week earlier

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:45

I'm almost tempted to keep my Q6600 @ 3.5. However, I've bought 16GB of DDR3 ram now and my motherboard is DDR2.

Tempted to just go second hand Sandy and upgrade my GPU instead though.

bazman25 · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:16

been waiting a while for ivy but lately with the reported temp issues and price tag (£280) im a little put off i just want to see the official reviews once these are out this will dertermine whether i buy or not. and of course price if it goes over the £300 mark then then noway! im tempted to go for a sandy 2700k with a z77 board but not sure if i would gain a lot of performance as i currently have a i7 930?

jwsg · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:18

We may be upset because IB won't reach 5GHz on a gentle breeze, but when Intel launch next week & over the coming months they will play to its strengths - lower power at lowish clocks & volts (everyone benching is pushing in the opposite direction and getting nowhere) and the greatly improved Gfx.

This is just the chip that Apple and OEMs want. It can still be great for us in in SFF or 24/7 at modest o/c.

Zeed · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:26

Spenty i got whole August off work. So thats time for nice Holidays. Weather in Poland was even worse this Easter than in uk :S
Besides that i cant do overtimes at Uni outside of holiday time

ps. I keep to advice all my mates give me ---> Dont EVER get married less problems

3vil Tom · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:01

IB is looking awesome, im only going to put a small OC on it to get it to 4ghz, it will still be a massive improvement over my current Core2Duo E6850 setup. Quad 4ghz should smash duel 3Ghz!

Spenty · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:04

Lord_ZED said:
Spenty i got whole August off work. So thats time for nice Holidays. Weather in Poland was even worse this Easter than in uk :S
Besides that i cant do overtimes at Uni outside of holiday time
ps. I keep to advice all my mates give me ---> Dont EVER get married less problems

Don't worry I ain't planning on getting married either. I work for my money I want to spend it on what I want not what some woman wants lol.

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:51

To be fair, I am married and my wife is chipping in towards my new build because she admits she will use it every now and again for Ebay and such.

She wasn't quite sure she needed a Corsair M60 gaming mouse with sniper button for that, but she indulged me.

Straz · 17 Apr 2012 at 00:15

I was thinking of the 3820 too, purely because the Ivybridge is going to possibly be the last on socket 1155, whereas the Ivybridge-E released later this year will feature on the 2011 socket. If I remember correctly that is, any thoughts?

Nemesis379 · 17 Apr 2012 at 00:37

Correct, Intel are supposedly releasing 22nm chips for X79 later this year, most probably these chips will be perfected rather than rushed.

timmy85 · 17 Apr 2012 at 00:40

the_director said:
To be fair, I am married and my wife is chipping in towards my new build because she admits she will use it every now and again for Ebay and such.

She wasn't quite sure she needed a Corsair M60 gaming mouse with sniper button for that, but she indulged me.

I'm sure she'll find a use for it, even if it's only as an excuse to moan at you!

skyjawa · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:32

Wow - £280 for the 3770? You can get a 3930 for a little over a hundred quid more than that and X79 mobo's are priced the same as the Z77's I'm looking at, starting to look like 3820 or 3930 and X79 for me....

djxput · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:49

skyjawa said:
Wow - £280 for the 3770? You can get a 3930 for a little over a hundred quid more than that and X79 mobo's are priced the same as the Z77's I'm looking at, starting to look like 3820 or 3930 and X79 for me....

where do u get 280 from?

james_ati · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:06

The card thats £280 is to replace the 2700k which is £266 so £14 more expensive, what was you expecting?

skipper847 · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:25

Been waiting for this for ages. Im buy a new PC all together with ivybridge as im still using my old rubbish q6600 hehe.

mauserk98 · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:30

Stringing it out

I just wish intel would just stop messing about and get on with it !! :rolleyes:

Zeed · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:32

james_ati said:
The card thats £280 is to replace the 2700k which is £266 so £14 more expensive, what was you expecting?

EEEE what CARD are you on about ?? Intel sells ivys cheaper to stores than sandys so...

'Wes · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:36

Spenty said:
Can't see the point in Ivy upgrade if you already have Sandy. Price/Performance simply isn't gonna be worth it. i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz blazes through everything anyway.

I don't see the point even if you don't have a Sandy, because you may as well pick up a Sandy anyway rather than go for Ivy.

skyjawa · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:47

djxput said:
where do u get 280 from?

Post 6 in this thread!

james_ati · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:55

Lord_ZED said:
EEEE what CARD are you on about ?? Intel sells ivys cheaper to stores than sandys so...

Ops meant processors

. That maybe so but if stores sell ivy's cheaper than sandy, they will never sell their sandy's

Kyzou · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:56

skipper847 said:
Been waiting for this for ages. Im buy a new PC all together with ivybridge as im still using my old rubbish q6600 hehe.

Its staggering the amount of people (including myself) who are going from a Q6600. That little beasty lasted