New PC - Quick check of my order?

AlBigGuns · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:39

Is it not better to get the 3.4Ghz CPU?

AlBigGuns · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:45

Sorry I'm a wee bit confused now, do the retail versions of the CPUs come with a fan & heatsink?

honosuseri · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:49

AlBigGuns said:
Sorry I'm a wee bit confused now, do the retail versions of the CPUs come with a fan & heatsink?

Yes retail has a stock heatsink and a 3 year warranty. OEM has no heatsink and a 1 year warranty.....to be fair CPU failure is rare.

Ivybridge does more clock for clock than sandybridge and uses less power (77W vs 95W). The K means it's multiplier unlocked for overclocking.

The 3570K has the better IGP, the 3570 non K has the same IGP as the 2500K. I put the 2500K in as an option as you could overclock it

AlBigGuns · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:56

OK great I've taken out the cooler. If its not good enough I will order a new one once I've built the system.

Thanks very much guys, ordering now!

stulid · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:17

honosuseri said:
the 3570 non K has the same IGP as the 2500K.

Incorrect, HD3000 vs HD2500

AlBigGuns · 9 Mar 2013 at 14:10

Thanks guys, so far so good, windows is installing.