4960X gets tested

Zeed · 19 Jul 2013 at 09:06

Well it said nothing about OC so hard to judge atm. MAybe it does 5ghz

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:04

Nickolp1974 said:
Shouldn't do as they should have soldered tops.

I keep seeing this, is it confirmed or wishful thinking?

Also are there any disadvantages to the older 2011 boards compared to the newer Haswell boards?

One more think, you gotta' love 8packs enthusiasm

edit: as below, the 3930K was easily the pick of the SB-E's, surely we will see a return of this gem?

bemaniac · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:22

Lord_ZED said:
Well it said nothing about OC so hard to judge atm. MAybe it does 5ghz

If the 4820k does 5ghz or they bring out a 4930k that does 5ghz on almost every single sample then I'm upgrading!

Hakanese · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:32

Well now it's time to sit and wait and decide which cpu to get, at least I can start getting the other pieces for a new build, but fml, the wait will be murder.

pgi947 · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:42

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
I keep seeing this, is it confirmed or wishful thinking?

Also are there any disadvantages to the older 2011 boards compared to the newer Haswell boards?

One more think, you gotta' love 8packs enthusiasm

edit: as below, the 3930K was easily the pick of the SB-E's, surely we will see a return of this gem?

It's all but confirmed, iirc some chap destroyed his 4960x es to find out. Fairly sure 8 pack has all but confirmed this on a few occasions too.

X79 boards have just about the same features as z87, if not more as you get quad channel as well as many pci lanes.

dafadau · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:47

Hakanese said:
Well now it's time to sit and wait and decide which cpu to get, at least I can start getting the other pieces for a new build, but fml, the wait will be murder.

Know the feeling... decided this week to wait the extra two months for IBE.

Skynet5 · 19 Jul 2013 at 11:58

Pretty pleased about this. I won't be upgrading straight away, Christmas 2014 I think I'll buy a 4960X to replace my 3820. By then 6 cores will hopefully be getting some real good wider use in gaming.

x79 platform was a good choice for me 3 months ago.

mmj_uk · 19 Jul 2013 at 13:17

Any news on how IB-E overclocks? given that it is more power efficient it might be better... aside from that 1866Mhz memory support and official PCI-E 3.0 certification is about the only improvement?

8 Pack · 19 Jul 2013 at 13:31

Kaapstad said:
6 cores are a lot more fun than 4 on Haswell, and for multi GPU setups it is a non contest with IB-E winning hands down. 4.3 or 4.4 on Haswell is not going to drive multi GPUs very well.

It will depend what your trying to achieve some benches even multi card will like Haswell more. Haswell is harder to bench for sure though with cold bug etc all a problem.

Quad channel strong memory controller will be great.

HazardO · 19 Jul 2013 at 13:37

I just put my new x79 3930K rig together yesterday. Glad to hear there are legs in the x79 platform, but it looks like the 3930K is still a good performer compared to IB-E. Be interesting to see if IB-E can do an easy 5GHz 24/7 though.

Nickolp1974 · 19 Jul 2013 at 14:36

pgi947 said:
True, don't want haswell holding up a pair of 780 lightnings now do we

Liking your style paul

Was also looking at these, but i think i'm gonna hold off a little longer, for the ib-e's and to see what AMD brings to the table, so hopefully i'll get a system up and running by mid oct.

Zeed · 19 Jul 2013 at 16:22

8 Pack is looking at them things from different angle.

I for starters care only about IPC and how many GIHAHERTZZZZZ i can get out of it on water cooling.

Haswell turned out **** for WC :/ So next thing would be Haswell-E if its soldered and if its DDR4

wazza300 · 19 Jul 2013 at 16:36

any idea on prices??

whyscotty · 19 Jul 2013 at 16:45

Nickolp1974 said:
Liking your style paul
Was also looking at these, but i think i'm gonna hold off a little longer, for the ib-e's and to see what AMD brings to the table, so hopefully i'll get a system up and running by mid oct.

Have you fell out with your iPad?

OT - did you get the Origin request

Nickolp1974 · 19 Jul 2013 at 16:54

whyscotty said:
Have you fell out with your iPad?

OT - did you get the Origin request

Fell out with it........

Hate the dam thing now!

sick of bejeweled blitz! I want battlefield back

I will check on origin.
Edit: cant check origin as i need to download it, so dont know mate, i'll be back... Soon

Edit : yeah got it, checked on battlelog app.

Boomstick777 · 19 Jul 2013 at 21:38

Lord_ZED said:
Haswell-E if its soldered and if its DDR4

Haswell -E looks awesome tbh, a proper upgrade (Finally)

8 core CPU's (Low power) DDR4, quad channel memory. That is def a true high end system..

8 Pack · 19 Jul 2013 at 23:09

Lord_ZED said:
8 Pack is looking at them things from different angle.

I for starters care only about IPC and how many GIHAHERTZZZZZ i can get out of it on water cooling.

Haswell turned out **** for WC :/ So next thing would be Haswell-E if its soldered and if its DDR4

Did it??? All my Haswells are 4.9+ DDR2933+

I am looking forward to my Ivy E arriving.

Nickolp1974 · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:11

So when these new cpu's arrive i know that there backwards compatable with x79 but are new boards coming too??
And if you had a choice between a 4770 and a 4820 what would you pick?? At most there will be 2 gpu's in my system.

Nickolp1974 · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:11

** double post **

Voltage · 20 Jul 2013 at 11:30

for clarification, will I need to change my rampage socket 2011 mobo to get one of these bad boys?